teen shot with stun gun dies Options

[Seeker]

A teen shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a stungun by cops and later died. I guess he got what he wanted!! Hardy har har.

Seriously though, stun guns are dumb. Since they're considered non-lethal the cops are too trigger happy now-a-days. They'll stun you for lookin' at 'em wrong. They need to go back to shooting innocent black dudes and planting coke.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/31/stun....eref=rss_latest

Shouting teen shot with stun gun, dies next day

CNN | October 31 2006

JERSEYVILLE, Illinois (AP) -- A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said.

In a statement obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, police in Jerseyville, about 40 miles north of St. Louis, said 17-year-old Roger Holyfield would not acknowledge officers who approached him and he continued yelling, "I want Jesus."

Police tried to calm the teen, but Holyfield became combative, according to the statement. Officers fired the stun gun at him after he ignored their warnings, then fired again when he continued struggling, police said.

Holyfield was flown to St. Louis' Cardinal Glennon Hospital after the confrontation Saturday; he died there Sunday, police said.

An autopsy was planned for Tuesday.

The statement expressed sympathy to Holyfield's family but said city and police officials would not discuss the matter further.

Calls Tuesday to Jerseyville Police Chief Brad Blackorby were not immediately returned. The department has been using stun guns for about five months, according to the statement.

In a report released in March, international human rights group Amnesty International said it had logged at least 156 deaths across the country in the previous five years related to police stun guns.

The rise in deaths accompanies a marked increase in the number of U.S. law enforcement agencies employing devices made by Taser International Inc. of Scottsdale, Arizona. About 1,000 of the nation's 18,000 police agencies used Tasers in 2001; more than 7,000 departments had them last year, according to a government study.

Police had used Tasers more than 70,000 times as of last year, Congress' Government Accountability Office said.

Amnesty International has urged police departments to suspend the use of Tasers pending more study. Taser International said the group's count was flawed and falsely linked deaths to Taser use when there has been no such official conclusion.

The city of St. Louis also drew unwanted attention for crime this week when it was named the most dangerous U.S. city by Morgan Quitno Press. The ranking looked only at crime within St. Louis city limits, not its metro area.

[GOB]

personally, i would much rather the police just shoot suspects, but i guess stun-guns are the best possible alternative.


and how are they trigger happy? the article says stun guns have been used 70,000 times as of last year, and they've been in use for like 10 years. my brother has used his 1 time and he's been a cop for 3 years.

[Divergent Realit...]

ah ha. 70000 uses

the over 70000 with 156 deaths

at just 70000 uses thats only a .2% chance of dying.

that changes things.

[GOB]

well that's 7000 departments


it's actually .002

[chook]

maka no sense?

[cupcake]

"I want Jesus"

guess that sucker found him, eh?

[GOB]

guess that sucker found him, eh?

hiyo