[Kevin]

Now I want NO stun gun discussion. This thread is for pure comical purposes. Just point and laugh.

Police use stun guns on greased, naked student - CNN.com

A high school lunch period was disrupted Monday by a greased, naked student who ran around screaming and flailing his arms until police twice used a stun gun on him, authorities said.

Taylor Killian, 18, had rubbed his body with grapeseed oil to keep from being caught, and got up after the first time he was shocked to continue running toward a group of frightened students huddled in a corner at Westerville North High School, Lt. Jeff Gaylor said.

"That prank went a little farther than he intended, I guess," Gaylor said.

Officer Doug Staysniak was monitoring the lunch period when Killian, with long hair and a full beard, ran in the room toward students, who screamed and ran away. The officer is normally assigned to a middle school and did not recognize Killian as a student, Gaylor said.

[Eug]

What a maroon.

[Rumor]

Now that is a funny prank. Pretty harmless too. Though he is probably going to be facing some jail time or quite a bit of community service.

Stun guns are dangerous.

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by Kevin 

Officer Doug Staysniak was monitoring the lunch period when Killian, with long hair and a full beard, ran in the room toward students, who screamed and ran away. The officer is normally assigned to a middle school and did not recognize Killian as a student, Gaylor said.

But he would recognize any of the middle schoolers greased up and naked.

Originally Posted by Rumor 

Now that is a funny prank. Pretty harmless too. Though he is probably going to be facing some jail time or quite a bit of community service.

Stun guns are dangerous.

You stole my bit.

[::maroma::]

I wonder where they tazered him?

[Mithras]

A full beard? On a middle school student? I was always jealous of those, uh, advanced kids in middle school.

Nevermind, I'm a dope. Says right there that he was 18.

[Peter]

hilarious.

[Millennium]

So a kid goes psychotic -or pretends to go psychotic- in the middle of lunch, and expects to get off without consequences?

No sympathy here. He knew he risked this, and he deserved the risk if he was his choice to take it. That he got tasered is nothing more than getting burned by the risk.

[turtle777]

Well, THAT would never happen in Canada

(a.k.a. Only in America !)

-t

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Well, THAT would never happen in Canada

Oh give it a week, some Canadian will be copying us.

[goMac]

Originally Posted by Eug 

What a maroon.

What a brownish-crimson color?

[wallinbl]

A message seeking comment was left at Killian's home.

Yeah, the parents are going to call you back so that they can get more press for their embarrassment.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by goMac 

What a brownish-crimson color?

I guess you didn't get the Bugs Bunny reference.

[BRussell]

I personally keep a taser on me just in case I see a greased naked student. I mean, how else can you stop them, with the grease and all?

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Eug 

I guess you didn't get the Bugs Bunny reference.

I got the bugs bunny reference, but didn't get how the pick you posted pertained to bugs bunny.

[goMac]

Originally Posted by Eug 

I guess you didn't get the Bugs Bunny reference.

I got that it was a joke. I was just playing along.

I don't doubt your intelligence enough to think you don't know how to spell moron.

[Eynstyn]

Originally Posted by Eug 

What a maroon.

I got the reference. I loved the reference. I love the Bugs Bunny img. But one doesn't have to be an Einstein to appreciate classic cartoon references.

Just cool.

[Person Man]

Countdown to the lawsuit against the police officer for "use of force out of proportion to the offense..."

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by Person Man 

Countdown to the lawsuit against the police officer for "use of force out of proportion to the offense..."

Nah, to avoid that they'll just trump up the charges to attempted aggravated sexual assault or something.

[Kerrigan]

Originally Posted by nonhuman 

Nah, to avoid that they'll just trump up the charges to attempted aggravated sexual assault or something.

Did this happen in Duke?

[Millennium]

Originally Posted by nonhuman 

Nah, to avoid that they'll just trump up the charges to attempted aggravated sexual assault or something.

Well, let me put it this way: what would you do if a greased, naked person jumped out of nowhere and started running around and screaming? Odds are your response would fall into one of two categories: fight or flight, the two natural responses to this form of aggression (real or imagined). And guess what: that's not a bad thing. It's not necessarily a good thing either; it just is. But why blame the people who acted naturally, as opposed to the one who was deliberately trying to provoke this sort of response?

[zro]

Excuse me, but WTF kinda middle school needs a cop assigned to it??

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by zro 

Excuse me, but WTF kinda middle school needs a cop assigned to it??

First of all, it happened at a high school. Second, it was a police officer that was normally assigned to the middle school. Third, the type of middle school that needs a cop assigned to it is one in which the parents are so afraid of (insert random bad thing happening to their children here) happening that they think having a police officer in the school will prevent it from happening, ever.

[zro]

Fourth of all, I obviously read the story. Cop at high school = not that surprising. Cop at middle school = WTF??

[Eriamjh]

[Eynstyn]

Originally Posted by zro 

Excuse me, but WTF kinda middle school needs a cop assigned to it??

All of them. Every single 'potential-target-of-criminals' one of them.

[Kevin]

Jr High isn't like it once was folks.

