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Title: Teenager dies after being tased by Martinsville Police
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URL Source: http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/ ... ser_incident/24494/#fragment-2
Published: Jan 10, 2009
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Post Date: 2009-01-10 16:48:08 by PSUSA
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By Candice Nelson WSLS10 Reporter Published: January 9, 2009 7:57 p.m. State Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old after Martinsville Police used a stun device on a teenager Thursday night. It happened at 307 Rives Road. When 10 On Your side came to the apartment on Friday afternoon, the door was already open, but nobody was inside. What appears empty now, was swarming with police and investigators Thursday night. Justin Gregory, 15, says his friend, 17-year-old Derick, died after a Martinsville officer used a taser on him. Gregory told us Derick and Derick’s mother had only lived in the home for about a week; however, the boys were alone on Thursday night. Although friends say the victim’s name was Derick, police have not released the victim’s name; therefore, Ten On Your Side has decided not to release the victim’s full name, yet. Police say they were called there for a disorderly conduct after callers say someone was “using the bathroom” in the road. Gregory tells us Derick, “was out in the middle of the road acting stupid.” When the boys went inside, Gregory said only a few minutes went by before police arrived. Police say it was Officer R.L. Wray who responded. When he arrived, he noticed the front door had been forced open and requested assistance. Police say Wray heard loud banging noises coming from the kitchen, which according to Gregory is in the back of the home. When Gregory saw the officer coming, he claims, “I was upstairs, and the cops told me to come down. So I came downstairs, and everything happened,” said Gregory. Gregory says Derick had been drinking, but claims there was no confrontation with police. “Derick walked around from the kitchen, into the living room, and got half-way into the living room, and the cop tased him. He didn’t run at him or nothing,” said Gregory. But at a news conference, Police went into detail, saying Derick “moved rapidly toward Officer Wray in an offensive stance.” When Gregory’s mother, Jennifer Crigger, found out what was going on, she told police, “I just told them ‘you better thank God in Heaven it wasn’t my son,’ because it could’ve easily been.“ When she thinks about why the cops were there in the first place, Crigger said, “It wasn’t that serious. He’s 17, and his life is cut short over a ‘disturbing the peace’ call.” “For now, police say they’re not sure if the taser is what killed Derick. All that is still under investigation. Police say there are a number of factors that could have killed Derick – anything from pre-existing medical conditions to any kind of drug or alcohol abuse. Wray is on paid administrative leave, and has been on the force for over two years. Police say Wray immediately called for medical assistance when he found the victim unresponsive and then tried CPR. Police say the victim was pronounced dead at the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville. Now, Virginia State Police will handle the investigation. 4:53 p.m. Martinsville Police news release below: The Martinsville Police Department is working with the Virginia State Police on the investigation of an incident which occurred in the City of Martinsville on Thursday evening. Martinsville Police Department Officers were dispatched at 9:25 p.m. to 307 Rives Road, a duplex apartment, in reference to a possible fight and/or disturbance. Upon arrival, Officer R. L. Wray observed, from his police cruiser, a young male run inside apartment number two. Officer Wray exited the vehicle and approached the front door of the residence where he observed signs of forced entry. Officer Wray then contacted dispatch requesting assistance. Officer Wray then came in contact with an individual near the front door of the residence. Wray heard a series of loud repetitive noises coming from the kitchen area of the apartment. Officer Wray asked the individual in the kitchen to come out so that he could speak with him. The individual, also a young male, exited the kitchen and moved rapidly toward Officer Wray in an offensive stance. Officer Wray then deployed his Taser and subdued the individual. While he was in the process of handcuffing the individual from the kitchen, Officer Wray was confronted by the other male subject, who was now on the front porch. Wray gave the individual a verbal warning. The subject ceased his action and complied with the warning. Officer Wray finished handcuffing the individual from the kitchen, then proceeded to the front porch and advised the other male subject that he was under arrest. MPD Officer E. W. Dillard arrived to assist Officer Wray. When Wray went back to the other individual from the kitchen and started speaking to him the subject was unresponsive. Officer Wray immediately called for medical assistance. The subject did not appear to have a pulse, so Officer Wray began CPR. Medical personnel from Martinsville Fire & EMS arrived and treated the individual at the scene then transported him to Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County. The individual, later determined to be a 17 year old male juvenile, was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital later that evening. The other arrestee, later determined to be a 15 year old male juvenile, was taken into custody without further incident. There were no other injuries. “My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of this young man and with Officer R. L. Wray and his family. This is one of the hardest things to deal with that any one can imagine as a citizen, a parent, or a law enforcement officer. We contacted the Virginia State Police as soon as we found out what had happened. They will take over the investigation from here forward. We will work with them in any way possible to bring this investigation to a fair and successful conclusion. May God bless all those involved and their families,” said Martinsville Police Chief Mike Rogers. The Virginia State Police will handle the investigation going forward.
