Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner
An 81-year-old man was Tasered during a traffic stop last week.Undernews has more taser torture updates here.
It is the second time since 1998 that police have had to make a show of force during a traffic stop to arrest Glen M. Wilcox, a Fairbanks-based Episcopalian priest and real estate agent.
Court documents allege that officers with Eielson Air Force Base’s 354th Security Forces Squadron pulled Wilcox over just after 1 p.m. Wednesday for going 11 miles over the speed limit on the Richardson Highway.
An officer, identified as a senior airman in court documents, took Wilcox’s license, registration and proof of insurance and wrote him a traffic citation. When he returned to Wilcox’s car, Wilcox refused to accept the documents and sped down the highway, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.
Wilcox disputes that version of events.
I think it is terrible that an old man was Tasered. However, I don't think the fact that the old man was a member of the clergy is relevant to the story. It would be equally horrible and unnecessary regardless of whether or not somebody is a priest.
ReplyDeletelibhom: Indeed your comments have a solid basis. Yes - that he is 81 years old, but I'm Episcopalian and that's why the story also caught my attention.
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