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April 8, 2005
Watch as the drug war eats all your freedom
Suspected drug dealer Antonio Wheeler was arrested on drug charges, and allegedly told Orlando police officers of his cocaine use. They tried to make him take urine test at Florida Hospital, where he refused to give a sample.
Maybe I hate a false choice more than the next guy, but anyone would hate what happened next, he was handcuffed and strapped down to a bed. Then hospital staff tried to catheterize him. He fought back, as almost anyone would. That is when Officer Peter Linnenkamp reportedly jumped on the bed, kneeled on Wheeler's chest and tazed him twice with 50,000 volts. After all this, Wheeler finally agreed to surrender a urine sample. The police is in trouble pending a bigger investigation and the prosecution of Wheeler is proceeding normally.
Read it all here
Posted by OneEyedMan at April 8, 2005 11:30 AM
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