Another Homicide by Taser

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http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/displayBreaking.htm?StoryID=67806

Family identifies man who died after taser strike
Originally published November 18, 2007


By Sarah Fortney and Comfort Dorn
News-Post Staff

A 20-year-old man died this morning after a sheriff's deputy used a taser on him to break up a fight, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office reports.
The man was identified as Jarrel Gray of Ladd Circle by his mother, Tanya Thomas, who spoke to a News-Post reporter.

A fight was reported in the 7000 block of Gresham Court East, near Crestwood Boulevard in Frederick, about 4:54 a.m., according to Cpl. Jennifer Bailey of the sheriff's office.

The first deputy on the scene found four people fighting outside and deployed a taser, striking Gray, Bailey said. He fell on the ground unconscious and was given first aid on the scene, then taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

The Frederick Police Department is assisting the Sheriff's Office with the investigation, Bailey said.

The deputy, whose name was not released, has been placed on administrative leave with pay.
 
I'm still pissed those other officers who tasered that college student got away with it with no repercussions (sp?). Apparently the guidelines that have been established for using tasers needs to be revisited.
 
I'm still pissed those other officers who tasered that college student got away with it with no repercussions (sp?). Apparently the guidelines that have been established for using tasers needs to be revisited.


Yeah, treating them as non-lethal force seems to be unwarranted.
 
I still say it's lazy coppers going for the taser before a half-decent struggle. I'd throw this bloody thing out of the toolbox, it's likely to kill so it's no longer a non-lethal weapon for mine. And no copper in their right mind would use a taser against a gun, so it should be thrown out.
 
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