I didnt read the whole thread ..
But I wanted to show you that this happened in the very next town over from where I live here in Texas ....this town Waxahachie is not a big town
....So this is happening everywhere ...why I dont know ..
This story here is as unbelievable as that 16 year old you mentioned in your post ..
Here it is
Man called 911 for seizure, was hit by stun gun, files suit
07:30 AM CST on Friday, December 21, 2007
By JON NIELSEN / The Dallas Morning News
jnielsen@dallasnews.com
Allen Nelms grew accustomed to dialing 911 for medical help.
But the response the 52-year-old diabetic from Waxahachie received one morning this April was humiliating, discriminatory because of his race and
excessive, the man's attorney said.
(Picture at link)
Allen Nelms, 52, says police shot him with a stun gun in April when he suffered a diabetic seizure in his Waxahachie home.
Mr. Nelms said he was twice shocked by a stun gun by police who responded to a diabetic seizure call at his Waxahachie home.
His attorney, Rodney Ramsey, filed a federal lawsuit against the city, the police department and the officers on Mr. Nelms' behalf. No trial date has
been set.
The court filing claims that police entered the home in the 700 block of Perry Street in Waxahachie without a search warrant, twice shocked Mr. Nelms
with a stun gun, laughed at him and left him on a bedroom floor.
"I have a problem with the fact that you can kick people's doors down without warrant, Tase them, abuse them, laugh about it and leave," Mr. Ramsey
said.
Mr. Nelms' fiancée, Josie Edwards, was at the home but not allowed in the bedroom where officers used the stun gun, the suit states.
After the incident, police handcuffed Mr. Nelms until firefighters arrived and checked his blood sugar. The complaint states that Mr. Nelms was not
treated for his wounds from the stun gun, nor was he taken to the hospital for further treatment after his seizure.
Mr. Nelms filed a complaint with the Police Department in the days after the incident and received a written statement indicating that officers "were
within ... departmental policies regarding the use of less than lethal force option."
Department leaders declined to comment on the suit. The department's policy states that stun guns should not be used to replace verbal
problem-solving skills, self-defense techniques or firearms.
"The Taser shall be deployed only in circumstances where it is deemed reasonably necessary to control a dangerous or violent subject," the policy
states.
"He's not some strapping criminal," Mr. Ramsey said of his client. "This is the sad part – he's not a big guy. He's 5-9, 5-10, 150
pounds."
The suit states that numerous calls for emergency service have been made from the home in the last 10 years. City officials denied an open records
request for details of those calls. An appeal to the Texas attorney general's office is pending.
Mr. Nelms' lawsuit doesn't list specific monetary damages. Mr. Ramsey said he questions the department's policy and the justification officers had
for using a stun gun on a medical call.
"We want to make sure this doesn't happen again," he said. "I would hate [for] people [to] call the ambulance and get Tasered. Hopefully we'll
get some policies changed.
"And an apology would be really, really nice."
www.dallasnews.com...
They wont even give him an apology ..can you believe that ...
[edit on 27-8-2008 by Simplynoone]