Sunday, October 07, 2007
i'm learning to play with the slashdot firehose. found this for example.
In Gwinnett County, Georgia, an un-edited police videotape shows 31-year-old Deacon Frederick Williams being struck with a TASER five times in 43 seconds, just 4 minutes after being led into the jail.
He was handcuffed behind his back and in leg restraints, following an epileptic seizure at his home; an ambulance was called by his wife and son, but the police arrived first. His last words were: "Don't kill me, man. Don't kill me."
No charges have been filed in the torture / murder; the County DA refused to show this video to a Grand Jury, even though another man in custody was murdered just months earlier after being tortured with a TASER by the same police.
Coverage from some of the local media is here: [link to www.11alive.com]
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0505-24.htm
http://brownwatch.squarespace.com/police-brutality-watch/2006/4/9/gwinnett-county-deputy-impleads-taser-company-in-death-of-hog-tied-black-man.html
http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/en/2005/04/1070.shtml
These incidents are becoming way too common; I hope somebody is tracking this stuff.
In Gwinnett County, Georgia, an un-edited police videotape shows 31-year-old Deacon Frederick Williams being struck with a TASER five times in 43 seconds, just 4 minutes after being led into the jail.
He was handcuffed behind his back and in leg restraints, following an epileptic seizure at his home; an ambulance was called by his wife and son, but the police arrived first. His last words were: "Don't kill me, man. Don't kill me."
No charges have been filed in the torture / murder; the County DA refused to show this video to a Grand Jury, even though another man in custody was murdered just months earlier after being tortured with a TASER by the same police.
Coverage from some of the local media is here: [link to www.11alive.com]
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0505-24.htm
http://brownwatch.squarespace.com/police-brutality-watch/2006/4/9/gwinnett-county-deputy-impleads-taser-company-in-death-of-hog-tied-black-man.html
http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/en/2005/04/1070.shtml
These incidents are becoming way too common; I hope somebody is tracking this stuff.
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