(1958) Kansas Man sues police, Taser over stun gun-induced heart attack
By JIM SUHR Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man is suing an imprisoned police officer convicted of violating his civil rights two years ago, when the officer repeatedly shot him with a stun gun during a traffic stop and gave him a heart attack that he says nearly killed him.
Bryce Masters, who was 17 at the time of the September 2014 confrontation ...
(2014-07-13) USA – Former North Carolina sheriff who died in jail was shot with a stun gun
http://myfox8.com/2014/07/13/former-brunswick-county-sheriff-who-died-in-jail-was-shot-with-a-taser/
WILMINGTON, N.C. — A former Brunswick County sheriff who was also a convicted felon died Saturday as he was being held in jail.
WWAY-TV reported that Ronald Hewett was shot with a stun gun before he died Saturday afternoon in the New Hanover County Jail.
An exact cause of death remains uncertain. It is not clear how much time passed between the use of the stun gun and Hewett’s ...
USA – Sunbury, Pennsylvania: Repeated Taser shots didn’t stop knife attack, police say (2014-07-09)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Tasered, then shot: Yet another example of how unreliable the taser can be. In an altercation in which 22-year-old Erick Trometter brandished a knife, a police officer first tasers ("repeated taser shots") then shoots him. At press time, he was still in hospital.]]
The Daily Item, by Francis Scarcella
SUNBURY — Acting Sunbury Police Chief Brad Hare shot a 22-year-old Sunbury man Tuesday on ...
USA – Delray Beach, Florida: Full report details deputy-involved shooting of Anesson Joseph [after being tasered] (2014-07-08)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Another man tasered then shot. The full report of the shooting death of 28-year-old Anesson Joseph (“a naked attacker, bloody and screaming”) has been released. Police believed he was armed with a weapon, but it was only his keys in his hand. He was tasered but “the taser darts did not impact the moving target … They failed to stop him potentially ...
CANADA – Saskatoon Woman holding knife to own throat disarmed with stun gun (2014-07-07)
[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: A case where the taser seems to have been truly beneficial,: Police shocked a woman with a stun gun as she was holding a knife to her own throat Saturday. They tried disarming her before using the taser, but there is no mention of trying to talk her into handing over the knife … ]]
The Star Phoenix
A Saskatoon police officer shocked a ...
USA – Augusta, Georgia: Family protests stun-gun death case, demands justice outside courthouse (2014-07-07)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: June 29, 2013: multiple tasering, then cardiac arrest and died. The family of George Harvey, 39 when he died, is holding a protest. He had history of arrests related to cocaine, marijuana and controlled substances, makes his case and life seem “unimportant,” his sister says, demanding that justice be served.]]
Augusta Chronicle, by Tracey McManus
The family of George Harvey, who died after being ...
USA – William Parisio, Awaiting Trial For Murder Of Warren’s Pamela Schmidt, Found Dead Of Cardiac Dysrhythmia (2014-07-03)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: An example of the “excited delirium” syndrome being cited where the taser has not been used – this certainly occurs: excited delirium brought on by bath salts. The cause of death for inmate William Parisio, 25, who died in February while awaiting trial for the murder of Warren Township woman Pamela Schmidt, was cardiac dysrhythmia “due to excited delirium and physical restraint,” ...
USA – GlobalShock: Deaths following the taser discharges (1 Jan 2014 – 30 June 2014) (2014-07-01)
Tasered, then died
2014 > 1 July 2014
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: This is a list of known deaths in 2014 (up to 1 July) following taser discharges. Excluding the case in bold and italics, 15 deaths have been reported, all male, and all except one in the United States. This six-month total (the equivalent of a 30 year total) is certainly a substantial decline from previous years: ...
USA – Chelsea, Massachusetts man dies after [taser] struggle with police (2014-06-27)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Another death following taser use. Dominic Graffeo, 56, died after police “tried to subdue him with a taser”, which “he was able to block”. Police were called for “an emotionally disturbed person”. Mr Graffeo had barricaded himself in his room and refused to talk to a crisis negotiator used by the police. But then he was tasered again – in the torso. ...
USA – Hawthorne, California settles civil-rights violation case for $99,000 [+ an earlier $300,000 settlement for tasering an autistic child by the same officer] (2014-06-24)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Julius Bilbrew was 16 in 2009 when he was tasered sitting on a park-bench with his girl-friend. The City of Hawthorne has just agreed to a $99,000 settlement The same police officer was accused of similar civil-rights violations for using a Taser gun on a 12-year-old autistic teenager in September 2008, for which Hawthorne paid out 1 $300,000 settlement.]]
