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Bad Cop: Marin man claims excessive force after being Tased at home
Posted by: TimothyT on: 09/01/2010 10:36 AM in [ Print ]
A Marin County man has filed suit against the Marin County Sheriff's Department for an incident in which he says law enforcement officers went too far. Peter McFarland was Tased inside his own home as his wife watched, begging officers to stop.
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On June 29, 2009 McFarland and his wife Pearl were returning home from a charity fundraiser just before midnight. McFarland injured himself as he stumbled and fell down the long steps to his front door.
His wife called paramedics, who helped him into the house and treated him. As the paramedics were leaving, two sheriff's deputies arrived. "All of a sudden, they just showed up, they came in here like there was a fire going on, like a gunfight was going on," McFarland said. What happened in the following minutes was captured on a camera mounted on the deputy's Taser:
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Bad Cop: Marin man claims excessive force after being Tased at home
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