Tennessee: Questions linger over police shooting. Shelbyville family says man was celebrating.
Oregon: Man Dies after Police Use Taser. Witnesses say the 46-year-old white male was yelling, speaking gibberish, foaming at the mouth and running into traffic on Sandy Boulevard Monday afternoon. When police arrived, they tried to take him into custody. He was just floundering. They tried to get him over, but he didn’t want to go over. “He stayed on his stomach. They wanted him on his backside to see how his mouth was, cause he was foaming so bad at the time,” witness Mark McEldery said. (Indicators that this is a high risk individual and EMS should be asked for so at least they are in route to the scene if the person has medical problems. High risk position for positional asphyxia. Is your department doing enough training and re-training on identifying and dealing with this condition? If not you had better start because IT WILL become an issue down the road somewhere).
Florida: Attorney seeking unedited hospital security tapes in Taser death.
Minnesota: Minneapolis squad car caught in crossfire.
