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Yeah, I'm torn about this. Obviously, he is at fault for starting all this... and I don't know any of the specifics yet. I suspect that there is a mental issue involved. He wasn't a criminal or a "tough" guy.

But no matter what, the statement that the taser had nothing to do with his death is absurd. Of course it did. We'll find out in the next few days what the autopsy shows, but death by taser is a real deal. Most won't be affected... but when you involve electricity you can hardly predict how it will affect a given individual or what path it will take through the body.

Hopefully I'll find out more in the coming days... and yes he really was a great dad. And will be sorely missed.

I’m not happy the husband of a fellow employee wound up dead. I don’t think the officers are happy about it either.

For some unknown reason this man was causing the establishment problems.

For some unknown reason he couldn’t find itself within him to say something like, “Look officers, I was trying to “X”, and didn’t want to accept that I couldn’t. I’m sorry. I let things get out of hand. I promise to go home and not cause any more problems this evening. I’m usually not like this.”

Instead he actually tried to fight the officers.

I don’t care if your 100% in the clear, you’re not going to win by doing that.

Once you step over that line, all bets are off. He could have pushed one of these guys through a plate glass window. He could have gotten the upper hand and seriously injured them.

This was clearly a no win choice on his part. Even if he did best them on the spot, the next scene would have been incredibly bad for him.

The best of people can make poor choices. Most of those choices won’t turn out to cost them their life. In this instance, it did.

I actually am sorry for the loss of your fellow worker’s spouse and your friend. I’m also sorry the officers have to deal with the unintended outcome here.