Florida deputy whose Taser set biker on fire acquitted
A Florida sheriff's deputy accused of taping up a gas-filled biker during a botched arrest three years ago and starting a fire that burned more than 75 percent of the man's body has been acquitted of negligence charges. According to local reports, on February 27, 2022, Barrett allegedly ran a red light, drove onto the […]
Parents attack female middle school deputy, steal her taser, bodycam video shows. Sheriff reacts with profanity-laced tirade.
A Florida man and his wife were arrested Tuesday for allegedly assaulting a female school resource officer, authorities announced, citing police body camera footage. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said: press release Two parents, Jorge Rivera, 46, and Dagmarie Aponte Iturino, 45, assaulted a vice student at Deltona Middle School Tuesday morning. “Let me be […]
Met officer who held Taser to black boy’s neck found guilty of gross misconduct | Metropolitan police
A Metropolitan police officer who held a Taser to an innocent black teenager's neck after he was forced to kneel in the street has been found guilty of gross misconduct but allowed to keep his job. Jamar Powell told the Guardian that the September 2020 incident left him traumatised, fearing he would die, and that […]
Police use Taser to subdue man who stormed media area of Trump rally in Pennsylvania
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man ran into the press area at a rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where former President Donald Trump was speaking Friday, but was surrounded by police and sheriff's deputies and eventually subdued with a Taser. The spat came shortly after Trump criticized mainstream media coverage he found unfavorable, dismissing CNN's Thursday […]
Police Taser Probe Triggered Nevada Cop To Accidentally Shoot ‘Erratic’ Suspect, Investigators Find
A police officer who shot a suspect in northwestern Nevada in 2020 will not face charges as a fellow officer’s taser probe struck the officer and triggered the inadvertent shooting, according to a prosecutor’s report. Reno Police Officer Richard Jager shot Christopher Sheahan during a Jul. 26, 2020, road traffic incident as a taser probe fired […]
US pilot arrested in Edinburgh after taser found in his luggage
A pilot who was scheduled to fly a United Airlines plane from Scotland to Newark, New Jersey, had his flight canceled Saturday and was instead handcuffed after airport security found a Taser in his bag. . The unidentified United employee, 56, was arrested and taken away by four security guards at Edinburg Airport on Saturday. […]