On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:07:21 -0700, Joe yahoo.com>
wrote:

I don't know any details of the case, other than what I just read, but
I saw something that really amused me.

I love it when the writer uses the passive sense to try and soften the
effect of an incident. This is from the article: "The stun gun of
one of the officers discharged during the altercation, according to
testimony."

What, by itself? Just discharged and happened to be touching the old
woman? Sure makes it sound like an accident, doesn't it?

I guess the writer didn't want to say, "While one cop held the old
lady down, the other other cop ran 100,000 volts through her."