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Posted: 1:33 PM Jan 7, 2009
4 NC Officers Cleared For Using A Taser
Four Greensboro police officers have been cleared in connection with the death of a man who was shocked with a Taser during a traffic stop.
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Four Greensboro police officers have been cleared in connection with the death of a man who was shocked with a Taser during a traffic stop.
Guilford County District Attorney Doug Henderson said in a statement Tuesday that the officers "acted appropriately and within the confines of the law."
The statement said officers pulled over 24-year-old Paul Thompson Jr. on April 22 for speeding. Officers used a Taser three times on Thompson for resisting, and an ambulance came after he began bleeding from his mouth.
Authorities said he appeared to have a seizure and go into cardiac arrest in the ambulance. He died at an area hospital five days later.
An autopsy report said Thompson died from complications of cocaine toxicity.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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The SBI said Eugene Boseman died of cocaine intoxication too. Apparently that finding is its SOP. Below are a link to a WITN story on a taser death in Nov. and a link to a blog of police killings in NC. http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/34689104.html http://www.ncoct22.org/victims.html
I agree with T 100 percent
I am glad to see that the officers were cleared. They have enough to worry about just leaving for work each day. Tazers are more humane than bullets. Although in many cases, bullets are necessary.
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