Woman tasered for trying to buy too many iPhones

so now apple wants control in consumer purchase as well? WTF? ain't you also selling unlocked phones? what if i wanna buy 10 unlocked ones? you hand me over to the cops? BS. boo, apple. and FU, apple geniuses.

This is just a horrible story. Police acting terrible thinking they are justified. As usual. And surprisingly Apple, who wants to make their phones the only choice for consumers yet refuse to sell them to a lady due to assumptions from God knows where they they will end up on the Black Market.

I hate the Police and I hate Apple.

This is a fine example of the rampant police abuses that have plagued my country since 9/11.

Astounding! Now Apple wants to control what a purchaser does with a retail product. Bad enough they rip-off the consumer at every opportunity, now one is guaranteed a shocking experience with an I-phone.

And bleep the police state torturers. My lightning strike their penii, if these p-poor LEOS can find one amongst themselves.

Our tax dollars at work.

Honestly, i think she's full of shit saying she doesn't speak english. And even if she doesn't, if a cop grabs you from the arm (no matter what country or what language you don't speak) and point you to the door, you fucking leave. It may not be right but its better than getting tasered in the face.

Lol . Love these stories

Li-Harious!

More stupid people could use a good tasering (as long as it doesn't kill them...that's going a little TOO far).

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Li-Harious!

More stupid people could use a good tasering (as long as it doesn't kill them...that's going a little TOO far).

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I wonder if it was really a covert Beta Trial of a forthcoming Apple iTaser :-)

i dont agree with tazers.what kinda insane people invents a device to electricute and hurt people.
cops are heavy handed everywhere just do a search of youtube you will see it for yourself.
she probably understand enough english to know to leave the store but she probably wanted a reason as to why she was being asked to leave.
if someone is selling an item and someone has the money to buy it once its out of the sellers hand they shouldnt be able to dictate where it ends up unless they have an agreement between the seller and buyer before the sale is final.she had the cash to buy the phones and personally think she should be suing the store for discrimination.

Originally posted by Justoneguy:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Li-Harious!

More stupid people could use a good tasering (as long as it doesn't kill them...that's going a little TOO far).

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Sounds like you need a good tasering then, you're not TOO bright. There was obviously a language barrier.
Two grown men having to taser a little chinese woman to get her out of the store? Really?
I guess she didn't exhibit the sheep mentality right away, so she must have been trouble. Bad things can and will happen if you get out of the fluffy velvet rope corral.

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by Justoneguy:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Li-Harious!

More stupid people could use a good tasering (as long as it doesn't kill them...that's going a little TOO far).

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Sounds like you need a good tasering then, you're not TOO bright. There was obviously a language barrier.
Two grown men having to taser a little chinese woman to get her out of the store? Really?
I guess she didn't exhibit the sheep mentality right away, so she must have been trouble. Bad things can and will happen if you get out of the fluffy velvet rope corral.

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And YOU'RE so bright you can make up BS details out of nothing??? You seem to harbor irrational hate for Apple and/or cops and you're just spewing nonsense because of it.

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Originally posted by flyingpen:

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Honestly, i think she's full of shit saying she doesn't speak english. And even if she doesn't, if a cop grabs you from the arm (no matter what country or what language you don't speak) and point you to the door, you fucking leave. It may not be right but its better than getting tasered in the face.

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I think it's very weird that apple watchdog's what you do with their devices. Apparently this "refusal policy" is a company wide stance and not the first time it's been in the news (see link below). If you say the product is going to an "unauthorized" country they won't sell it to you. But, what I don't understand in this situation, is why they won't sell the phones, China has the iPhone so it's going to an apple "market" country. Unless, as a company, they don't want people to undercut the cost of the phone by buying here and giving away or selling in China.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201206...e-to-iran.shtml

Send her back to China. Either follow the rules or face the consequences. If someone did this in china they would be sent to prison or escorted to the airport and deported. I have no sympathy for her. I am so tired of people coming her and then they want to do anything they want and when someone says follow our rules they complain. All companies have rules on the purchase of their products. Apple can set the rules and stop grey market purchases it is their product. Send her back and remove her green card she doesn't deserve one or to be here!!!

