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http://www.tampabay.com/news/public...eymoon-island-not-expected-to-survive/1220696
LARGO A 37-year-old man repeatedly shocked by a deputy's Taser as he violently struggled Saturday at Honeymoon Island is on a ventilator and not expected to survive, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Sunday.
James Clifton Barnes became distraught about 12:30 p.m. while at the state park, the sheriff said at a news conference in Largo.
Barnes went into the water with his aunt and was physically fighting with her, when an officer with the state Department of Environmental Protection, Joseph Tactuk, tried to stop him.
Barnes then got into a fist fight with the officer, the sheriff said, but eventually was placed in handcuffs.
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Why on earth would they shock this guy with a tazer, while he's in handcuffs, 3x's???? I would believe they would be able to restrain him since he was in handcuffs in a better manner.
I know I wasnt there but he's all wet and in handcuffs and then they tazer him?
LARGO A 37-year-old man repeatedly shocked by a deputy's Taser as he violently struggled Saturday at Honeymoon Island is on a ventilator and not expected to survive, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Sunday.
James Clifton Barnes became distraught about 12:30 p.m. while at the state park, the sheriff said at a news conference in Largo.
Barnes went into the water with his aunt and was physically fighting with her, when an officer with the state Department of Environmental Protection, Joseph Tactuk, tried to stop him.
Barnes then got into a fist fight with the officer, the sheriff said, but eventually was placed in handcuffs.
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Why on earth would they shock this guy with a tazer, while he's in handcuffs, 3x's???? I would believe they would be able to restrain him since he was in handcuffs in a better manner.
I know I wasnt there but he's all wet and in handcuffs and then they tazer him?