Contrary to popular belief....latex paint +tazer does not mean death

[Wheezer]

ooops

Man tries to avoid Taser by covering himself in paint

Brian Mattert believed if he was shocked while wearing latex paint he would be killed.

By Lindsey Erin Kroskob
lkroskob@wyomingnews.com

CHEYENNE -- Brian Mattert thought there was a good possibility police would use a Taser on him when they showed up at his house just after midnight on Sept. 16.

So he went into the back room of his house and hastily covered himself in white latex paint.

Cheyenne Police officers Joshua Thorton and James Womak arrived with their Tasers drawn.

"You see all this water-based paint?" Mattert asked them. "You shoot me with that and you'll kill me."

According to the police report, Mattert, 34, became defiant and uncooperative.

The officers continued to demand his surrender and explained that the paint would not affect a Taser's capability nor would it cause his death if used.

After some time, the officers were able to get Mattert into his back yard. He tried to pull away and was subsequently shocked with a Taser.

As he lay in a fetal position on the grass, Mattert refused to give up his hand so he could be placed in cuffs. So he was shocked again, and the officers were able to detain him.

Mattert was booked in the Laramie County jail for domestic violence, assault and battery, interference with a peace officer and aggravated assault on a peace officer.

"Tasers are clearly useful and effective tools for law enforcement to use to actually procure the arrest and maintain the safety of those being arrested," Cheyenne Police Sgt. Rob Dafoe said. "Thousands of law enforcement agencies utilize Tasers in their arsenal of police equipment."

He said the officers did have to replace their uniforms.

 

[Kelemvor]

I wouldn't call it Popular Belief. I've never heard that stupid idea before...

 

[IronWing]

This requires more investigation. Sounds like a whitewash.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

Yuk, yuk.

Just cooperate with the police and you won't have to worry about getting Tasered.

 

[IronWing]

Yuk, yuk.

Just cooperate with the police and you won't have to worry about getting Tasered.

Unless they feel like tazing you anyway just for shits and giggles.

 

[theflyingpig]

Anyone who acts like a douchebag around cops deserves to be tazed. If they die, that's one less douchebag in the world. This is especially true of liberal, college aged protesters. Everyone knows this.

 

[IronWing]

Anyone who acts like a douchebag around cops deserves to be tazed. If they die, that's one less douchebag in the world. This is especially true of liberal, college aged protesters. Everyone knows this.

Meh, no cookie. Try harder.

 

[Molondo]

yea that one was weak

 

[dawp]

to avoid tazering, a tinfoil body suit might work. or wrapping your upper body in aluminum tape.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

to avoid tazering, a tinfoil body suit might work. or wrapping your upper body in aluminum tape.

I don't think the adhesive is non conductive. I'm voting for lighting up like a Christmas tree.

 

[So]

I don't think the adhesive is non conductive. I'm voting for lighting up like a Christmas tree.

it might work if you give yourself a foil tail...

 

[dawp]

I don't think the adhesive is non conductive. I'm voting for lighting up like a Christmas tree.

The aluminum has a lower resistance than the human body and would most likely shunt the electicity around it.

electricity takes the path of least resistance.

Not that I would want to try it out. I'll leave that for someone else.

 

[Eli]

The aluminum has a lower resistance than the human body and would most likely shunt the electicity around it.

electricity takes the path of least resistance.

Not that I would want to try it out. I'll leave that for someone else.

It might work, but AFAIK the tazer electrodes actually stick into your skin. So it would probably work, but you would need a couple layers or something.

Thinking about it, the dude covering himself in aluminum foil would have been much more amusing.

I can imagine the cops coming in, Tazers drawn.. Nutjob dude jumps out, struts around in his tinfoil suite, claiming invincibility. Cops look at each other, laugh.. suddenly become serious, holster their tazers, draw their guns and shoot the dude twenty-six times before he hits the floor. LOL.

Sounds like a scene you'd see in Hot Fuzz.