Originally posted by Tazer247:

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This is just a horrible story. Police acting terrible thinking they are justified. As usual. And surprisingly Apple, who wants to make their phones the only choice for consumers yet refuse to sell them to a lady due to assumptions from God knows where they they will end up on the Black Market.

I hate the Police and I hate Apple.

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Originally posted by dp70:

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Astounding! Now Apple wants to control what a purchaser does with a retail product. Bad enough they rip-off the consumer at every opportunity, now one is guaranteed a shocking experience with an I-phone.

And bleep the police state torturers. My lightning strike their penii, if these p-poor LEOS can find one amongst themselves.

Our tax dollars at work.

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So many things wrong here...Apple is in the wrong for trying to limit what people do with the devices they buy (it isn't Heroin...the only iPhones in the black market are stolen), the police for using a taser where (at most) all they had to do was to each grab her by one arm and walk her to a store that sells Androids, the taser manufacturers for continuing to claim that these do not cause physiological damage in spite of the mountain of research that contradicts this claim, and the woman for trying to give money to Apple (and for not learning any english after 3 years of immersion)!

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I bet the company you work for has rules. This woman needs to follow Apples rules on purchases. She needs to learn English since she has been here for 3 years. Now she will sue and get something for free costing all of us. Go to China and try this! You will be sent to prison or escorted to the airport and deported. The police were a little rough but if she was not cooperating she deserved to get tased. Ship her out we don't need someone like this sponging off us in the USA.

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Jeff7630...so you are saying that buying products in America is not helping the economy? Or she Should just send her US dollar to China and buy it over there...at least she is paying taxes. It could be worse, hispanics send money to mexico all the time and so on...and it doesnt help america economy.

-China is not taking is not taking your job. Your greedy CEO is the one to blame. The CEO or who ever is in charge of the money gets to decide where they want to spend their money on labor. If its oversea then let it be..It can be worse, hispanics are here in the usa that can actually replace you and work for cheap labor like the Chinese. so the benefit of sending work over sea is better because the Chinese will stay on there land(also many Chinese are tourist) hispanics will take your job IN the Usa and multiply their family in no time.(im not saying having a big family is a problem) the point is that China is not taking your job, your employer decide on that.

I do agree that she should learn english,however; sometimes you cant teach an old dog new trick..it could be worse, hispanics, their language is more similar to english language than the Chinese language and still doesnt learn english.

I can go on and on about this ,comparing it to a worse situation with the hispanics and many othe ethnicity. But I rather not argue with a close minded person.

Anyways calling them Chink is a bit racist.in my post, I can easily replace the word "hispanics" with "beaner" and "you" with "cracker".
But I choose not to be ignorant like some do.
Please treat others the way you want to be treated.

The language argument is BS. I don't care what language you speak or don't speak. It can be made obviously clear that someone wants you out of the store through body language and especially when the cops show up with guns and tazers. A reason to leave? Apple didn't want to sell anything to her and that's ALL THE REASON THEY NEED in this great country. So when you're clearly told to leave and you refuse even with a cop pointing a tazer in your face you deserve every last ounce of pain coming to you.

Jefferson7631
hispanics send money to mexico all the time and so on.
Anyways calling them Chink is a bit racist.in my post, I can easily replace the word "hispanics" with "beaner" and "you" with "cracker".

Dude WTF? so you´re not racist? thank god average gringo.

Bottom line the law states that Retailers have the right to refuse anyone business at any time for any reason and request any said person to be removed from the premises. The minute she was ask to leave the store, that's where the talking stops and you leave.

Were the Apple employees wrong for doing this? Morally yes, legally no.

