Colorado Springs man dies after being tased by police
Source: The Gazette Telegraph
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Their loved one died after an incident with Colorado Springs police.
Jeffrey Melvin was brought to Memorial Hospital on April 26th. His family members say they did not find out he was there, until Tuesday.
"We got to the hospital, my family. When we got there we were just stunned. The doctors were saying, his nerves were damaged. A doctor said it could be consistent with tazing to his body, Taneesha Melvin said.
Colorado Springs police confirm that on April 26th officers were called to an apartment complex on East Fountain, on a reported disturbance.
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mercuryblues
(14,552 posts)http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Family-wants-answers-after-loved-one-died-after-incident-with-police-481817331.html
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)same EXACT thing as multi shocks from a cattle prod.
christx30
(6,241 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)wonder how many battery packs police go through a year.
safeinOhio
(32,746 posts)"Who's going to arrest me, I''m a cop".
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)He shouldn't have fought police. But, I'm constantly amazed in this modern age that animal researchers can bring down a lion or elephant with sedative darts with no long-term injury, but our police wind up killing dozens of people every year just trying to stop and restrain them.
There has to be a better way....... ........
Solomon
(12,321 posts)Always the victim's fault when the victim is black.
cntrfthrs
(252 posts)and have had plenty of run-ins with the police...YOU DONT FIGHT BACK OR TRY TO RUN...that's the quickest way to get your head beat in or shot...and if they do it to you anyway, THEN you have grounds for a lawsuit...
red dog 1
(27,903 posts)DFW
(54,480 posts)Again and again and again and again......
Nitram
(22,945 posts)red dog 1
(27,903 posts)and this type of police over-reaction is happening way too much these days.
We're in the 21st Century, yet the police are still killing innocent people with their guns, tasers, and choke-holds.
There HAS to be a better way to handle unarmed suspects!
K&R, thanks for posting.
pansypoo53219
(21,005 posts)+ they were NOT fired or disciplined. AND they broke into his apartment & he was in the shower. i know his lady neighbor was upset, but WTF.
NewEnglandAutumn
(184 posts)film when it came out it should have made tapering people much more controversial.