Landmark Taser Torture Court Ruling In America - Special Post

I have come out of Semi-Blogger Retirement from my blog African American Political Pundit to write this special post on Taser Torture in America. I want to thank Rikyrah for the link, and Hudson Sangree and Kim Minugh at SACBEE.com for their excellent reporting of this landmark decision.  As reported by SACBEE.com, A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem to pose little threat and may be mentally ill.

In a case out of San Diego County, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals criticized an officer who, without warning, shot an emotionally troubled man with a Taser when he was unarmed, yards away, and neither fleeing nor advancing on the officer.

Sold as a nonlethal alternative to guns, Tasers deliver an electrical jolt meant to subdue a subject. The stun guns have become a common and increasingly controversial tool used by law enforcement.

There have been at least nine Taser-related fatalities in the Sacramento region, including the death earlier this month of Paul Martinez Jr., an inmate shot with a stun gun while allegedly resisting officers at the Roseville jail.

As lawsuits have proliferated against police and Taser International, which manufactures the weapons, the nation's appellate courts have been trying to define what constitutes appropriate Taser use.

The San Diego County case is the latest ruling to address the issue.

The court recounted the facts of the case:

In the summer of 2005, Carl Bryan, 21, was pulled over for a seat-belt violation and did not follow an officer's order to stay in the car.

Earlier, he had received a speeding ticket and had taken off his T-shirt to wipe away tears. He was wearing only the underwear he'd slept in because a woman had taken his keys, the court said without further explanation.

During his second traffic stop in Coronado, he got out of the car. He was "agitated … yelling gibberish and hitting his thighs, clad only in his boxer shorts and tennis shoes" but did not threaten the officer verbally or physically, the judges wrote.

That's when Coronado Police Officer Brian McPherson, who was standing about 20 feet away watching Bryan's "bizarre tantrum," fired his Taser, the court said.

Without a word of warning, he hit Bryan in the arm with two metal darts, delivering a 1,200-volt jolt.

Temporarily paralyzed and in intense pain, Bryan fell face-first on the pavement. The fall shattered four of his front teeth and left him with facial abrasions and swelling. Later, a doctor had to use a scalpel to remove one of the darts.

Bryan sued McPherson, the Coronado Police Department and the city of Coronado, alleging excessive force in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights.

The officer moved to have the claim dismissed, but a federal trial judge ruled in Bryan's favor.

A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit affirmed the trial judge's ruling on Monday, concluding that the level of force used by the officer was excessive.

McPherson could have waited for backup or tried to talk the man down, the judges said. If Bryan was mentally ill, as the officer contended, then there was even more reason to use "less intrusive means," the judges said.

"Officer McPherson's desire to quickly and decisively end an unusual and tense situation is understandable," Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw wrote for the court. "His chosen method for doing so violated Bryan's constitutional right to be free from excessive force." . Read More HERE

AAPP, publisher of the blog, Tasered While Black and Stop Taser Torture said: "This is a great landmark ruling. I'm glad to hear that this Federal Judge had the guts to stand up for what is right, rather than to follow the script layed out by Taser International and Police Departments for so many years. We still need to work hard to get these weapons of American Torture outlawed in the United States.  Limiting the use of tasers by police is one gigantic step forward in that regard."

We will be talking about the taser torture decision tonight on my blogtalk radio program. Join us, to find out what average black Americans think about the taser torture issue and other issues impacting America.

Stop Taser Torture – Blogging For Justice Day” Dec 4 2009.

 

Today is Stop Taser Torture blogging for Justice Day.  

I join this effort in solidarity with so many bloggers of all walks of life concerned about taser torture in America. Speaking of Taser Torture, now we learn from Raw Story, for at least the second time in three weeks, police officers have shocked an unruly 10-year-old child, and, once again, the child's adult guardians are supporting the move. 

According to Raw Story Sheriff's deputies in Pueblo, Colorado, Tasered a 10-year-old boy after arriving at the child's home Monday evening, after the boy had threatened them with a stick and a length of pipe. As of Thursday evening, the boy remained in a youth jail, according to KCNC channel 4 in Denver. The deputies involved described the boy as an "out-of-control juvenile." The Colorado incident follows a similar case last month, when a 10-year-old girl in Ozark, Arkansas, was Tasered after kicking an approaching officer in the groin. In that case, the girl's mother had suggested to the officer that he use a Taser. More HERE

"A two-foot piece of pipe can do a lot of damage, I don't care who's swinging it," Daniel Bilby told KCNC. Bilby said the police could have done more harm to his foster son -- whose name is being withheld because of his age -- if they had tried to tackle him.

Capt. Jeff Teschner of the Pueblo County Sheriff's Department told the Pueblo Chieftain that the officers were justified in their use of force.

