I've even seen a web-gun on the net, still looking for it.
Posted on 04/25/2006 11:57:18 AM PDT by freepatriot32
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (April 25) - A woman in a wheelchair who swung knives and a hammer at relatives and police died after being shocked by a stun gun, officials said.
Police tried to talk Emily Marie Delafield, 56, into dropping the weapons before they used the Taser to subdue her Monday, Police Chief Robert Musco said. Delafield lost consciousness after the electric jolt and later died at Orange Park Medical Center.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating and an autopsy will be conducted to determine a cause of death.
The two officers involved have been put on paid administrative leave during the investigation, which is standard procedure.
Tasers deliver a 50,000-volt jolt through two barbed darts that can penetrate clothing. About 7,000 of the nation's 18,000 police agencies had them last year, and they were used by police more than 70,000 times.
Amnesty International counted 61 U.S. deaths following Taser use last year. Taser International officials disputed that count, saying it linked some deaths to Taser use when there had been no such official conclusion.
Couldn't they just have walked away from her until she wore out? Maybe she was throwing these things or something? Still sounds strange.
Hindsight is 20/20, but pepper-spray or mace would have been a better choice for someone confined to a wheel chair. She'd have to drop her weapons to cover/rub her eyes.
Otherwise,these cops have a serious problem and some lawyer is gonna get awfully rich suing everyone in sight.
"Woman in a wheelchair. Way to go officers. No doubt you "felt threatened.""
I'm waiting for the "respect authoritay" crowd to show up and explain how she really deserved it.
Oh, I don't know, how do you stop anyone while they are swinging knives and a hammer.
"A woman in a wheelchair who swung knives and a hammer at relatives and police....."
I've even seen a web-gun on the net, still looking for it.
I like the options listed in post #4. But alas, they are so old-fashioned who would ever think of them.
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"Woman in a wheelchair. Way to go officers. No doubt you "felt threatened.""
I'm waiting for the "respect authoritay" crowd to show up and explain how she really deserved it.
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I'm sure no one would say she "deserved" to die. She "deserved" to be restrained and placed under arrest.
Summary execution by electrocution is becoming the sport of LEOs across the United States. Watch for the upcoming reality TV show: Cops meets Faces of Death.
Big deal. How many amps?
I like the options listed in post #4. But alas, they are so old-fashioned who would ever think of them.
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Yes, pepper spray needs to be dusted off and used more often. These taser things are killing alot of people.
Enough, apparently.
Mankind existed for hundreds of thousands of years prior to the invention of the TASER. How do you suppose they handled it?
Never underestimate the desire of some FReepers to place members into groups and make unprovoked attacks upon those groups.
Never get between a Senior and the Early Bird Special in Florida....
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