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Having a seizure? Let me taze you (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 11 months ago by meldrik@lemmy.wtf to c/wtf@lemmy.wtf

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https://reason.com/2024/04/05/california-cops-tased-a-man-having-a-seizure-then-booked-him-on-bogus-charges-to-cover-their-mistake/

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[-] puppy@lemmy.world 132 points 11 months ago

Ok let's also assume he was intoxicated. Even then why the fuck would you tase him? Should've waited for the medical personnel. Then man was in his own goddamned house. WTF!

[-] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 78 points 11 months ago

Even then why the fuck would you tase him?

IIRC the thought the seizure induced thrashing was him resisting arrest. Of course that begs the question, why were they trying to arrest someone having a seizure (that they'd been sent to help BTW) in the first place?

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 59 points 11 months ago

Probably for committing one of the highest crimes of the land - disrespecting a police officer by not following their orders. They don’t care if he was seizing, unconscious, whatever. They will shoot to kill for such an infraction.