man was having mental health crisis. Cops punch and taser him while trying to get him into ambulance. He's dead [View all]

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https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/23/john-scott-death-decatur-alabama-punch-taser-mental-health/

A Black Alabama man who was hospitalized last week after he was punched and Tasered by police has died.

John Scott Jr., a 41-year-old Decatur resident, died Tuesday after being in a coma.

“My son John Scott is no longer with us. He fought a good fight,” Paulette Tennison-Sanders wrote on Facebook.

Scott Jr. was arrested April 15 after his mother called police because she feared he was off his medication and experiencing a mental health crisis.

Video shows Scott Jr. begin to panic as police officers try to get him into an ambulance.

He is then punched and Tasered while officers try to pin his arms behind his back while Scott screams “I’m sorry.”