"They followed all policies and procedures. This was appropriate use of the Taser device," Teschner said.

The Chieftain reports:

Deputies Mark Myers and Randy Mondragon were sent to foster parent Daniel Biby's home to help with an "out of control juvenile" who was reportedly destroying property. Mondragon said the boy had threatened Biby with a pipe and a stick, and had thrown a landscape timber at Biby.
Mondragon said that when deputies arrived, the boy ran away from them holding a 2-foot-long pipe.
"This lad, we have a long history of (him) running away. I don't know what his entire psychological profile is, but obviously he has emotional distress," Teschner said.

The recent incidents of Taser use on children will likely spur debate on the ethical and safety issues involved in using conducted energy weapons on youths.

AAPP says: The problem is, it's not just kids that police are tasing, many police departments are using tasers to torture even nonviolent    people who are often those who are incoherent,    hallucinating, wheelchair    bound, suicidal,    unarmed, deaf, handcuffed,    blind, pregnant, students,     or just didnt move fast    enough for an officers liking. Taser torture in America is continuously growing not only in volume, but in the level of how liberally, unwarrantedly, and excessively tasering is being used across the U.S and many other countries."

What can we do?

As reported by Amnesty International,Taser policy is most often a local issue. Individual law enforcement agencies – city and state policy, sheriff’s departments, and campus police -- decide if they are going to employ the weapons, and what rules will govern their use. You can help lobby your own city or town to suspend use of Tasers pending thorough safety research, or to limit their use to situations where they are an alternative to deadly force.

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To improve your town’s Taser policy, you first need to establish the facts. If your city uses Tasers already, what policies are in place to govern its use? One place to start is writing to your police department to request information about how Tasers are employed and to get a copy of the use-of-force policy used by the police.

Use-of-force policies vary widely. Some departments allow the weapons to be used in cases of “passive resistance,” including when the individual is refusing to obey a verbal command. These policies allow for the weapons to be used in situations where, in many cases, no weapon would otherwise have been used (See the case of Darryl Turner, a 19 year old in North Carolina who died after being shocked by a Taser. He was not holding any weapon and had his hands by his side Case Study of Darryl Turner. Many departments authorize officers to employ the weapons when an individual is “actively resisting.” This is better, but still short of Amnesty International’s recommendation, given the unanswered safety questions with Tasers.

If you find that your town uses Tasers but does not require all of Amnesty International’s recommended policies on their use, you can work to get your local police to revise the use-of-force policy so that Tasers may only be used in more extreme circumstances. Amnesty International's list of recommendations to law enforcement agencies on Tasers.

Get the word out about Tasers in your city, gather public support, and work to convince your local authorities that it is within the interest of public safety to improve the policy on Tasers!

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Taser, Gun Crazy America

As reported by AFP, CHANTILLY, Virginia — Recession-stoked fears of rising crime and tougher gun laws under a Democratic government are sending US gun sales sky high, and big crowds at the Chantilly Gun Show this weekend proved it once again.

"Do you see the line all around the building and in the back," asked Annette Elliott, co-organizer of one of the top gun shows in Virginia, a conservative state with rather liberal gun laws.

Several hundred people thronged the gun show in the Washington suburb of Chantilly, where some 260 retailers have set up stalls hung with ready-to-fire Smith and Wessons, Glocks, Walthers, Colts and Berettas.

"We've had a huge increase in sales since last October," 2008 just before President Barack Obama was elected. "Well over 200 percent. It's coming back," said Jerry Cochran, owner of his eponymous major gun retailing firm in the state.

He hopes to sell 500 weapons at the gun show this weekend.

Elliott expects as many as 12,000 people will turn up at the three-day gun fair.

In a state where you can wear a loaded weapon on your belt as long as it's in full sight, or a concealed one with a permit, handguns and semi-automatic assault rifles are openly sold to residents after a customary spot check for criminal records.

A questionnaire must also be filled out asking whether the prospective buyer has been convicted of any crime, is an illegal immigrant or is "subject to a court order restraining you from harassing, stalking... an intimate partner." More HERE

AAPP Says:  Well I guess the United States is getting wackier every day. Now private citizens will be taseing their kids in order to have the take a shower. How Many
privately owned Taser guns will really be used for self defense?

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Man In Need of Mental Help - Tasered by police dies from subsequent heart attack

OK, It's not always a black thing, that people get tasered. A Washington County man who suffered a heart attack after he was stunned with a Taser gun by police has died, Coroner Tim Warco reported this morning. 

Tasered While Black says: "I guess Washington City Police have limited Standards for police Taser use."

Ronald Petruney, 49, of Washington, Pa., died at 6:58 a.m. today at Washington Hospital, Warco said in a news release.

Petruney suffered cardiac arrest Tuesday. Washington City Police found him in a confused state on Jefferson Avenue. Police said Petruney became combative and they were forced to use the Taser to subdue him.

