Teen shot with stun gun dies.

[billcoe]

Click here for irony

 

"JERSEYVILLE, Ill. - A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said."

 

Story later adds: 156 deaths from police stun guns in the last 5 years.

 

Who knew? In case you need a reason to stop when Johnny Law tells ya too.

[Dechristo]

rapturous

[ClimbingPanther]

There's no question, regardless of what Taser says, that this thing can kill, and police need to keep that in mind when they think "Do I REALLY need to taser this guy?" It's a great tool to have, but shouldn't be used lightly as a "safe" alternative to just using brawn to control uncooperative people. Senseless death pisses me off.

[Dechristo]

I sense incense in your sense of sense

[Weekend_Climberz]

So, the question that begs to be asked is whether the ranking of St Louis as the most unsafe town in the USA is because the cops are gonna beat you down if you visit there?

[tvashtarkatena]

No piece,

No Jesus

[SmallShoes]

He wanted Jesus, and he got Jesus.

 

Note to ClimbingPanther:

While I don't know about the particular model of Taser used, many of these weapons are classified not as "nonlethal" but "less lethal." This story seems to highlight why.

It's a great tool to have, but shouldn't be used lightly as a "safe" alternative to just using brawn to control uncooperative people.

I don't know if it was used "lightly as a 'safe' alternative to just using brawn." Many "uncooperative" people become very violent very quickly and subduing someone with brawn can go from in control to someone dead or more seriously hurt than they needed to be in an instant. Brawn is not necessarily safer for anyone. Granted I don't know the details in this case but it seems that after weighing the options tazing seemed safer to the officer than grappling with the guy.

 

Then again the guy did end up dead in the end.

[tvashtarkatena]

If only they'd just given him a box of Cheeze Its. If only he hadn't had that lisp...

[Dechristo]

if only he hadn't been brandishing a loaded Bible.

[RuMR]

There's no question, regardless of what Taser says, that this thing can kill, and police need to keep that in mind when they think "Do I REALLY need to taser this guy?" It's a great tool to have, but shouldn't be used lightly as a "safe" alternative to just using brawn to control uncooperative people. Senseless death pisses me off.

 

its a lot safer than a 9mm

[cj001f]

No piece,

No Jesus

 

Eunuchs can't find God?

[ScottP]

Senseless death pisses me off.

I believe the senses cease to function after death, hence your grumpiness is pointless.

[archenemy]

death always makes sense

[KaskadskyjKozak]

death always makes sense

 

in war it always make cents

[Gary_Yngve]

if only he hadn't been brandishing a loaded Bible.

 

I'm packing a King James, and it's my unalienable right to do so!

[Gary_Yngve]

its a lot safer than a 9mm

 

Yes. The taser has a higher stopping percentage than a 9mm.

[cj001f]

if only he hadn't been brandishing a loaded Bible.

 

I'm packing a King James, and it's my unalienable right to do so!

 

I'd have pegged you for a Jefferson

[tvashtarkatena]

There's a lot of gays and secular humanists in my neighborhood, so I carry an epistle in an ankle holster.

[archenemy]

if only he hadn't been brandishing a loaded Bible.

 

I'm packing a King James, and it's my unalienable right to do so!

It's also your inalienable right to pack a Webster's.