All BS aside, I wonder how many fatal Taser incidents there are a year.
More than the government will admit, I’d bet.
All BS aside, I wonder how many fatal Taser incidents there are a year.
one is too many...
You know, the Second Amendment also covers swords... so merely having one was no reason for them to taze him.
I’d of shot him from the get go.
It was all a misunderstanding. Adams was swinging the sword in his sleep after watching an episode of Gilligan's Island the night before. Related to Patch?
Another version of the story from the Daily Break. Link only by request.
“Hatchel Pate Adams III, 36”
With a name like that he was almost destined to die with a sword in his hand - or some other bizarre way.
All BS aside, there are far fewer fatal tazer incidents than gunshot incidents. The cop could have just as easily shot this guy three or four times instead, and been perfectly justified in doing so.
And this moron would not have been tazed at all if he had not decided to swing a cheap samurai sword at an Officer of the law. Bet me he has a well worn copy of the Direcor’s cut of “Blade” in his DVD collection...
I hope the police release the toxicology report on this deceased dimwit when the coroner reports, and I will bet you a burger he was hopped up on more than one substance.
“Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can’t help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”
R. Heinlein...
Someday there will be a multi-million dollar payout on a taser-related death, the career of someone BIG will go down in flames, and the use of tasers will become part of history. As they should.
HAMPTON
The death of a sword-wielding man who was Tasered by police in December was ruled accidental by the Medical Examiners Office, according to a Hampton Police news release.
On Dec. 10 about 11 p.m. police were called to the home of Hatchel Pete Adams III, 36, in the 1st block of Overlook Court. Police attempted to make contact, but he refused to come to the door. Officers eventually gained entry to the home after calling a family member who came out to the house.
Inside, police found Adams armed with a Samurai-style sword. He began swinging it at officers and so police used a Taser. Adams was able to free himself from the Taser probes and continued to swing the sword at officers, the news release said. A second Taser was used and police tried again to take him into custody, but he stopped breathing.
Despite calling medics and beginning CPR, he later died at a hospital about 1:15 a.m.
It was the first such reported death since officers there began carrying the devices in 2003, a Hampton police spokeswoman said in December.
Experts from the University of Miami, who specialize in excited delirium, helped the Medical Examiners Office investigate the cause of death.
The findings indicate that the death was ruled accidental and the cause was “excited delirium” in addition to mental illness, methamphetamine use, obesity and the use of the Taser by police.
The officers were placed on administrative leave, but have since returned to full duty.
Why wait for an autopsy? Blame TAZER! Hang the cop.
Maybe dude was a Dopehead? Some people do crazy $hit.
Three members of my family are cops and all had to go through a Tazer hit, while in training.