So then the police get there to help escort her off the property, from there' it's a question of did they use appropriate force to do so? In this case like many other taser cases, I would say they used excessive force, they could have just restrained her walked her out, set her free and give her a fine. If she assaults the officer then use whatever is considered equal force.

Either way in the court of the law, she's not going to find much sympathy there because she did in fact ignored Apple's request for her to leave. That's when she should have shut up and simply go to another store. I can't say she deserved what happened, but nor is she innocent.

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by Justoneguy:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Li-Harious!

More stupid people could use a good tasering (as long as it doesn't kill them...that's going a little TOO far).

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Sounds like you need a good tasering then, you're not TOO bright. There was obviously a language barrier.
Two grown men having to taser a little chinese woman to get her out of the store? Really?
I guess she didn't exhibit the sheep mentality right away, so she must have been trouble. Bad things can and will happen if you get out of the fluffy velvet rope corral.

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And YOU'RE so bright you can make up BS details out of nothing??? You seem to harbor irrational hate for Apple and/or cops and you're just spewing nonsense because of it.

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Originally posted by Mysttic:

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Bottom line the law states that Retailers have the right to refuse anyone business at any time for any reason and request any said person to be removed from the premises. The minute she was ask to leave the store, that's where the talking stops and you leave.

Were the Apple employees wrong for doing this? Morally yes, legally no.

So then the police get there to help escort her off the property, from there' it's a question of did they use appropriate force to do so? In this case like many other taser cases, I would say they used excessive force, they could have just restrained her walked her out, set her free and give her a fine. If she assaults the officer then use whatever is considered equal force.

Either way in the court of the law, she's not going to find much sympathy there because she did in fact ignored Apple's request for her to leave. That's when she should have shut up and simply go to another store. I can't say she deserved what happened, but nor is she innocent.

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My guess was she was trying to buy the additional phones with contract and then cancel. If you tell anyone at any phone store that, they won't sell you the phones. I hate apple but my guess is that they were in the right on this one.

She needs a good lawyer, sue the crap out the store, the police, and Apple for every penny that she can get.

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She needs a good lawyer, sue the crap out the store, the police, and Apple for every penny that she can get.

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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So many things wrong here...Apple is in the wrong for trying to limit what people do with the devices they buy (it isn't Heroin...the only iPhones in the black market are stolen), the police for using a taser where (at most) all they had to do was to each grab her by one arm and walk her to a store that sells Androids, the taser manufacturers for continuing to claim that these do not cause physiological damage in spite of the mountain of research that contradicts this claim, and the woman for trying to give money to Apple (and for not learning any english after 3 years of immersion)!

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The Apple employees had an absolute right not to sell her additional phones. The woman refused to leave. The police were called, she still refused to leave. Then she resisted arrest. The police had every right to taser this person in order to remove her from the store and help restore civility. The woman needs to be evaluated for possible mental disorders.

judging from what i can see in the video it looks like she was already on the ground with an officer on top of her when they used the tazer.

Tazer or police baton? Which is more appropriate...
Because this woman deserved one or the other.

Originally posted by rking_ad:

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The Apple employees had an absolute right not to sell her additional phones. The woman refused to leave. The police were called, she still refused to leave. Then she resisted arrest. The police had every right to taser this person in order to remove her from the store and help restore civility. The woman needs to be evaluated for possible mental disorders.

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Man on man, the would really has gone to hell when salespersons refuse out right to sell you an iPhone.. She bought legit, so what's the give in all of this? Only to sell them in a black market like the salesperson said? Give me a break? Whose to say that she did or didn't legitimate give her family in China those said phones. and we wonder why foreigners consider us the enemy! Sheesh!!

Fantastic job of Jeff7630 at being a "Newbie" member and obvious Apple PR ringer. It was racist of the store to assume she was buying and selling them in China. How do they know? She could have bought 2 for her kids and then maybe talked to a sister/brother and found out their kids wanted them too. so went back when she got paid again. Or thought later in the week maybe her and her husband would like them too.

