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(Sept. 10) -- A police officer blinds himself with pepper spray, then another cop zaps him with a Taser on Friday the 13th. No, it's not a pitch for a new Keystone Kops film -- it's a crime story from England that proves that criminals aren't a police officer's only foe.
Police constable Jason Mepham was responding to a disturbance call in Redruth last month when things took a turn for the slapstick.
The officer, confronted by Jason King, whipped out his pepper spray and doused the suspect. Then a second blast blew back into the cop's eyes, temporarily blinding him, according to The Independent. A second officer grabbed King, but another perp at the scene punched Mepham in the face, dislocating his jaw.
The other officer released King and fired his Taser at the new assailant. One of the electrodes hit the perp, but the other struck Mepham. Mepham collapsed and King allegedly kicked him in the face -- strangely relocating the cop's jaw.
Backup arrived and arrested King, who later pleaded guilty to assaulting an officer and being drunk and disorderly, among other charges. It's quite amusing when I look back at it now, but at the time it was horrific, said Mepham, who was hospitalized but returned to duty later that evening.
(Sept. 10) -- A police officer blinds himself with pepper spray, then another cop zaps him with a Taser on Friday the 13th. No, it's not a pitch for a new Keystone Kops film -- it's a crime story from England that proves that criminals aren't a police officer's only foe.
Police constable Jason Mepham was responding to a disturbance call in Redruth last month when things took a turn for the slapstick.
The officer, confronted by Jason King, whipped out his pepper spray and doused the suspect. Then a second blast blew back into the cop's eyes, temporarily blinding him, according to The Independent. A second officer grabbed King, but another perp at the scene punched Mepham in the face, dislocating his jaw.
The other officer released King and fired his Taser at the new assailant. One of the electrodes hit the perp, but the other struck Mepham. Mepham collapsed and King allegedly kicked him in the face -- strangely relocating the cop's jaw.
Backup arrived and arrested King, who later pleaded guilty to assaulting an officer and being drunk and disorderly, among other charges. It's quite amusing when I look back at it now, but at the time it was horrific, said Mepham, who was hospitalized but returned to duty later that evening.
