The Associated Press via Yahoo.com has released information about an incident where a man doused himself in gasolene during a domestic violence dispute and when police responded to the incident shot him with a taser gun, killing him by setting him on fire!!!Not only is this another case of police brutality involving their much over used tasers but is an enormous case of complete stupidity!!! Maybe someone should ask what the required I.Q. for a police officer is in order to be hired? My guess is it’s not very high....60-70 maybe?
Here is the story copied for convenience for my readers:
Dad of gas-soaked stun gun victim sues Pa. policePITTSBURGH – The father of a Pennsylvania man who had soaked himself in gasoline during a domestic dispute is suing the Pennsylvania State Police because his son caught fire and died when a trooper used a stun gun to subdue him.
Shawn Mohney's federal civil rights suit filed Tuesday says 24-year-old Levi Mohney suffered burns over 98 percent of his body in March 2009.
The encounter happened at a mobile home where Levi Mohney's girlfriend lived in Strattanville, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Troopers were responding to a report that Levi Mohney had assaulted her.
Shawn Mohney's attorney tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that there was no need to use the electric stun gun because Levi Mohney wasn't armed and wasn't a threat to police.
State police are not commenting on the lawsuit.
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