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Simone, who’s been dubbed “Super Cop” retired after more than 35 years as a police officer. He has killed five people in the line of duty and shot at 11 more.
He has been shot twice, stabbed, and hit by several cars.
Although Fry testified he only remembered stunning Boucher three times, information downloaded from the device showed he used it six times in a 75-second span.
A third officer, Bradley Walker, testified that when he arrived at the scene, he saw McCormick hit a motionless Boucher with the baton about five times and saw Fry use his stun gun on him.
The officers handcuffed Boucher, patted him down and turned him over, only to find that he wasn’t breathing and his face was covered in blood. Boucher was dead minutes later despite attempts to revive him.
CINCINNATI - A group of girls accused of shoplifting snacks from a convenience store led police on a chase that ended when their car crashed into a utility pole, injuring three of them, police said.
The pursuit began early Tuesday after a store manager reported that two girls entered the store around 4 a.m. and stole potato chips and other items before taking off in a car, Cincinnati police said.
The responding officer saw a similar vehicle pass by about 4:45 a.m. and unsuccessfully tried to pull it over, leading to the pursuit that ended with the crash in a nearby suburb, according to police.
The 16-year-old driver and two passengers, a 12-year-old and a 14-year-old, were taken to a Cincinnati hospital. The two older girls had injuries that weren’t life-threatening, and the youngest was in critical, but stable, condition, police spokesman Sgt. Dennis Swingley said Wednesday.
Charges against the three girls were pending, he said.
The car’s two other passengers, both juveniles, were cited for curfew violations and released to their parents, Swingley said. Police said they were not believed to have been involved in the alleged theft.
The officer who pursued the car reported that the driver attempted to walk away from the crash and was told to stop, or a stun gun would be used. The officer said he fired the stun gun after the driver ignored commands. The driver was not hit by the gun’s barbs, but stopped at that point, according to police.
Swingley declined to release the officer’s name. He said police were investigating whether the officer followed proper procedure.
Investigators said they were trying to determine whether the 16-year-old driver possessed a valid driver’s license for the car, which was registered to the driver’s mother, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
So our tax dollars and police department insurance premiums are at risk because we’re chasing teenagers who stole a bag of chips? They chase them until they crash and injure themselves and put everyone elses life in danger… over a fucking bag of chips!
This is just hypocritical irresponsibility at its finest.
CINCINNATI – For the first time, amid continuing controversy and lawsuits over use of Tasers, a scientific, peer-reviewed study released this week shows the electronic stun guns can cause cardiac arrest and death.
But some police agencies continue to stand by their use of the weapons, saying the devices provide officers with a valuable, less-lethal means of subduing unruly suspects.
I’m glad the manufacture at least admits that tasers are NOT “non-lethal”. They are just “less lethal”. But they’re still lethal weapons. Since 2001, 500 people have died from being tasered, according to Amnesty International.
