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De familie wil antwoorden na dood Taser
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Indianapolis - de familie van een mens die na wordt overweldigd met een Taser door politie stierf denkt na voerend gerechtelijke stappen. Zij geloven Taser een rol in zijn dood speelde en zijn van plan om of de fabrikant of Metro van Indianapolis te vervolgen Politie.
Het was na een handgemeen met politie binnen het restaurant van O' Charley op 38ste Straat Vrijdag nacht toen Henry Orlando Bryant ophield ademend en stierf.
„Het is droevig. Het breekt mijn hart dat hij als dit verliet. Het werkelijk,“ bovengenoemde Rita Abram, moeder.
De politie werd geroepen aan het restaurant nadat Scott Broadnax naar verluidt een pistool in de lucht golfte. Broadnax, who has a conceal carry permit, cooperated with officers and gave them the weapon. But police say his friend Henry Bryant would not obey officers’ orders.
“He was not combative. He did not bad mouth the police department,” said Broadnax. “There was nothing that he did that would cause him to be tased or for him to lose his life that night.”
According to police, it took several officers to subdue the 35-year-old. Three officers were slightly hurt during the fight. They used chemical spray and a Taser to get Bryant to comply.
“He ended up dying for what reason, I don’t know,” said Broadnax.
In 2004, after a test period, Indianapolis decided to arm nearly half of the police force with Tasers. As part of their training, every officer that carries one is shot with the device.
“For us to use this on our own people for training we’re pretty confident it’s a safe weapon. This is just a very unusual circumstance,” said Sgt. Paul Thompson, IMPD.
In the past four years, officers have fired Tasers at suspects hundreds of times. It’s a practice IMPD defends, but raises serious questions for at least one family.
“If they continue to use these like they are, there’s going to be more deaths. Innocent people like my son getting killed when it’s not necessary,” said Abram.
Bryant’s preliminary cause of death has not been determined. It could take up to three months for a definitive cause. Two people have died after being tased by Indianapolis Police. In both cases, the coroner determined the men died as the result of a drug overdose, not the Taser.
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