It happens again - another man murdered by police with tasers

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A Statesville man died after being shocked multiple times by Tasers at the Iredell County jail over the weekend, sources say.

Anthony Davidson, 29, was unresponsive when he was taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital Saturday afternoon. He was put on life support and died late Sunday night, police said.

His death is the second Taser-related death this year in the Charlotte area. In March, 17-year-old Darryl Wayne Turner, died after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police used a Taser on him at a Food Lion store in Charlotte.

The officers involved in Davidson's arrest – at least two from the Statesville Police Department – were put on administrative duty until the State Bureau of Investigation completes a probe into the incident.

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A source familiar with the investigation told the Observer that Davidson was shocked at least three times by several different law enforcement officers.

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The incident began about 3 p.m. Saturday at a Statesville grocery store. Employees at the Food Lion on N.C. 115 told police they tried unsuccessfully to stop Davidson from leaving the store with a full cart of groceries after his debit card was declined. He left the parking lot without the groceries, police said.

When officers caught up with Davidson a short time later, he was carrying an Applebee's gift card from the store that hadn't been paid for, Anderson said.

Officers took Davidson to the Iredell County Jail where he appeared before a magistrate on a larceny charge. Davidson was behaving abnormally from the time officers first encountered him, Anderson said.

While being booked, Davidson became "physically aggressive and was communicating loudly," Anderson said. That's when officers used one or more Tasers to get him "back under control," police said.

A nurse who screened Davidson afterward told officers he needed further medical screening because he appeared to be “under the influence of some type of impairing substance.”

Paramedics took Davidson to the hospital Saturday. His condition continued to decline and he was unresponsive when he arrived, Anderson said. He was admitted to intensive care and was taken off life support about 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

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[Ban Hammer 14,586]

[MrsCat 6]

The lawyer in me is salivating over these. Such a wide net of insurance funds to go after - police force, manufacturers of the tasers. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh drooooool.

And of course the public service benefit from winning a case like this, since tasers would likely be banned from use with a multimillion dollar win. PD's all over the US and Canada would bring back the batons.

[Peikko 1,575]

A policeman shot another policeman in Long Beach today. Has the training been cut back or something?

[Jenn! 918]

How hard is it to kill someone with a taser?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A policeman shot another policeman in Long Beach today. Has the training been cut back or something?

Evidently. And not just here. Remember that poor ####### in London who got shot multiple times in the head - by hysterical police who thought he was a terrorist.