Anti Federalist
03-19-2012, 10:17 AM
Of course, nothing will happen to the cops.
Autopsy Concludes Police Restraints Killed Winter Haven Man
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120316/NEWS/120319422?p=1&tc=pg
A Winter Haven man died because of the way Orlando police officers subdued him — including with repeated jolts from a Taser — on the sidewalk at Universal CityWalk, according to the recently released results of a 10-month inquiry into his death.
A medical examiner determined the death was a homicide. Prosecutors ruled Orlando police officers didn't use excessive force and won't face charges in the April 22, 2011, death of Adam Spencer Johnson, 33, who had struggled with them outside a movie theater.
But a review of reports on Johnson's perplexing death raises questions, including:
Was he shocked for too long and too many times with a Taser? OPD Officer Edward Michael used the weapon while he and three other officers wrestled with Johnson after they said he became unruly and uncontrollable.
Why didn't Orlando paramedics arrive sooner? The Fire Department has come under criticism by a law enforcement expert, Johnson's family and a lawyer representing his family.
A recently released autopsy report found no drugs in Johnson's body, including alcohol.
During the altercation with police, he was shocked four times with a Taser, in bursts 31, 5, 4 and 5 seconds long.
“Thirty-one seconds? That's way too much,” said Andrew J. Scott, a Taser expert and former Boca Raton police chief contacted by The Ledger. Scott owns a police consulting business and says the Taser is a good police tool — if used properly.
Scott said five-second shock cycles are recommended by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and no more than three shocks should be administered.
The danger of a 31-second shock is considerable, Scott said, because it can cause the subject's lungs to quit functioning, as reports said Johnson's did.
Autopsy Concludes Police Restraints Killed Winter Haven Man
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120316/NEWS/120319422?p=1&tc=pg
A Winter Haven man died because of the way Orlando police officers subdued him — including with repeated jolts from a Taser — on the sidewalk at Universal CityWalk, according to the recently released results of a 10-month inquiry into his death.
A medical examiner determined the death was a homicide. Prosecutors ruled Orlando police officers didn't use excessive force and won't face charges in the April 22, 2011, death of Adam Spencer Johnson, 33, who had struggled with them outside a movie theater.
But a review of reports on Johnson's perplexing death raises questions, including:
Was he shocked for too long and too many times with a Taser? OPD Officer Edward Michael used the weapon while he and three other officers wrestled with Johnson after they said he became unruly and uncontrollable.
Why didn't Orlando paramedics arrive sooner? The Fire Department has come under criticism by a law enforcement expert, Johnson's family and a lawyer representing his family.
A recently released autopsy report found no drugs in Johnson's body, including alcohol.
During the altercation with police, he was shocked four times with a Taser, in bursts 31, 5, 4 and 5 seconds long.
“Thirty-one seconds? That's way too much,” said Andrew J. Scott, a Taser expert and former Boca Raton police chief contacted by The Ledger. Scott owns a police consulting business and says the Taser is a good police tool — if used properly.
Scott said five-second shock cycles are recommended by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and no more than three shocks should be administered.
The danger of a 31-second shock is considerable, Scott said, because it can cause the subject's lungs to quit functioning, as reports said Johnson's did.