Don’t H8 - Utah Trooper John Gardner
November 22, 2007
Update : A Utah trooper who used a Taser to subdue a stubborn motorist who was walking away from him during a traffic stop felt threatened and acted reasonably, state officials said Friday.
Trooper Jon Gardner remains on leave, primarily for his safety, after numerous anonymous threats were made against him, said Supt. Lance Davenport of the Utah Highway Patrol.
Gardner twice zapped Jared Massey with a Taser when the driver walked away and refused to sign a speeding ticket on Sept. 14. The incident was recorded on Gardner’s dashboard camera. Massey filed a public-records request and posted the video on YouTube, which said it has been viewed more than 1 million times.
“We found that Trooper Gardner’s actions were lawful and reasonable under the circumstances,” Davenport said at a news conference, joined by Scott Duncan, commissioner of the UHP’s parent agency, the Utah Department of Public Safety.
The investigation was conducted by officials in the Department of Public Safety, which oversees the highway patrol. The officials have asked the Utah attorney general’s office to also review the case to determine if laws were broken.
Original Post:
We’ve all been pulled over at some point or another for allegedly “speeding”. I’ve always signed the ticket. When you sign, it isn’t an admission of guilt, it just means that you promise to take care of that shit….by either paying the fine or showing up to court to fight the charges.
Not all states require that you sign the ticket. Utah law says that you have two options as a pig cop. The first option is to write “refused to sign” on the ticket and hand it back to the person and be on your marry way.
The 2nd option is to be a cocksucker and arrest that person. Looks like Trooper Gardner exercised the 2nd option.
Jared Massey learned the hard way back on September 14th. Officer John Gardner pulled his ass over for speeding…..he then writes up a ticket for speeding but Jared decides that he doesn’t want to sign it.
The pig tells Jared to get out of the vehicle and to put his hands behind his back and at the same time whips out his taser. Now, at this point, Jared isn’t doing anything to warrant having Office Cocksucker pull out a taser.
If Jared was smart, he would have just laid on the ground like the control freak told him to do, but instead, he got that ass tasered.
Troopers that carry tasers in Utah must also take a course on how and when to use the devices. They are taught to use them in three circumstances:
The first is when a person is a threat to themselves, an officer or another person; second is in cases where the physical use of force would endanger the person or someone else; and third is when other means of lesser or equal force by the officer has been ineffective.
Looking at the video below, I’m not seeing where this guy warranted being tasered. Time for the State of Utah to open up that checkbook……
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November 22nd, 2007 at 12:55 pm
An ABC News’ article revealed that the Utah Highway Patrolman with the taser, John Gardner, has a documented history of violence. The Utah Highway Patrol has often turned a blind eye to his previous brutality.
In other words: His career as a police officer is noted for abusive behavior. This was just one of many questionable acts committed by Gardner as a police officer.
November 25th, 2007 at 12:25 am
First off, H8TORADE rules!
Secondly, Black dudes need to stoop complaining about police brutality as if it exists ONLY in their communities.
All the motherfuckers who got their lunch money stole in junior high is tasering people to death.
November 25th, 2007 at 2:41 am
Anyone have Officer Gardner’s docs?
November 29th, 2007 at 2:07 am
Police Officers are not pigs, yeah, maybe he overreacted a little, but the bottom line when dealing with cops…Do what the fuck they tell you…Its really simple, and smart…
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 am
So I guess we’ll just dispense with amendments four, five, six, eight and nine, then?
February 17th, 2008 at 9:11 am
here is an interesting point. in most states if someone is runnin or walking AWAY from you, they are classified as “non-threatening” and therefore unreasonable force against them is illegal.
in this case, an officer may argue that a person may be attempting to retrieve a weapon from the vehicle. but this becomes a judgement call. in this case the guy had his wife and child in the car, and did not appear to be “on drugs” (or any other common accusations). he was simply being stubborn and demanded his civil rights. in fact you are not even required to get out of the vehicle without a writ of habeous corpus. as soon as you exit the vehicle you are now technically “under arrest” or “in police custody.
this is becoming more and more transparent. the more a civillian demands their rights, the more a bully wants to take them from you.
the only crime i see here was thought crime. “when you think of the future, picture a boot stepping on a human face” Orwell
February 17th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
this website sucks. probably made by fucked up cops.
http://www.infowars.com/?p=245
new bill to allow police misconduct be hidden from the public.
this is BS. we know if a politician makes an obscene gesture, in fact we hear about it on the mass media for months, but we can’t find out when a police officer abuse his rights. which happens often, every single day.
america is becoming a police state. whatever you do, do NOT let them take away your guns. it is the second ammendment, RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST! take america back from the evil and corrupt bankers, politicians and COPS.. SOMEONE had to pass this legislation. and everyone had to agree.
March 11th, 2008 at 8:17 am
I believe that Trooper Jon Gardner should have a kick in his ass - What a pig…….
March 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Jon Gardner is a pig….
June 7th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Jesus! What a fuckin nightmare… those goddamn pigs think they can trample on anyones rights at any time. the really sad and depressing part is that they almost always get away with it (think of the rodney king incident). The problem is that we allow those filthy swine to investigate their own people. Now if that isnt a massive conflict of interest than what the fuck is? At least this guy didnt die like that unfortunate man from Poland who was tased to death by those mother fucking pigs at the Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia…