Brooklyn Man Dies After Being Tasered
Of course, you could make a case that "There is no factual information that indicates that a TASER caused an injury." You see, it was the sudden stop...
Here's the story, as reported by WCBS TV:
NEW YORK (CBS) ― Community activists are calling on authorities to fully investigate the death of a Brooklyn man who was tasered by police in front of a crowd of onlookers.
The last moments of 35-year-old Inman Morales's life were spent naked and perched on a ledge in Bedford-Stuvyesant. Dozens of people watched, while some took photographs as the apparently emotionally disturbed man jumped up and down on top of a 10-foot high roll-down gate swinging a florescent light bulb towards police officers who were trying to grab him on a nearby fire escape.An officer on the ground then raised his taser stun gun and fired a five second jolt of 50,000 volts of electricity immobilizing him. Morales then fell head-first to his death.
"He wasn't hurting anybody, witness Racquel McDonald said. "They could have just grabbed him and bring him down, but they tased him instead and he fell to his death and it was real wrong."
Man falling after being tased...
Added a witness named "Kyle:" "The man was isolated for minute … and then he just fell to the floor. They had about eight cops that could break the fall. They just moved back."
Morales's mother was standing just a few yards away when her son fell. According to other family members, she called police because her son had a chemical imbalance and she believed he was suffering from a bad reaction to medication.
"The mother was screaming he's gonna fall and they said ma'am step back. They wouldn't allow the mother to talk to him," said Charlene Gayle-Gordon.
Community activists called on the city to investigate.
"We're not holding the whole NYC police department at fault, but we are questioning the actions of the supervisor of the Emergency Service Unit who took and who shot this young man, not one time but twice," Sharonnie Perry said.
I wonder if that's like a SWAT team? I'll bet Morale's mother is sure glad she called the public safety people...
