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RogueOne1/05/2010 6:08:23 am PST

I’m on a tasing roll.

Now that this case has been settled, i.e. she was found not guilty, she’s suing.

news.cincinnati.com

Thomas was in the passenger seat of a car involved in a hit-skip when the car was pulled over in Mount Auburn. As the driver, Demetri Washington, was being questioned by police out of the car, the camera in a police cruiser showed Thomas getting out of the car and being repeatedly told to return. She was on her knees with her hands in the air when Police Officer Anthony Plummer shot her in the back with the Taser that delivered a shock.

For more background on the officer in question and one more example of how hard it is to fire a govt employee:
news.cincinnati.com

“At least six people reviewed this video and all of us agreed this should not have occurred,” Streicher said. “Because of that and a concern about his past history, I have ordered his police powers be suspended.

“He will not be out on the street,” Streicher said.

Plummer joined the force in 2001 and his personnel file shows a suspension for use of force, two reprimands and an incident that led to his being fired.

Plummer was fired in August of 2006 for violating procedure during an arrest in which he used a Taser. An arbitrator reinstated Plummer in September of 2007.