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taser death
Another Murder by Cops Using "less than lethal" Taser, Morning of Nov 6th
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 11/10/2010 - 9:08pmLancaster County Man Dies After Police Use Taser On Him
Watch Television News VIDEO
WARNING: Some May Find Certain Images Disturbing -- Lancaster County Taser Death Scene Slideshow
State Police Investigating Death
Robert Neill Jr., 61, died after he become unresponsive after police used a Taser on him twice and sprayed him with Mace, state police said. The incident happened at about 4 a.m. Saturday at Neill's home in the 300 block of Marietta Avenue in Mount Joy [at a senior apartment complex]. Several police departments assisted, including Mount Joy Borough police, Susquehanna Regional police and state police from Ephrata.
Seven Murders by Police in Seattle -Within Two Weeks
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 10:54amCops Kill in Washington Again and Again and Again and Again and Again - on the Police Murder of John T. Williams
Submitted by anon on Mon, 2010-09-06: anarchis news dot org
http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/12125
*Warning: the following article contains news mostly taken from mainstream sources. Apologies if any of the statements contained below misrepresent John T. Williams life in any way.
In the last week alone, 5 people were killed in “officer-involved” shootings in the Puget Sound region. On August 31, John T. Williams became the first of this last string of killings by police. John Williams, age 50, was a native man from the Dididaht, Nuu Chan Nulth nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He was shot four times in the chest by Seattle police officer Ian D. Birk, age 27.
Daniel Sylvester Was Tased to Death by Cops after he backed away saying "Leave me alone, I am scared."
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 1:59pml spoke to Daniel (tasered man)'s Mom. She said when the cops arrived Daniel was outside, calm at the time... The cops said something and Daniel said "Leave me alone," and backed away from the cops saying "Leave me alone, I am scared."
The cops had no reason to draw the taser at all at this point. The cops follow Daniel into his home with taser drawn and started tasing. Mom said Daniel did not attack the cops..... Who knows what fiasco started after the tasing begain... It turns into a frenzy by the cops....
Thank God there are witnesses to this. There needs to be training in de-escalation.. instead they escalate situations...Daniel Sylvester did not need to die,, deserve to die.. The family did not deserve this grief.
Mom will be ready to speak out soon.
--from Lenda Beck, June 24, 2010
of Del Norte Watch Dogs
