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Thursday, September 25, 2008

News Shocking Taser Incident In Brooklyn

Posted by Matt Davis on Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Shocking news from Brooklyn today on the death of a man with mental illness after police Tasered him on a balcony and he fell head-first to the ground.

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If anything, the story should make Portlanders proud of the changes made by the Portland Police Bureau in 2006, to institute crisis intervention training for cops in how to deal with people like 35-year-old Inman Morales, who was stood on top of a 10-foot roller door, flailing a fluorescent light tube around, before the cops intervened.

"He wasn't a threat to anybody but himself," said onlookers.

The sense from news reports is that his tragic death could have been easily avoided.

 

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I am waiting for the other shoe.

Larry Norton
Posted by Larry Norton on September 25, 2008 at 2:21 PM · Report
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Larry, your posts all say "Posted by Larry Norton" at the bottom. There's really no need to repeat it.
Posted by A cat on September 25, 2008 at 3:27 PM · Report
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Wait wait! I thought this only happened in Portland!!
Posted by maxcolby on September 26, 2008 at 5:05 PM · Report

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