Enders told the assembled guests to leave, but many became upset, police said. Enders called for backup, and 14 law-enforcement agencies responded to help clear the crowd. Police said that many of the 100 guests left peacefully, but several continued to be disorderly and to swear at the officers.Soooo. Let's recap. The wedding guests were having a little too much fun for the property owner, so they call the cops. The guests are pissed (rightly so) because they are asked to leave before the time that they paid for at the location is over. Some of the guests curse and stomp around because they're mad, and in response the cops call for over a dozen more cops and they whip out the tasers. Can someone explain to me why? Can someone also explain why the use of the taser was not in the news release and the cops are mum on this detail? Seems like they know that they overreacted.
"My perspective is that the main officer (Enders) handling it was cool at first, but then he started threatening that everybody would be arrested. But trying to kick the party out at 11:20 (p.m.) on a wedding night when we had a contract to be there? He was a big jerk," Skowron said.
Skowron said the crowd got particularly unruly after police handcuffed Andy Somora's father and put him in the back of a police cruiser. He said the elder Somora, whom he described as "a distinguished older gentleman," was trying to talk to Enders to defuse the situation.
"I didn't believe it, but I witnessed it. It was brutal, and that's when Andy got really mad," he said.
Skowron said Andy Somora had to be restrained by police and was tasered at least twice. His wife also received a shock because she was touching her husband during one of the incidents. Skowron said husband and wife were both arrested, but Chikaming police would not confirm that claim, and no mention of the use of a taser is included in the news release.
What should have happened is that the cops should have come, told the crowd to settle down and then told the property owner to charge them for any damages after their time was up...and then left. This was no job for a dozen cops. Aren't there any real criminals to chase and tase in Michigan? But we all know what really happened, the one cop thought that the rowdy groom was a good opportunity to try out his new toy, sooo Buzzzt, the groom gets tased.
How many people have to get hurt or die before law enforcement takes a more structured approach to the discharge of these WEAPONS?
