Healthy 29 year old man dies after police tase him
A 29-year-old man in Minnesota died soon after being shot with a Taser by state troopers on the site of a car crash Tuesday evening.According to the State Patrol, he was involved in a rush-hour crash and troopers shot him with the Taser because he was uncooperative. He was breathing but unconscious when paramedics arrived, according to the Medical Transportation spokesman but was pronounced dead at the Hospital. The cause of death was listed as heart failure. The man's father is questioning the actions of the troopers, and claims that his son had no heart condition.Link (thanks, Adam)
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