[lbo-talk] taser of the day

Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 6 10:02:07 PST 2005


"Toledo police first approached Turner outside the Toledo Museum of Art after receiving a call about a suspicious person. Officers attempted to search Turner, but he refused and started swinging his elbows at both officers, police said."

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050202/NEWS/502020426

Man who died was shocked with Taser 9 times The Associated Press

TOLEDO, Ohio - A man shocked five times with a stun gun by police and four more times hours later while struggling with jailers died within minutes after receiving the final jolts, police said.

Toledo police and Lucas County sheriff's investigators said they followed procedures and plan to continue to use the stun guns.

"Lucas County Sheriff James Telb called the death of Jeffrey Turner, 41, "unfortunate," <...>

Jail officers used a Taser gun four times to subdue Turner after he banged repeatedly on a security window of a first floor cell Monday night, Lucas County jail administrator Rick Keller said.

He had been shocked five times while being arrested on charges of loitering, resisting arrest and obstructing official business, police said. <...>

Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Taser International Inc., told The Blade that it was inappropriate to jump to conclusions on the cause of Turner's death. <...>

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