Sentences with phrase «fire tasers»

«The situation at the time the officer fired his Taser was, thus, replete with uncertainty and a reasonable officer in his shoes could have worried he faced imminent danger from a lethal weapon,» Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.

Police also claim that they thought Harris could have been armed and on PCP (which is unconfirmed), saying that the shooting was «inadvertent» (they say Bates meant to fire his Taser) and that he was «absolutely a threat when going down.»

I guess I can probably see Peter doing it — you know, the Peter prior to being called Satan — but then I think about how Jesus might respond to Peter firing a taser.

When Turner lunged at a CMPD officer, the latter fired the taser probes into Turner's chest.

By way of example, in the last year, he has been instructed in approximately 15 inquests including acting for the family in a recent inquest into the death of Mr Andrew Pimlott, who died in circumstances where a police officer fired a taser at him whilst he was covered in petrol.

Not exact matches

The company came under fire in 2015 after a Washington Post investigation found that, on average, one person per week died in incidents in which police used Tasers that year.

There are plenty of similar cases, such as twenty - three year old Jordan Lee Begley, or petrol - soaked Andrew Pimlott, who was tasered while holding what appeared to be a lit match and caught fire.

In 2009, despite winning legal challenges, Taser International revised its training manuals to warn users that they should avoid firing at people's chests owing to the proximity of the heart to the electric pulses.

A Lake County deputy sheriff has been fired for playfully waving his firearm and Taser while quoting lines from Denzel Washington's character in «Training Day,» an action movie about a corrupt cop, the Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

Two characters have a Taser fired at them, which causes their clothes to start on fire.

This week's reason for an unexpected Tasering: trying to use a garden hose to fight a fire that is threatening your house.