Just another taser death...

[G_j]

http://cjonline.com/stories/040108/bre_taser.shtml

'Tased' Goodyear worker identified
The Capital-Journal
Published Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 3:42 p.m. CDT

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. worker who died Sunday morning after deputies used a Taser to subdue him has been identified as Walter E. Haake Jr., 59, of Lawrence.


Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called Saturday night to the Goodyear plant, 2000 N.W. US-24 highway.

Goodyear security officers told deputies they were trying to keep an employee who apparently was suffering from a medical condition from leaving the plant in his car because they thought he was unable to do so safely.

After several attempts to control the employee, a deputy used a Taser to subdue him. Deputies then removed him from his car.

The man then became unresponsive. He was taken by American Medical Response ambulance to a Topeka hospital, where he later died.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. He was sick so they tased him??

Good grief.

[Kitty Herder]

2. Sadistic bastards. Does anyone else think that tasering is cruel an unusual punishment

and is therefore outlawed by the constitution?

[DemocratInSoCal]

3. How Fucking IRONIC!!!

Man Oh Man, are we ONE FUCKED UP COUNTRY.

"they were trying to keep an employee who apparently was suffering from a medical condition from leaving the plant in his car because they thought he was unable to do so safely."


Guess they prevented him from hurting himself, since he was unable to leave safely.

LOL!!!

[Kolesar]

5. Supposed to put a potato in the tailpipe

...or...something!

[bbgrunt]

4. we are certainly becoming inured to this kind of

torture. It is now official policy with the military and domestic police forces. Tasers should be outlawed.

[KG]

6. well, you know, if he'd just done what the freindly officers told him to....

:eyes:

[jody]

7. I've said before, Tasers have been tested ONLY on young, healthy subjects, NEVER sick, pregnant, or

other subjects with medical or other problems.

See Volunteer Warnings, Risks, Liability Release and Covenant Not to Sue by "TASER INTERNATIONAL saving lives every day"

Tasers should be banned until tested on other than healthy subjects and then treated as a potentially lethal weapon.

[G_j]

8. it appears the testing is, on the job.. n/t