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19 stuns from Tasers not excessive in Patrick Lee's death, jury says
"A federal jury decided Monday night that Metro police officers were not at fault in the death of a man who was shocked as many as 19 times by Taser stun guns in 2005.
After deliberating for most of the day, the jury decided the three officers — Jason Creagan, Jonathan Mays and Jaime Scruggs — did not use excessive force in their handling of Patrick Lee, a 21-year-old who acted strangely and resisted arrest outside a downtown nightclub.
Lee was under the influence of LSD and stripped off all of his clothes during the incident. He died two days later."
The fact that the young man was nude meant that three cops were not in danger from weapon use.
Cops are buttering their own bread and soon they're going to have to eat it. People will one day learn that when cops draw tasers, people should draw guns.
"A federal jury decided Monday night that Metro police officers were not at fault in the death of a man who was shocked as many as 19 times by Taser stun guns in 2005.
After deliberating for most of the day, the jury decided the three officers — Jason Creagan, Jonathan Mays and Jaime Scruggs — did not use excessive force in their handling of Patrick Lee, a 21-year-old who acted strangely and resisted arrest outside a downtown nightclub.
Lee was under the influence of LSD and stripped off all of his clothes during the incident. He died two days later."
The fact that the young man was nude meant that three cops were not in danger from weapon use.
Cops are buttering their own bread and soon they're going to have to eat it. People will one day learn that when cops draw tasers, people should draw guns.
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