delawareonline ¦ The News Journal ¦ Family of Pagan killed by police files lawsuit
A link to a local newspaper article. Some interesting info:
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| ...The police said Hale refused to remove his hands from the front pockets of a hooded sweat shirt...Police have said Hale, who has no arrest record in Delaware, had a switchblade knife and a can of pepper spray, but was not brandishing either... |
So, he's sitting on the front step of a house being considered part of a drug ring with a switchblade and a can of pepper spray.
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The officers ordered Hale to take his hands out of the front pockets of his sweat shirt.
“About a second later, they Tasered him,” Mixson has said. “He was just sitting there. He didn’t do anything.”
Seconds later, police repeated their command for Hale to show them his hands, and they Tasered him a second time, after which he rolled onto his left side and vomited into a flower bed, the Mixsons said.
Hale rolled back to his right, into a sitting position, still shaking, and police Tasered him a third time, Mixson said. |
And he can roll over and get up, but can't take his hands out of his pockets, which conveniently contain pepper spray and a switchblade? I call
The story in the original post here in a very typical criminal's spin on a police officers necessary use of force.
