Another Taser Death in America -- This Time in Mormon Country

The police force killed another person with 50,000 volts of taser power this week. Brian Cardall, a 32-year old Utah man returning to Arizona to complete his PhD in ecological genetics, was tased to death by a Hurricane (Utah) police officer.



Video Courtesy of KSL.com



Cardall leaves behind a wife, a daughter, Ava, and a baby due in September. The Hurricane Police Department is already in full C.Y.A. mode as evidenced by this notice on their website which says:

Police and medical personnel responded to a call for assistance with an agitated subject on State Route 59 this afternoon in Washington County. During the incident, Kenneth Thompson, a Hurricane City police officer deployed a taser and the subject lost consciousness. The subject was treated within moments by EMS personnel, but was pronounced dead after being transported to the hospital.
The folks who created this lethal electrocution device were quick off the mark as well. They issued a press release within hours of Cardall's death.

What are your thoughts as you learn about the 21st death in America this year at the hands of a taser-happy police force?
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