Daily Breeze, by ...
NEW ZEALAND – Taser victim hoping to sue police (2014-06-24)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Not in in New Zealand are happy about taser use: Mark Smillie was tasered twice by police on Xmas Day 2011 after failing to stop his car. Mr Smillie said the pain he experienced from the taser was hideous, and the worst pain he had ever experienced. The Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) this month found the officer who tasered him used ...
USA – El Paso, Texas police shot and killed unarmed and handcuffed man [and tasered him after he was shot] (2014-06-23)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Shot-then-tasered. (see video here: he incident occurred more than a year ago.) El Paso Police released video footage Thursday of a police officer shooting and killing unarmed and handcuffed Daniel Saenz, a 37-year-old bodybuilder who was in a prison unit. After he is shot, the officer uses his taser, firing into Saenz' already convulsing body before he and the guard push him ...
USA – Late to the game, New Jersey learns from Taser errors elsewhere (2004-06-20)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: As tasers (tasercams) get deployed across New Jersey – the last “hold-out” state – they are reported in Camden to have been fire only once when displayed 6 times and “used judiciously”: “when a police officer has the option of either shooting a person or using a Taser, we prefer they use the Taser", the police chief says.]]
Newsworks
Police in New Jersey have ...
USA – Thomaston, Georgia Taser Incident Sparks Outrage, More Alleged Victims Coming Forward (2014-06-18)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: People in Thaston are organizing to protest against a police officer accused of brutality. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is reviewing an incident from June 11, where Tobin used a taser on 25-year-old Kelcey Rockemore, supposedly “because he made a sudden turn toward the officer”, following complaints that he had been “loitering” around a convenience store.]]
WGXA-tv, by Shonti Tager
People in Thomaston are ...
USA – Stafford County, Virginia – Deputies stun naked man cursing outside house in suburbs (2014-06-17)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Tasered for being naked? Police taser a naked man they found screaming and cursing outside a Stafford County home. He was then taken to the hospital and to subsequently to jail.]]
wtvr-tv, by Scott Wise,
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser to subdue a naked man they found screaming and cursing outside a Stafford County home. Travis Andrew Cooke, 20, was ...
UK – Increase in the police use of Tasers against children in Thames Valley (2014-06-16)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Are English police abusing their authority in tasering children under 18? Tasers have been deployed against under-18s in the Thames Valley region (population: 2.3 million) 11 times since 2009 – six times in 2013 alone, the highest number in six years. This includes in “drive-stun” mode (to induce pain). Most of these incidents involved the weapon just being drawn or aimed, or ...
NETHERLANDS – TASER Technology Summit June 10th, 2014, Amsterdam (2014-06-10)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: TASER Inc announces its “tech summit” at its newly-opened office in Amsterdam and here is a listing of what it offers. It’s free, and it allows the corporation to gain a further foothold into the new Body Worn Camera market. Controversial ex-Police Chief of Albuquerque, Ray Schultz, and the director of the “Rialto Body-worn camera experiment” research – from Cambridge University – ...
USA – Gilbert, Arizona man dead a day after officers used Taser to subdue him (2014-06-08)
[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Tasered, then died: 34-year-old Daniel Bester in hospital. was nude and yelling in the courtyard when police reponded to a domestic violence call. Police say he fought with them resisting arrest. It is unclear how mant times the taser was used. He showed signs of medical distress and died later in hospital. Investigators say they believe cocaine was a factor in Best's ...
USA – Berkeley, California: Tasers for Berkeley Police? Not the Best Way to Deal with Most Crisis Situations (2014-06-06)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The Berkeley police shooting death of an 18 yr-old mentally ill woman must not be used as an excuse for introducing tasers: Tasers can be lethal too. The Berkeley death of Kayla Moore, who suffered from mental illness and used drugs, would not have been prevented if the police had used a taser to subdue her. Opponents of taser use in a ...
FRANCE – Taser en France: ces morts qui n’auraient pas dû l’être [Tasers in France – the three deaths that should not have happened] (2014-06-04)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Three people have died in France following the police use of tasers: Loïc Louise, a 21-yr-old student; Mahamadou Maréga, aged 38 and an unnamed person in Crozon. Action Sécurité Ethique Républicaine (ASER) - including police officers - has been warning of the danger of tasers for ten years and is calling for a moratorium on their use. Tasers can be be both ...