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Title: Fort Worth Taser Death Ruled Homicide
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URL Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-be ... h-Ruled-Homicide-55512962.html
Published: Aug 30, 2009
Author: angela brown
Post Date: 2009-08-30 02:31:19 by IndieTX
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Views: 351
Comments: 10
AP A mentally ill man's death after he was shocked twice by a police Taser was a homicide, a medical examiner's office ruled Thursday. The family of Michael Patrick Jacobs Jr., 24, called for help April 18 saying he was causing problems, and Fort Worth police have said officers used the Taser after he became combative. Jacobs had difficulty breathing after he was handcuffed, and he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. Jacobs was stunned with the Taser twice -- the first time for 49 seconds and the second time for 5 seconds, with a 1-second interval between the shocks, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office report issued Thursday. Neither paramedics at the scene nor emergency room personnel could revive him, according to the report. He was pronounced dead about noon that day -- an hour after police used the Taser, the report said. An autopsy showed no traces of alcohol or drugs, electrolyte imbalances, or signs of heart or lung disease, all of which can be contributing factors in a death. The report said Jacobs' primary cause of death was "sudden death during neuromuscular incapacitation due to application of a conducted energy device," but did not explain why the death was ruled a homicide. Medical examiner's office officials declined to comment, citing pending grand jury hearings. Police Chief Jeff Halstead on Thursday said the medical examiner's report would help his department finish its investigation into Jacobs' death, but he declined to comment on it, saying he would present it to the district attorney. In 2001 Fort Worth police began using Tasers, a device that temporarily immobilizes a person with a 50,000-volt shock, over-stimulating the nervous system and causing muscles to lock up. Since then, Fort Worth officers have used them 1,360 times and four people have died. Jacobs' death is the first of those deaths to be ruled a homicide, he said. "I want to express our condolences to the family of Michael Jacobs," Halstead said at a news conference. "Our thoughts are with them during this difficult time." Jacobs' family remains upset over losing their son, who had been off his medication for bipolar disorder, said the Rev. Kyev Tatum, a family spokesman. Relatives called the police that day because they wanted him taken to the hospital, but officers "treated him like a common criminal" instead of showing compassion, Tatum said. "We are relieved that the ME's findings line up with our facts, but we still believe that Mr. Jacobs did not have to die, and did not have to die the way he did, in front of his parents in his front yard crying out for help," said Tatum, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Fort Worth chapter. Tatum has called for a federal investigation after the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that police initially turned paramedics away. Officers later called them back but had not started cardiopulmonary resuscitation, said Matt Zavadsky, associate director for ambulance service provider MedStar. Also, a paramedic reported that a defibrillator used on Jacobs shortly after he was shocked with the Taser apparently did not work, according to documents obtained by the newspaper. Zavadsky said the machine was operational, but Jacobs' heart had stopped and cell phone and radio transmissions at the scene could have interfered and caused the monitor to give no readings.
Poster Comment: From the poster comments with the story: "What kind of a report is this? The coroners report was VERY clear. He died due to shocks he received from the two cops that over extended their authority and shocked him rapidly with two bursts of a tazer. 49 seconds?!?! they weren't putting a BULL down, he was a human being!! Hopefully the city will not face a long drawn out trial and these two can quickly be incarcerated with the other murderers."
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#1. To: IndieTX (#0)
police initially turned paramaedics away The trigger happy pigs sentences should include two Taserings, one for 49 seconds, and one for 5 seconds, with a one second interval between shocks. And a lesson to be learned, NEVER CALL A COP FOR "HELP".
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That's what killed him. If that had been a relative of mine, I'd be pig hunting right this very second. .
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Justice needs to be done in this case. Justice would include the police officer being restrained. A taser would be placed on his torso until death ensues. That is step on in justice. Step 2 would be the CEO's of the companies that make Tazers to be simimlarly restrained. The only difference would be that there would be 3 tazers placed on the CEO's and the current would be engaged until death. The reason that the manufacturers ceos should be killed is because they advertise this device as non lethal. It isn't non lethal. Anyone being tazered has not only the right but the obligation to kill his or her attacker.
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it - Thomas Jefferson
the biggest scumbag to ever walk the planet. they think that they're all little gods. Here's the six requirements to be a cop which I found on www.youtube.com from youtube member CopsAreAntiAmerican: 1 Low IQ 2 Sociopathic behavior 3 Unresolved childhood issues 4 The need to be violent towards others 5 Insecure and the need for recognition 6 A pattern of lifetime moral issues The "sociopathic" behavior is the most scary "requirement" of cops, because in the 1830's, this "disorder" was called "MORAL INSANITY". By 1900, it as changed to "psychopathic personality". More recently, the "sociopath" has been termed as an "antisocial personality disorder". The source of the above info www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html continues to state that "antisocial personality disorder" is characterized by a lack of regard for the moral or legal standards in the local culture. "Sociopaths" are habitual liars. Another youtube member posted another "requirement" to be a cop on the same police brutality video 7. Small to no penis or a "penis complex".
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LOL! That's a very humorous comment from a guy whose screen name is sizzlerguy.
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Jacobs was stunned with the Taser twice -- the first time for 49 seconds and the second time for 5 seconds, with a 1-second interval between the shocks,
#2. To: sizzlerguy (#1)
The trigger happy pigs sentences should include two Taserings, one for 49 seconds, and one for 5 seconds, with a one second interval between shocks.
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#5. To: IndieTX (#0)
49 seconds?!?!
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#7. To: A K A Stone, all (#6)
collection of taser-death events -
#8. To: Eric Stratton (#3)
become a cop
#9. To: sizzlerguy (#8)
#10. To: sizzlerguy (#1)
The trigger happy pigs sentences should include two Taserings, one for 49 seconds, and one for 5 seconds, with a one second interval between shocks.
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