Poster Comment: The pigs with badges murder another one over a disorderly conduct call. Police say there are a number of factors that could have killed Derick – anything from pre-existing medical conditions to any kind of drug or alcohol abuse. That's right, blame it on any "factor" that will shift the blame away from the cocksucker with a badge. .
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#1. To: PSUSA (#0)
If I was a judge. and any cop said something like that to me, off to jail for contempt of court, until he decided to tell the truth.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Is there a site out there that keeps a daily count of the number of tase deaths?
Is being shot with a taser one of them?
None that I know of. Tasers being nonlethal, dont ya' know...
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
There is a site that tracks daily stories about taser incidents. 400 taser-related deaths since 2001. TaserWatch Members: 69 Established: 1/2008 Group Type: Public TaserWatch™ was created to track the numerous stories of Taser™-related incidents and abuse.
Sure they will as long as their comrade is exonerated. I've seen these Martinsville police in action as I've attended five NASCAR races there. Thre is a parking lot that is in another jurisdiction right next to the race track and if you cross over yellow lines with an open container, the thugs will bust you and handcuff you in the process. Mind you in an open field used as a parking lot. They don't go there looking for trouble, they bring the trouble there. I have attended over 55 NASCAR race and have only seen one fight. When you spend 75/125 dollars for a ticket, you don't go there looking for a fight. I have seen the cops try and instigate trouble before. When we went down to DC for the Ron Paul rally on July 12 th 2008, the cops kept coming on the scene and only left when people with VCR cameras started to film them. They looked like a bunch of nazi storm troopers just itching to crack a few heads. If a cop ever tasers me for any reason and I survive, he won't be a cop long after. Can you say fertilizer!
Good. So you have some personal experience with them. It kind of takes the edge off their spin doctoring. .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
It seems the skinheads have figured out how to deploy their little torture machines to make them lethal, the same way they figured out how to fool the breathalyzers so every test shows above the limit.
Pray they meet the end they deserve. Their head on a pike would be fitting. The system they protect is unelected, unresponsive and kept in place by politicians and asshat dolts who need get out into the real world and see their handiwork up close and personal.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Countries Without a Draft circa 2001 (You'll need this soon if you have kids) RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP What is the problem. He was only a young man and he is the only one the police killed. The police have license to kill and they don't need a reason. If they feel like killing someone that is justification enough. They need to kill a lot more so people will fear the police and understand that the police are charge.
I'm with JT on this one. And, he used to be a cop. Sooner or later, they are going to murder the wrong person, and it will be open season on pigs, no license needed. What surprises me is that it hasn't happened yet. Lord knows there has been more than sufficient provocation. .
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked and arose and said to the nobles and to the officials and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes.”
I thought the police murdered the wrong person when they murdered the woman in the airport that was politically connected. But it went nowhere. And, the media always protects the police so I don't know who the wrong person could be. It cannot be Obama's children because they have Secret Service protection.
“moved rapidly toward Officer Wray in an offensive stance.”
#2. To: Turtle, PSUSA, anyone (#1)
#3. To: PSUSA (#0)
there are a number of factors that could have killed Derick
#4. To: lodwick (#2)
#5. To: lodwick (#2)
Is there a site out there that keeps a daily count of the number of tase deaths?
#6. To: PSUSA (#0)
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We will work with them in any way possible to bring this investigation to a fair and successful conclusion. May God bless all those involved and their families,” said Martinsville Police Chief Mike Rogers.
#7. To: LACUMO (#6)
#8. To: PSUSA (#0)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#9. To: Esso (#8)
It seems the skinheads have figured out how to deploy their little torture machines to make them lethal, the same way they figured out how to fool the breathalyzers so every test shows above the limit.
#10. To: randge (#5)
"Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." ~~ IndieTx
#11. To: PSUSA (#0)
#12. To: DWornock (#11)
#13. To: PSUSA (#12)
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