Sanford (Fla.) man dies when tasered by police

NJOnline ^ | 03.07.05 | KRISTEN REED

[RedBloodedAmerican]

So retiring Ol' Sparky wasn't a great loss, after all.

[Callahan]

Shocking.

[Skooz]

zap...........

[Libertarian4Bush]

okay so let me get this straight. cocaine, AIDS, and lacerations, yet the headline suggests he died from the taser?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

What's really shocking is the PC police wanted the cops to switch to tasers; bullets were "inhumane". And yet they do away with Ol Sparky. Maybe they will bring back real guns and firing squads after a few of these.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ya gotta consider the source; NJ Online makes CBS look like Rush Limbaugh.

[BlackRazor]

An alternate title could have been:

Sanford man dies after getting AIDS, doing cocaine, evading police, climbing onto second-story awnings and breaking windows with his bare hands.

That's actually probably a more accurate descriptor of what led to his death.

[Red Badger]

I am shocked........er, rather he was shocked.......

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Reminds me of the Cartman Christmas tune where he gets zapped everytime he messes up the song.

[Congressman Billybob]

This is a so-what article. Tasers are safer to the perps than bullets. The fact that occasional perps will die, because of drugs or other conditions, are of no consequence.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Death in a Courtly Manner"

[VRWCisme]

I think you mean Barney. Opie was Andy's young son and would hardly have been helping in police matters. Besides, he called him "Pa" not "Andy." :-)

[evolved_rage]

The man continued to struggle in the ambulance that was called

I wonder if the ambulance attendant defibrillator'd the hell out of the guy...

[TommyDale]

Is someone expecting us to feel sorry for this criminal, who died while in the act of committing a crime and resisting arrest? Well -- boo, hoo!

[Pearls Before Swine]

His heart gave out from the coke and extended effort, I'd guess.

[apackof2]

I agee and what about, dont' do the crime if you don't want to get tazered?

[dmz]

I agee and what about, dont' do the crime if you don't want to get tazered?
__________

I dunna 'bout that. It's not singable and it doesn't rhyme. I keep telling people, songwriting is hard work!

[kesg]

He shouldn't have resisted arrest in the first place.

[johnb838]

To the tune of My Darlin Clementine:

Oh my Barney,
Oh my Barney,
Had a Jail and couldn't lock it,
Has one bullet for his pistol,
Has to keep it in his pocket.

[Tacis]

I'm thinking that the democrats have lost yet another ardent supporter. With this guy's death, the dems may have lost 5 to 10 votes in the next election.