Taser Claims Its Latest Young Life

The "less than lethal" Taser has claimed another life after a seventeen year old was tasered by cops inside a grocery store he worked at in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday. Police said an argument escalated between Darryl Turner and one of his supervisors at a Food Lion on Prosperity Church Road. Officers said the teen assaulted a store manager by throwing an object after officers arrived on scene. Police released a statement reading, "[Turner] was highly agitated and refused all verbal commands and began walking toward the officer." At that point, the officer used his Taser on Turner. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 21, 2008 04:02 PM