Brickbat: Our Bad

Karin Hildebrand Lau / Dreamstime.com

Police in Manchester, England, have apologized for Tasering an unarmed blind man. Still, Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan says it "appeared to be an appropriate decision" at the time. He says it was dark and cops mistook the man's folded cane for a gun.

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[CZmacure]

A wink's as good as a nod to a blind pig.

[Will4Freedom]

I see what you did there...

[Fist of Etiquette]

"We're calling for police officers to undergo rigorous training which takes into account how to respond to people in vulnerable groups, including the visually impaired."

What group is more vulnerable than police? They constantly find themselves in situations where they are completely terrified for their lives.

[some guy]

You would be too if everyone justifiably hated you.

[SomeGuy]

My twin nailed it.

[crufus]

That's what he gets for terrifying police with his deadly cane. We've all seen how much mayhem Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman can cause.

He should be grateful that they didn't shoot him with a real gun.

[SomeGuy]

https://tinyurl.com/jal5dc7

hey even santa can kill someone with a kane!

[SomeGuy]

#banstana #bancanes

[ColoradoKook]

Zatoichi was the man! I gotta go back and watch some of those movies now.

[Radioactive]

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is in for a hell of a bad time...

[Libertarian]

In all fairness to the cops we must remember that this happened in England, home to 007. The cane could have been a machine gun.

[some guy]

+1 Assault cane with a shoulder thing that goes up.

[some guy]

+1 Assault cane with a shoulder thing that goes up.

[Will4Freedom]

Someone use a taser on that squirrel, please.

[Bob K]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once and awhile.

[Longtobefree]

And it is immediately taken by the police as evidence.

[SomeGuy]

you mean gotham?...wait thats an umbrella...nm

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[IceTrey]

WTF are those cops blind?

[Longtobefree]

What? Everybody knows canes hide swords, not guns!

[ColoradoKook]

Good thing the guy didn't have a service dog.