Thursday, September 20, 2007
Disabled woman dies after 10 taser shocks in less than 3 minutes
Tasers are big news. They’ve been that for quite a while. The company’s stock must be way up. However, it’s still a grim weapon. Even if a death by tasering is labeled a suicide...
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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20070919/lo_wkmg/14147512&printer=1;_ylt=AkmGXcsaemxUCbKDgEjTdVHpx0QC
Wed Sep 19, 9:38 AM ET
A Clay County woman's family said it's seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police.
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Family attorney Rick Alexander said Delafield's death could have been prevented and that there are four things that jump out at him about the case.
"One, she's in a wheelchair. Two, she's schizophrenic. Three, they're using a Taser on a person that's in a wheelchair, and then four is that they tasered her 10 times for a period of like two minutes," Alexander said.
According to a police report, one of the officers used her Taser gun nine times for a total of 160 seconds and the other officer discharged his Taser gun once for a total of no more than five seconds.
A medical examiner found Delafield died from hypertensive heart disease and cited the Taser gun shock as a contributing factor, the report said. On her death certificate, the medical examiner ruled Delafield's death a homicide.
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Yahoo! News
Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times
http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20070919/lo_wkmg/14147512&printer=1;_ylt=AkmGXcsaemxUCbKDgEjTdVHpx0QC
Wed Sep 19, 9:38 AM ET
A Clay County woman's family said it's seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police.
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Family attorney Rick Alexander said Delafield's death could have been prevented and that there are four things that jump out at him about the case.
"One, she's in a wheelchair. Two, she's schizophrenic. Three, they're using a Taser on a person that's in a wheelchair, and then four is that they tasered her 10 times for a period of like two minutes," Alexander said.
According to a police report, one of the officers used her Taser gun nine times for a total of 160 seconds and the other officer discharged his Taser gun once for a total of no more than five seconds.
A medical examiner found Delafield died from hypertensive heart disease and cited the Taser gun shock as a contributing factor, the report said. On her death certificate, the medical examiner ruled Delafield's death a homicide.
Copyright © 2007 WKMG MyCFNow.com.
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Learning as I have these past five years all that I have learned of bipolarism, the benign label for schizophrenia, calling the cops was the wrong move to begin with (I know).
The cop bitch is a pig, an animal, less than human, and should be tasered to death. The family member (or whomever) that called the cops should be as well.
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The cop bitch is a pig, an animal, less than human, and should be tasered to death. The family member (or whomever) that called the cops should be as well.
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