I want to tell a story now. Time has made it blurry...and I do not propose that this is a verbatim account. No, this is simply the incident as I remember it. I am sure everyone involved would have their own version.
At some point last year, I will say after February I was on D-Pod in Butler County Prison. It was, maybe 3 or 4 in the morning when I heard a group of guards come onto the pod.
I heard an extremely odd exchange between one of the Captains and an inmate who I was later told was going through diabetic shock. Here I will paraphrase what I heard:
Capt XXXXX: Whats your problem?
Inmate 1: What? Who are you.
Capt XXXXX: Do you know where you are?
Inmate 1: Where?
Capt XXXXX: You are in Butler County Prison.
Inmate 1: Prison? Here? Can I leave?
Capt XXXXX: No. (calling Inmate 2 by his name) Inmate 2 you are going to need to cuff up.
Inmate 2: Why? I didn't do anything...
(inmate 2 eventually cuffs up and is removed from the cell)
Capt XXXXX: Inmate 2, I am going to need you to cuff up.
Inmate 2: What?
Capt XXXXX: I will not ask you again.
Capt XXXXX to a guard standing by: If he doesn't cuff up, I am going to need you to taze him.
Inmate 2: Razzers?
I will end my account here. Eventually the inmate did cuff up and was removed from the cell and taken to medical. Of course there is protocol to consider...but what would you do in that situation? Is it reasonable to consider Tazing a non violent inmate who is obviously going through some medical issues?
Funny thing...I had actually spoke to the guard that the captain was ordering to taze the inmate if he was not compliant about a month before all this happened. The guard was a nice enough guy, reasonable & professional. I asked him one day. "You seem like a fairly bright guy...what if you came into work one day and you were asked to do something that you considered immoral?" His reply was "Well...I am the sort of guy who follows commands from my superiors, so I would have to do what I was told."
Indeed, you would. This is not maliciousness...it is banality.
think for yourself.
At some point last year, I will say after February I was on D-Pod in Butler County Prison. It was, maybe 3 or 4 in the morning when I heard a group of guards come onto the pod.
I heard an extremely odd exchange between one of the Captains and an inmate who I was later told was going through diabetic shock. Here I will paraphrase what I heard:
Capt XXXXX: Whats your problem?
Inmate 1: What? Who are you.
Capt XXXXX: Do you know where you are?
Inmate 1: Where?
Capt XXXXX: You are in Butler County Prison.
Inmate 1: Prison? Here? Can I leave?
Capt XXXXX: No. (calling Inmate 2 by his name) Inmate 2 you are going to need to cuff up.
Inmate 2: Why? I didn't do anything...
(inmate 2 eventually cuffs up and is removed from the cell)
Capt XXXXX: Inmate 2, I am going to need you to cuff up.
Inmate 2: What?
Capt XXXXX: I will not ask you again.
Capt XXXXX to a guard standing by: If he doesn't cuff up, I am going to need you to taze him.
Inmate 2: Razzers?
I will end my account here. Eventually the inmate did cuff up and was removed from the cell and taken to medical. Of course there is protocol to consider...but what would you do in that situation? Is it reasonable to consider Tazing a non violent inmate who is obviously going through some medical issues?
Funny thing...I had actually spoke to the guard that the captain was ordering to taze the inmate if he was not compliant about a month before all this happened. The guard was a nice enough guy, reasonable & professional. I asked him one day. "You seem like a fairly bright guy...what if you came into work one day and you were asked to do something that you considered immoral?" His reply was "Well...I am the sort of guy who follows commands from my superiors, so I would have to do what I was told."
Indeed, you would. This is not maliciousness...it is banality.
think for yourself.
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