NYPD Cop Caught on Video Punching, Tasing 85-Pound Man With Health Problems
It's pretty obvious that the 4'8" William Colon didn't pose a serious threat to any of the 8 cops on-scene.
It's pretty obvious that the 4'8" William Colon didn't pose a serious threat to any of the 8 cops on-scene.
Cops were greeted by a calm scene, but the situation quickly erupted into chaos.
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The girl was in tears as firefighters removed taser barbs from her body.
The 87-year-old woman was cutting dandelions with a kitchen knife.
The tasing of an 11-year-old girl highlights a police department's policies.
"Oh come on, bruh. You're really going to tase him? He was sitting down. That's crazy. That's why I record everything."
In one surveillance video, the victim is tased four times for a total of 50 seconds.
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Lack of stun guns meets the typically poor handling of people having mental health crises.
Even though she was surrounded by police officers who could have subdued her, the girl was tased for resisting arrest.
Among the recommendations removed from the final report, a ban on police using Tasers on unarmed people.
Sheketha Holman was tased while in her wheelchair after video recording officers arresting her daughter. She claims she was tased again while handcuffed.
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The 4th Circuit rules that police should tase people only when they pose "an immediate safety risk."
Give an officer a Taser, and he or she will find reasons to use it.
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If you don't want to talk to the police, they think that's sufficient reason to cause your death.
The Schenectady Police Department is investigating the incident, though the police chief says the officers' use of force was justified.
I hope he learned his lesson. About helping people. And protecting himself.
Yelling, hitting, Tasers, the whole deal
Officer charged with voluntary manslaughter
Man had knife to his own throat when police tasered him
His horrified neighbors recorded the incident
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