So if a police officer is writing you a ticket and you drive away, do you need to pay the ticket? I mean in reality you never received the ticket so I would assume “no”.
However a guy in Kelowna, John Peters, drives away from an officer who was writing a ticket and stupidly stops a block away, apparently feeling guilty about it (keep in mind this guy is a newspaper delivery guy and 68 years old).
The police officer catches up and tasers him twice.
John is now being charges with resisting arrest, obstruction and assaulting a police officer.
Now there must be more to the story. I can see obstruction, it is a bit of a stretch but I can see how driving away from a ticket might be considered obstruction, but the other two charges are totally bogus and obviously intended to intimidate Mr. Peters into being quiet.
I wish the media could dig a little deeper into the story. Its the internet for crying out loud, not newsprint, its not like they’re going to run out of room.
more reading:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/11/08/bc-taseredpaperboy.html