A different kind of lawnmower man

Post #329,718 by lincoln 7/16/10 2:33:44 PM Reply	A different kind of lawnmower man John Nova Lomax's story on Kenneth Page, who set out to ride a lawnmower from Texas to Florida, has gotten a lot of well-deserved kudos. But we're afraid it can't hold a candle to this lawnmower-riding guy. It's apparently been bouncing around the net for a while, but it's new to us. Favorite bit of dialogue between the police officer and the drunk lawnmower rider: "Steve," the officer says, "How many times I gotta tell you you can't be driving down the road drinking on a lawnmower?" "I'm just going down to the oyster shack, man, come on." Steve eventually decides he's not going to be arrested today and tries to putter away, as the cop walks next to him warning that he's about to be tasered. Which he then is, entertainingly. Anyway, guys and their lawnmowers: It's an odd world out there. http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=95qZtwJNjxk http://blogs.houston...awnmower.php#more "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #329,721 by drook 7/16/10 3:29:33 PM Reply	Hope he gets a good lawyer ... the cop walks next to him warning that he's about to be tasered. I don't know what the local rules of engagement are, but tasers are supposed to be for protection, and used in lieu of deadly force options. They are not supposed to be for suspect compliance. -- Drew
Post #329,723 by Another Scott 7/16/10 3:34:51 PM Reply	Have you seen digby on this subject? It's one of the many items she keeps an eye on. There are far too many stories of Tasers being used for punishment when the officer would not have drawn his/her gun. E.g. http://www.salon.com...2009/08/10/tasers 224 hits here - http://www.google.co...aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= Cheers, Scott.

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