A British blind man tasered by UK police seeks compensation.
A British blind man has issued a compensation claim for being tasered by UK police officers, who claim to have mistaken his white stick for a samurai sword.
The 61-year-old Collin Farmer claimed damages for assault, false imprisonment and a breach of his human rights in a letter to Lancashire Constabulary.
He is also seeking a declaration of incompatibility from the High Court in relation to the use of the 50,000-volt Taser guns by the British police.
Farmer, who was thrown to the ground, had his arm wrenched by the officer and was handcuffed in the town centre in Chorley, Lancashire, on October 12, 2012.
He said the police blunder could have killed him who had suffered two strokes.
The British police have a record of targeting physically disabled people for no good reason, including the 20-year-old Jody McIntyre who was beaten with batons and pulled from his wheelchair and across the ground during London student protests of December 2010.
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