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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times for 160 Seconds

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"One, she's in a wheelchair. Two, she's schizophrenic. Three, they're using a Taser on a person that's in a wheelchair, and then four is that they tasered her 10 times for a period of like two minutes," Alexander said.

According to a police report, one of the officers used her Taser gun nine times for a total of 160 seconds and the other officer discharged his Taser gun once for a total of no more than five seconds.

A medical examiner found Delafield died from hypertensive heart disease and cited the Taser gun shock as a contributing factor, the report said. On her death certificate, the medical examiner ruled Delafield's death a homicide.

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{"commentId":1036446,"authorDomain":"prompt"}

It seems like every time I read the news I hear of another incident involving a police officer abusing his power. It is depressing...

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Reply#1 - Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:47 PM EDT
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....and what you don't hear (with any celebration or congratulations) are the stories of police doing their jobs as they. The reason why is they are the norm and not news.

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#1.1 - Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:16 AM EDT
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