Taser ends gas station standoff (Anchorage Daily News)

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

DELTA JUNCTION — A man who holed up in a Delta Junction gas station Wednesday morning shot at Alaska State Troopers to keep them at bay during an hours-long standoff that ended with the suspect safely taken into custody.


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The Ongoing Battle Over Sarah Pain’s Brother-In-Law

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Here’s what we know so far: Sarah’s sister, Molly, married a guy named Mike Wooten who is an Alaska State Trooper. Mike and Molly had a rocky marriage. When the marriage broke up, there was a bitter custody fight that is still ongoing. During the custody investigation, all sorts of things were brought up about Wooten including the fact that he had illegally shot a moose (yes folks this is Alaska), driven drunk, and used a taser (on the test setting, he reminds us) on his 11-year old stepson,


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Ned Holstein: Did Sarah Palin Make False Allegations Against a Father?

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

“Alaskan State Trooper Mike Wooten was involved in a bitter custody battle with Palin’s sister, Molly McCann. Palin hired a private investigator to observe Wooten in order to determine whether Wooten was a threat to McCann and the rest of the family. The private investigator brought forth several accusations, including domestic violence, drunk driving and using a taser on a 10-year-old-child. “Based on these accusations, the State Troopers began an investigation into Wooten. They upheld


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Troopergate may hurt Sarah Palin’s election chances (Times Online)

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

If you believe his enemies, Mike Wooten is not the kind of state trooper you would like to meet on a snowy highway in Alaska. Among the allegations against him are: he used a Taser on his ten-year-old stepson; he shot a moose without a licence; he drank beer in his squad car.


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What should happen to a cop who tasers a 10 year old boy?

Friday, September 5th, 2008

No wonder Alaska Governor Sarah Palin felt her brother in law wasn’t fit to be a cop: “After complaints by the Palin family in 2005 Mr Wooten was suspended briefly for shooting a moose illegally, and using a Taser gun on his 10-year-old stepson.” The man who was supposed to discipline Wooten didn’t, and is now bleating about Palin’s interference. Get back to the key question: what would the ordinary public expect to be the fate of any cop who tasered a 10 year old as part of parental ‘discip


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