Posted on 11/08/2021 10:05:03 PM PST by markomalley
A 29-year-old Catskill man is in a Syracuse burn unit after he burst into flames when Catskill police officers used a Taser to subdue him after he had doused himself with hand sanitizer, police confirmed on Friday.
Jason Jones, a celebrated athlete at Catskill High School more than a decade ago, is in an intensive care unit at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. His condition is grave, according to people briefed on the matter.
The incident unfolded last weekend when Jones, who appeared intoxicated, walked into the village police department and got into a confrontation with officers. Chief Dave Darling, a former State Police senior investigator, confirmed that officers deployed a Taser to subdue Jones, who was familiar to them from past encounters.
"I think they were afraid he was going to hurt himself, and that’s what started it," Darling said. "There are still details that we’re trying to develop."
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> you CAN (if you are careful) put sanitizer in the palm of your hand, hold it palm up, light it, and hold the blue flame in your hand.
I was going to try that, but I figured the Taser would really hurt.
“A celebrate athlete at Catskill High School a decade ago’’.
Peaked in high school. Still trying to be ‘’hot’’ a decade later.
Probably buried in with a multitude of other things in some annual training session or other, but that does not produce the instant action of constant practice and training.
Many officers are not proficient with their weapons also for the very same reason.
Where is the body cam footage?
“I think they were afraid he was going to hurt himself,
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But they stopped that, didn’t they.
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