That’s not a gun!
by schwim on Dec.06, 2007, under Humorous
How bad would it suck to be deaf, naked and then tased?
Why just ask Donnell Williams.
Well, you have to expect something like this if you’re a hardened criminal. We can’t give out free passes because you are disabled.
Problem is, it was a bogus call. Donnell was getting out of the tub when his house was raided and as they screamed at him to lie down, he kept pointing at his ear and yelling that he couldn’t hear.
You can imagine the fear in the cops’ hearts and the adrenaline in their veins. God knows what Donnell could have been packing under that towel, or worse, in his ear that he kept cryptically pointing to.
So, they did what any group of hardened law enforcement officials would do when outnumbering a naked man 6 or 8 to one. They tased him.
You know, to even up the odds a little.
They explain that it was in response to a shooting call, so they were very keyed up. They also apologized to Donnell for the terrible misunderstanding.
If I were Donnell, I would have felt pressured to accept their apology. After all, between all of the cops, there had to be another taser ready to go. In case he pulled a gun from his towel.
Well, you never know.