Warco said an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of Petruney's death. I wonder What number is this in Taser-Related Deaths in the United States?

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I just finished reading the Police Executive Research Forum's Taser policy guidelines. The forum is a research group for police chiefs and administrators funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. There are 52 standards that were released in 2005. It was an attempt to standardize police department Taser policy nationally. The guidelines are a good start, and should be adopted in State Legislatures across America. Hopeful Canada would do the same. Do I want tasered outlawed, yes. Yet in the interim, strict policy must be created and enforced.

Some of the police forum's standards provide stricter guidelines for Taser use and improve internal oversight, training and medical care for people shot with a Taser. These standards cover issues not adequately addressed in thousands of police department across the United States, Canada and other countries.

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Blogger, African American Political Pundit, who also publishes the blogs, Stop Taser Torture, Tasered While Black said, "every police department in the United States should compare it's Police Department's Taser policy with the forum's standards." He also said,  there is a need for all police departments to establish a clear policy on providing medical treatment from medical professionals to people shot with Tasers." The bottom line is police agencies should be required to contact emergency responders whenever the police respond to a call where they believe a Taser might be used." The blogger said, "It's time for police departments to take corrective action and it's time for Congressional and state legislators, along with state police agencies to take the lead in developing strict requirements, such as those spelled out in the Police Executive Research Forum's Taser policy guidelines."


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455 Taser Deaths in America - List of Taser Deaths in The United States

Since late December 2005, Patti Gillman (owner of this website, TNT - Truth ... Not Tasers) and Cameron Ward have continued to record the names of those who have died after they were tasered. For a list of Canadians who have been tasered to death, please visit the TNT - Truth ... Not Tasers blog to see the list of DEATHS IN CANADA.

List of Americans killed by taser (torture).

1. April 11 1985, Cornelius Garland Smith, 35, Los Angeles, California

2. March 9 1993, Michael Bryant, 35, Los Angeles, California

3. June 1, 1996: Scott Norberg, 32, Maricopa County, Arizona

4. September 28, 1999: David Flores, 37, Fairfield, California

5. May 14, 2000: Enrique Juarez Ochoa, 34, Bakersfield, California

6. June 17, 2001: Mark Burkett, 18, Gainesville, Florida

7. December 15, 2001: Hannah Rogers-Grippi, 6 months fetus, Chula Vista, California

8. December 17, 2001: Marvin Hendrix, 27, Hamilton, Ohio

9. December 21, 2001: Steven Vasquez, 40, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

10. January 27, 2002: Vincent Delostia, 31, Hollywood, Florida

11. February 12, 2002: Anthony Spencer, 35, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12. March 27, 2002: Henry Canady, 46, Hilliard, Florida