Why? because she is Asian, automatically she's doing something shady? That's racial profiling.

Originally posted by jookycola:

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Fantastic job of Jeff7630 at being a "Newbie" member and obvious Apple PR ringer. It was racist of the store to assume she was buying and selling them in China. How do they know? She could have bought 2 for her kids and then maybe talked to a sister/brother and found out their kids wanted them too. so went back when she got paid again. Or thought later in the week maybe her and her husband would like them too.

Why? because she is Asian, automatically she's doing something shady? That's racial profiling.

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she's not too bad looking.... I'd do her :P
But seriously why the F would you need to tasser an innocent woman. Would they do the same to a WHITE person....Probably not. The people in the shop just assumed she would sell it on a black market. Idiots should be charged, also the shop and cops. Make them pay for their crimes. MORONS

Originally posted by Vato:

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she's not too bad looking.... I'd do her :P
But seriously why the F would you need to tasser an innocent woman. Would they do the same to a WHITE person....Probably not. The people in the shop just assumed she would sell it on a black market. Idiots should be charged, also the shop and cops. Make them pay for their crimes. MORONS

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Originally posted by Jeff7630:

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Send her back to China. Either follow the rules or face the consequences. If someone did this in china they would be sent to prison or escorted to the airport and deported. I have no sympathy for her. I am so tired of people coming her and then they want to do anything they want and when someone says follow our rules they complain. All companies have rules on the purchase of their products. Apple can set the rules and stop grey market purchases it is their product. Send her back and remove her green card she doesn't deserve one or to be here!!!

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Originally posted by dirtyphoe:

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Originally posted by Jeff7630:

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Send her back to China. Either follow the rules or face the consequences. If someone did this in china they would be sent to prison or escorted to the airport and deported. I have no sympathy for her. I am so tired of people coming her and then they want to do anything they want and when someone says follow our rules they complain. All companies have rules on the purchase of their products. Apple can set the rules and stop grey market purchases it is their product. Send her back and remove her green card she doesn't deserve one or to be here!!!

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I've been a user and a reader of this site for a long time now. I just never comment too often. After reading your response though I had to log in just to let you know how much of a douchebag you are. Send her back to china huh? That's some real racist shit to say there. Just because she's chinese didn't mean she was putting the phones on a black market and even if she did if she bought the phones with her own money she has the right to do whatever she wants with the damn phones. I hope she sues the Apples out of that store and the police. As for you Jeff7630 how about you take your a** back to england buddy!

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Originally posted by Vato:

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she's not too bad looking.... I'd do her :P
But seriously why the F would you need to tasser an innocent woman. Would they do the same to a WHITE person....Probably not. The people in the shop just assumed she would sell it on a black market. Idiots should be charged, also the shop and cops. Make them pay for their crimes. MORONS

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LoL...calling them morons, and saying they should be charged with racism...and that isn't a crime! Maybe they should also be charged with being supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

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Originally posted by Hopium:

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Originally posted by Mysttic:

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Bottom line the law states that Retailers have the right to refuse anyone business at any time for any reason and request any said person to be removed from the premises. The minute she was ask to leave the store, that's where the talking stops and you leave.

Were the Apple employees wrong for doing this? Morally yes, legally no.

So then the police get there to help escort her off the property, from there' it's a question of did they use appropriate force to do so? In this case like many other taser cases, I would say they used excessive force, they could have just restrained her walked her out, set her free and give her a fine. If she assaults the officer then use whatever is considered equal force.

Either way in the court of the law, she's not going to find much sympathy there because she did in fact ignored Apple's request for her to leave. That's when she should have shut up and simply go to another store. I can't say she deserved what happened, but nor is she innocent.

