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Bad Cop: Police use Taser on man 'as he had violent epileptic fit'
Posted by: TimothyT on: 04/14/2010 07:53 AM in [ Print ]
A police officer used a 50,000-volt Taser gun on a man suffering an epileptic fit, it has been revealed. A major investigation is under way after the 40-year-old complained that he had been the victim of excessive force. He had collapsed as he suffered a seizure at a gym and paramedics had been called to deal with the incident.
But they asked for police back-up after the man allegedly started biting and punching them.
When police arrived at the gym - which is in a secondary school in south Manchester - one officer discharged a Taser at least once into the man.
The man, who was physically restrained by officers, was transferred to hospital an hour after he first collapsed.
His condition was so bad he had to stay there for two weeks before being discharged.
He complained to Greater Manchester Police who referred the case to the Independent Police Complaint Commission.
The IPCC has launched a full investigation into the incident at the Powerleague Gym in Whalley Range, Manchester, in November.
Bad Cop: Police use Taser on man 'as he had violent epileptic fit'
But they asked for police back-up after the man allegedly started biting and punching them.
When police arrived at the gym - which is in a secondary school in south Manchester - one officer discharged a Taser at least once into the man.
The man, who was physically restrained by officers, was transferred to hospital an hour after he first collapsed.
His condition was so bad he had to stay there for two weeks before being discharged.
He complained to Greater Manchester Police who referred the case to the Independent Police Complaint Commission.
The IPCC has launched a full investigation into the incident at the Powerleague Gym in Whalley Range, Manchester, in November.
Bad Cop: Police use Taser on man 'as he had violent epileptic fit'
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