FL: 20-year-old dies after police taser him

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Man dies after police Taser him

A man in his 20s died after a Coral Gables police officer Tasered him on Friday morning in Coral Gables.

Miami-Dade Detective Carlos Maura said the man had been disruptive at a party and resisted arrest.

The confrontation spilled outside.

Maura said the man was being belligerent, so a police officer used a Taser stun gun to restrain him prior to arrest.

After the shock discharge, the man became unresponsive, and police took him to Doctor's Hospital in Coral Gables, where he was pronounced dead.

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'We' need an independent review to find the causes of taser deaths.

[LakeSamish706]

1. Here we go again (or still, I guess). These Tassers need to be put on the shelf...

until a full meal deal investigation is done on when they should and shouldn't be used. Canada is addressing this issue big time right now, in light of what went down at the Vancouver International Airport several months ago (man tassered dies).

[ingac70]

2. They probably popped him multiple times....

If a person is generally healthy, and not on any drugs at the time, usually in cases like this the cops get trigger happy and pop folks repeatedly.

[MADem]

3. Was it a Bernie Kerik taser?

Whatever happened to the Big NET that they were supposed to be able to fire at people to contain them?

[flashl]

4. As with any corp with stocks, they can only tolerate GOOD news

In between the bad news, they get a bounce to broaden the markets for tasers. Recent reports of the military taking the tasers overseas suggest they are creating a new test bed for the many versions of their 'products'.

[Blaze Diem]

5. and the Guliani connection too...

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_zak_maym_071129_giuliani_s_driver_br.htm
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November 29, 2007 at 10:11:29

The Giuliani Connection to the TASER Abuse Explosion

In 2003, Taser received weapons orders from Homeland Security. In 2004 Bush, lobbied by Giuliani, nominated Kerik as Secretary of Homeland Security. The same year, Kerik made more than $6 million from Taser.

Just five years earlier, Kerik faced lawsuits over delinquent payments for his condo. The life of this high school dropout changed after he became Giuliani's chauffeur. Giuliani made him rich, powerful, and, as a result, well-educated. After Kerik got a mail-order Bachelor's Degree from Empire State College in 2002, he went on to receive Honorary Doctorates from Iona College, New York Institute of Technology, Manhattanville College, the College of New Rochelle, and Michigan State University. In 2002, according to keriklegaltrust.com, "Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second, also honored him with an honorary appointment as Commander of the Most Excellent Royal Order of the British Empire."

In 2004, the Commander of the Most Excellent Royal Order withdrew as nominee for secretary of homeland security and resigned from Giuliani Partners "to clear his good name. " "He continues to be a friend,'' said Giuliani of the Commander and immediately renamed Giuliani-Kerik LLC to Giuliani Security & Safety LLC.

Earlier this month, Kerik was indicted on federal criminal charges.

etc..........

[Flatline]

6. This is one of the many reasons I FEAR and do not trust

anyone in a police uniform and never will. They say they are here to help you, but they are just in this for the arrests and tickets and the POWER TRIP..