[Millennium]

Originally Posted by Kevin 

Jr High isn't like it once was folks.

Indeed not. Not when the teachers have had basically full parenting responsibilities heaped on them but are hamstrung when it comes to actually keeping the kids in line (and also when it comes to teaching their subjects, but that's for another subject). Is it any wonder that the students get out of control under such situations?

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by zro 

Excuse me, but WTF kinda middle school needs a cop assigned to it??

Originally Posted by Person Man 

First of all, it happened at a high school.

Originally Posted by Kevin 

The officer is normally assigned to a middle school and did not recognize Killian as a student, Gaylor said.

???

[Kerrigan]

The cop at the high school was not assigned to that high school, he works at a middle school and happened to be at the high school for whatever reason when the incident occurred.

Being unfamiliar with the high school and its students, he presumed that the hairy, greasy, bearded senior was a non-student.

[IceEnclosure]

I had a police officer assigned to my middle and high-schools. There's at least one at every single public school in the (U.S.)land near as I can tell.

[Gossamer]

Not here in good ol' small-town Iowa.

[Eynstyn]

Originally Posted by Gossamer 

Not here in good ol' small-town Iowa.

Knock on wood and cross your fingrs that you never need them in good ol' small-town Iowa.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by IceEnclosure 

I had a police officer assigned to my middle and high-schools. There's at least one at every single public school in the (U.S.)land near as I can tell.

We have one here at the High School, but that is it.

[Person Man]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

Being unfamiliar with the high school and its students, he presumed that the hairy, greasy, bearded senior was a non-student.

All the more reason to taser the guy.

I hope he sues.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Person Man 

All the more reason to taser the guy.

I hope he sues.

What are you talking about ? Who suing who ?

-t

[alligator]

Wonder if he smelled like french fries after being tasered?

[Dakar²]

So I wonder who was more shocked, the students or the streaker.

[Millennium]

Originally Posted by Person Man 

All the more reason to taser the guy.

I hope he sues.

I hope he sues and loses, setting an example for pranksters everywhere that your actions have consequences, and no one but you is to blame for them.

[nonhuman]

Originally Posted by Millennium 

Well, let me put it this way: what would you do if a greased, naked person jumped out of nowhere and started running around and screaming? Odds are your response would fall into one of two categories: fight or flight, the two natural responses to this form of aggression (real or imagined). And guess what: that's not a bad thing. It's not necessarily a good thing either; it just is. But why blame the people who acted naturally, as opposed to the one who was deliberately trying to provoke this sort of response?

After an initial startling, I probably would have been laughing.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by Person Man 

All the more reason to taser the guy.

I hope he sues.

You have apparently never had a kid in school. If something like that had happened at my son's school, I'd have been glad the cop zapped the prankster. It IS scary for most people to be confronted by someone behaving as if he's psychotic, and since this kid actually made efforts to keep from being grabbed, a shock was about the only way to "resolve" the situation.

Oh, and it's also very poor manners to "impersonate" someone behaving psychotically. People with mental illness certainly can't help it, and mocking them this way is just stupid and rude.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

You have apparently never had a kid in school. If something like that had happened at my son's school, I'd have been glad the cop zapped the prankster. It IS scary for most people to be confronted by someone behaving as if he's psychotic, and since this kid actually made efforts to keep from being grabbed, a shock was about the only way to "resolve" the situation.

Oh, and it's also very poor manners to "impersonate" someone behaving psychotically. People with mental illness certainly can't help it, and mocking them this way is just stupid and rude.

[Kevin]

Smart advertising.

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Millennium 

I hope he sues and loses, setting an example for pranksters everywhere that your actions have consequences, and no one but you is to blame for them.

Agreed.

P.S. I watched some internet video a while back...

Some guy hid in a garbage can and waited for the garbage truck to come by, when he jumped out and scared the garbage man. That was mildly amusing.

I then later saw a copycat video of another guy hiding in a garbage can waiting for the same trick. He jumped out, scared the garbage man, who then proceeded to beat the tar out of the prankster. I couldn't help but laugh.

Originally Posted by alligator 

Wonder if he smelled like french fries after being tasered?

Lol. Or maybe fried chicken.

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

So I wonder who was more shocked, the students or the streaker.

ba-dum ching.

[Dakar²]

A little late, but I'll take what I can get. Check your pager next time.

[Gossamer]

Originally Posted by Dakar² 

A little late, but I'll take what I can get. Check your pager next time.

Sorry, class and homework leaves little time for NN today

[Eynstyn]

Originally Posted by Millennium 

I hope he sues and loses, setting an example for pranksters everywhere that your actions have consequences, and no one but you is to blame for them.

Originally Posted by ghporter 

You have apparently never had a kid in school. If something like that had happened at my son's school, I'd have been glad the cop zapped the prankster. It IS scary for most people to be confronted by someone behaving as if he's psychotic, and since this kid actually made efforts to keep from being grabbed, a shock was about the only way to "resolve" the situation.

Oh, and it's also very poor manners to "impersonate" someone behaving psychotically. People with mental illness certainly can't help it, and mocking them this way is just stupid and rude.