Posted on 08/26/2009 6:39:49 AM PDT by Sasparilla
In the Department's first use of a Taser, Lancaster Ohio Police Tasered a man and it set him on fire. They were responding to a report of a man inhaling from a spray can. Police say that they didn't see any evidence of flammable gas when they fired the Taser at him.
He was spraying something from a can into his mouth and running when he was tackled by officers. He resisted arrest and after a warning to stop resisting, he was Tasered. Officers saw a flame on his chest and put the fire out.
He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and then to jail. His charges included assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, and abusing harmful intoxicants. He was eventually released from jail on his own recognizance.
Lancaster Police have restrictions on Taser use on people when flammable fumes are present or on people who police know have come into contact with things...
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Always good to see feet on the ground find new uses for technology.
Wouldn’t it have been easier to just use a Zippo?
How about smoking in public on top of all that!
“Police say that they didn’t see any evidence of flammable gas when they fired the Taser at him.”
Dude, if you can SEE the fumes coming off of him, he is going to DETONATE.
Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day.
SET a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
LMAO
Shocked it took 6 posts for that to appear.
Yeah, I was over at one of the Ted Kennedy posts...
Don’t tase me bro!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMkGOpAF4s
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