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Police Abuse

Brickbat: Move Along

Charles Oliver | 9.3.2014 6:00 AM


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Gregory Towns died after East Point, Georgia, cops shocked him up to 13 times with a Taser to get him to walk, according to an attorney for his family. Police had captured and handcuffed Towns after he led them on a foot chase, but Towns claimed he was too tired to move. The attorney said the total shock time was 47 seconds.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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