Photo from source, Frederick News Post
Yikes. This is the second time in just a couple of days I've read a story where a taser killed somebody. One was an older gentleman tasered at a Canadian airport, and this one a mere 20-year-old, tasered by police.
What will it take for police and security professionals to realize that a taser is only to be used in extreme circumstances? It's always been my understanding that the taser is there so that you don't have to shoot an actual gun. It isn't there just to take down annoying people. Don't tase me, bro!
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Family identifies man who died after taser strike
A 20-year-old man died this morning after a sheriff's deputy used a taser on him to break up a fight, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office reports.
The man was identified as Jarrel Gray of Ladd Circle by his mother, Tanya Thomas, who spoke to a News-Post reporter. . .
The man was identified as Jarrel Gray of Ladd Circle by his mother, Tanya Thomas, who spoke to a News-Post reporter. . .
Read more at: Frederick News Post
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