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there is no room for sound logic on the internets. :P

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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Originally posted by Vato:

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she's not too bad looking.... I'd do her :P
But seriously why the F would you need to tasser an innocent woman. Would they do the same to a WHITE person....Probably not. The people in the shop just assumed she would sell it on a black market. Idiots should be charged, also the shop and cops. Make them pay for their crimes. MORONS

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LoL...calling them morons, and saying they should be charged with racism...and that isn't a crime! Maybe they should also be charged with being supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

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this is disgusting but look at microsoft you dont see them using such a tactic on windows 8 pirates in china why would apple need to do this and worse you know what is going to happen lawsuit followed by the manager of that store being terminated and you dont want your device going on the black market my butt you sell them unlocked they still end up on the black market wow some people dang

besides whats been posted on here what I find odd.

Is she goes in on a Monday buys 2 phones because apple's store limit is 2 products per person per day. fine, deal done.

Goes in on a Thursday and asks to buy 2 phones get told she can't buy anything even though the above rules should apply.

it's assumed she'll sell them on the black market then gets arrested for trespass and abusing cops, bashing them, breaking police equipment etc etc etc many charges later in the slammer.

talk about over the top stuff.

there's factories in china that make the iphone for the black market anyway, foxconn probably sell the duds to the black market to make some extra cash on the side.

It doesn't even need to be stolen, the LG phones get ripped off in the same factory that makes the official LG phone, like there 2 factory production lines and 1 makes the proper product and the other is the rip off product sold for a $100 and the exact same phone bar logos.

I think there's another story here and probably apple store employees are covering it up, maybe if she had gone to another store this wouldn't have happened but she has gone to the same one.

How exactly does purchasing an Iphone from Apple and re selling it = black market. These Apple people are just so stupid I can't even believe it. This poor women goes in with her cash to buy products and is racially profiled, cops called and then tasered for wanting to legally purchase a product. I mean she is a middle aged woman they could have cuffed her and dragged her out there was no need to taser her. All the time you see cop abuse it's even worse with black people, there is no need for this racial shit any more it's 2012 for fuck sakes.

Originally posted by Vato:

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she's not too bad looking.... I'd do her :P
But seriously why the F would you need to tasser an innocent woman. Would they do the same to a WHITE person....Probably not. The people in the shop just assumed she would sell it on a black market. Idiots should be charged, also the shop and cops. Make them pay for their crimes. MORONS

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Hehehehe...Let's just say I hope someone is there to give me a good tasering if I ever willingly try to buy a crapple product!

Originally posted by Mysttic:

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Bottom line the law states that Retailers have the right to refuse anyone business at any time for any reason and request any said person to be removed from the premises. The minute she was ask to leave the store, that's where the talking stops and you leave.

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Originally posted by aldan:

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Originally posted by Vato:

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she's not too bad looking.... I'd do her :P
But seriously why the F would you need to tasser an innocent woman. Would they do the same to a WHITE person....Probably not. The people in the shop just assumed she would sell it on a black market. Idiots should be charged, also the shop and cops. Make them pay for their crimes. MORONS

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what makes you think she would do you?

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Thats mental... god help thee poor woman... people really need to get a grip of themselves.

Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Originally posted by Justoneguy:

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Originally posted by xnonsuchx:

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Li-Harious!

More stupid people could use a good tasering (as long as it doesn't kill them...that's going a little TOO far).

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Sounds like you need a good tasering then, you're not TOO bright. There was obviously a language barrier.
Two grown men having to taser a little chinese woman to get her out of the store? Really?
I guess she didn't exhibit the sheep mentality right away, so she must have been trouble. Bad things can and will happen if you get out of the fluffy velvet rope corral.

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And YOU'RE so bright you can make up BS details out of nothing??? You seem to harbor irrational hate for Apple and/or cops and you're just spewing nonsense because of it.

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I hope this woman sues the hell out of the store and the police. The store is for selling product so once they receive the money, and made their profit what the hell matters what is done with the product. I can't believe people can get away with this s**t. Just is not right.

sometimes people honestly become a cop to make society a better place but most become a cop on a power trip.they just want power and control.police using excessive force is nothing new (look on youtube there are thousands of incidents) , its too common.

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