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Man Tasered for refusing to lift his hand off Koran

Associated Press
Published September 22, 2007

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ARTICLE SNIPPET: “OCALA - Four police officers are under investigation here after a man accused them of using a Taser on him three times when he wouldn’t take his hand off a Koran hidden under his shirt, a police spokesman said Friday.

Jeffrey Shields, 49, of Ocala, filed a complaint with the Ocala Police Department alleging an officer used a Taser to force him to hold up his right hand, police spokesman Lou Biondi said.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Officers were dispatched to the scene on Aug. 31 after authorities received tips that a man matching Shields’ description was armed with a gun and stashing drugs inside a book, Biondi said. Neither drugs nor a gun was found after the incident.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “”It is odd that he waited so long to file a complaint, 19 days or so,” Biondi said. “Normally when people feel they’ve been wronged, it’s something that happens almost immediately.””