[Salamander]

My cousin was not on drugs, ‘frail’ or anything else except scared.

The cops stopped him because his truck looked like a truck that was supposed to have been involved in a burglary and he panicked.

He ran into a cornfield and they followed him, tasing him repeatedly until he stopped.

Unfortunately, he stopped by dropping dead.

An ‘internal investigation’ was conducted and the horde of cops all had the same story.

“He came right at them”.

Witness testimony to the contrary was disregarded.

My cousin was nothing if not a non-violent wuss.

But he’s still dead.

Left behind a young daughter that my aunt had to raise.

[null and void]

I’m sorry to hear that.

[Vigilanteman]

Sorry about your cousin. All this over a burglary? In many jurisdictions LEOs are too busy to even investigate burglaries unless the loss claim is significant.

They had the truck license and registration. I suspect that too many trips to the donught shop rendered them unable to do a normal pursuit on foot.

There are various reasons why they reach for the taser. I suspect laziness and PC compete for the #1 spot.

[PAR35]

He ran into a cornfield and they followed him, tasing him repeatedly until he stopped... Witness testimony to the contrary was disregarded.

How many neutral witnesses were out there in that corn field. And what was he guilty of that he panicked?

[sport]

"He came right them" That is the B part of "I was in fear of my life". They may be 20 miles apart, but "he came right at me".... The jack boot lickers eat both of them up. Like the hostage who was running to the deputy for protection, "He ran toward me"....[The propaganda line is that the police are here to protect you. The guy was looking for protection. One would not expect someone to run away from instead of to his protector. And the, "I was in fear for my life" kicked in. The deputy put more holes in the guy than is in a pound of Swiss cheese and all was well.

The beauty of the "I was in fear for my life" is that the officer does not even have to explain what he is in fear for his life from. It could be that he fears getting hit on the head by a meteorite. All he has to do is think, "I am in fear for my life", pull out his pistol and start blasting. Heaven help the poor soul[s] nearby.

[sport]

This should have been in post 24, but let me add them now. I am sorry for the loss of your cousin.

[majormaturity]

1. Why run if you are innocent? Why not stop when ordered to stop? Wouldn’t have been tased if he stopped....
2. Where was his wife to raise the child? Why did aunt have to raise him?
Seems to me he his actions gave the cops reason to suspect him of no good...just saying...