13. May 17, 2002: Richard Baralla, 36, Pueblo, Colorado

14. June 10, 2002: Eddie Alvarado, 32, Los Angeles, California

15. June 15, 2002: Jason Nichols, 21, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

16. June 28, 2002: Clever Craig, 46, Mobile, Alabama

17. June 27, 2002: Fermin Rincon, 24, Fontana, California

18. June 2002: Unidentified male, 39, Phoenix, Arizona

19. July 19, 2002: Johnny Lozoya, Gardena, California

20. July 19, 2002: Gordon Jones, 37, Windermere, Florida

21. September 1, 2002: Frederick Webber, 44, Orange City, Florida

22. November 7, 2002: Stephen Edwards, 59, Shelton, Washington

23. March 16, 2003: Unidentified male, 31, Albuquerque, New Mexico

24. April 16, 2003: Corey Calvin Clark, 33, Amarillo, Texas

25. April 19, 2003: Terrence Hanna, 51, Burnaby, British Columbia

26. May 10, 2003: Joshua Hollander, 22, Normal Heights, California

27. June 9, 2003: Timothy Sleet, 44, Springfield Missouri

28. July 22, 2003: Clayton Willey, 33, Prince George, British Columbia

29. August 4, 2003: Troy Nowell, 51, Amarillo, Texas

30. August 8, 2003: John Thompson, 45, Carrollton Township, Michigan

31. August 17, 2003: Gordon Rauch, 39, Citrus Heights, California

32. September 24, 2003: Ray Austin, 25, Gwinnett, Georgia

33. September 29, 2003: Glenn Leyba, 37, Glendale, Colorado

34. September , 2003: Clark Whitehouse, 34, Whitehorse, Yukon

35. October 7, 2003: Roman Pierson, 40, Brea, California

36. October 11, 2003: Dennis Hammond, 31, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

37. October 21, 2003: Louis Morris, 50, Orlando, Florida

38. November 6, 2003: James Borden, 47, Monroe County, Indiana

39. November 10, 2003: Michael Johnson, 32, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

40. November 11, 2003: Kerry O’Brien, 31, Pembroke Pines, Florida

41. December 9, 2003: Curtis Lawson, 40, Unadilla, Georgia

42. December 9, 2003: Lewis King, 39, St. Augustine, Florida

43. February 4, 2004: David Glowczenski, 35, Southampton Village, New York

44. February 12, 2004: Raymond Siegler, 40, Minneapolis, Minnesota

45. February 21, 2004: Curt Rostengale, 44, Silverdale, Washington

46. February 21, 2004: William Lomax, 26, Las Vegas, Nevada

47. March 23, 2004: Perry Ronald, 28, Edmonton, Alberta

48. March 28, 2004: Terry Williams, 45, Madison, Illinois

49. April 1, 2004: Phillip LaBlanc, 36, Los Angeles, California

50. April 16, 2004: Melvin Samuel, 28, Savannah, Georgia

51. April 18, 2004: Alfredo Diaz, 29, Orange County, Florida

52. April 27, 2004: Eric Wolle, 45, Washington Grove, Maryland

53. May 1, 2004: Roman Andreichikov, Vancouver, British Columbia

54. May 13, 2004: Peter Lamonday, 38, London, Ontario

55. May 22, 2004: Henry Lattarulo, 40, Hillsborough, County Florida

56. May 27, 2004: Frederick Williams, 31, Lawrenceville, Georgia

57. May 30, 2004: Darryl Smith, 46, Atlanta, Georgia

58. May 31, 2004: Anthony Oliver, 42, Orlando, Florida

59. June 4, 2004: Jerry Pickens, 55, Bridge City, Louisiana

60. June 9, 2004: James Cobb, 42, St. Paul, Minnesota

61. June 9, 2004: Jacob Lair, 26, Sparks, Nevada

62. June 16, 2004: Abel Ortega Perez, 36, Austin, Texas

63. June 23, 2004: Robert Bagnell, 44, Vancouver, British Columbia

64. June 24, 2004: Kris Lieberman, 32, Bushkill Township, Pennsylvania

65. June, 2004: Bernard Christmas, 36, Dayton, Ohio

66. July 3, 2004: Demetrius Tillman Nelson, 45, Okaloosa County, Florida

67. July 11, 2004: Willie Smith, 48, Auburn, Washington

68. July 17, 2004: Jerry Knight, 29, Mississauga, Ontario

69. July 23, 2004: Milton Salazar, 29, Mesa Arizona

70. August 2, 2004: Keith Tucker, 47, Las Vegas, Nevada

71. August 8, 2004: Samuel Truscott, 43, Kingston, Ontario

72. August 11, 2004: Ernest Blackwell, 29, St. Louis, Missouri

73. August 11, 2004: David Riley, 41, Joplin, Missouri

74. August 13, 2004: Anthony Lee McDonald, 46, Harrisburg, North Carolina

75. August 16, 2004: William Teasley, 31, Anderson, South Carolina

76. August 19, 2004: Richard Karlo, 44, Denver, Colorado

77. August 20, 2004: Michael Sanders, 40, Fresno, California

78. August 24, 2004: Lawrence Davis, 27, Phoenix, Arizona

79. August 27, 2004: Jason Yeagley, 32, Winter Haven, Florida

80. August 29, 2004: Michael Rosa, 38, Del Rey Oaks, California

81. September 12, 2004: Samuel Wakefield, 22, Rio Vista, Texas

82. September 15, 2004: Andrew Washington, 21, Vallejo, California

83. September 20, 2004: Jon Merkle, 40, Miami, Florida

84. October 4, 2004: Dwayne Dunn, 33, Lafayette, Louisiana

85. November 2, 2004: Greshmond Gray, 25, LaGrange, Georgia

86. November 2, 2004: Robert Guerrero, 21, Fort Worth, Texas

87. November 7, 2004: Keith Raymond Drum, Clearlake, Califormnia

88. November 8, 2004: Ricardo Zaragoza, 40, Elk Grove, California

89. November 25, 2004: Charles Keiser, 47, Hartland Township, Michigan

90. November 27, 2004: Byron Black, 39, Lee County, Florida

91. December 4, 2004: Patrick Fleming, 35, Metairie, Louisiana

92. December 15, 2004: Kevin Downing, 36, Hollywood, Florida

93. December 17, 2004: Douglas Meldrum, 37, Wasatch County, Utah

94. December 17, 2004: Lyle Nelson, 35, Columbia, Illinois

95. December 23, 2004: Timothy Bolander, 31, Delray Beach, Florida

96. December 23, 2004: Ronnie Pino, 31, Sacramento, California

97. December 28, 2004: Christopher Hernandez, 19, Naples, Florida

98. December 29, 2004: Jeanne Hamilton, 46, Palmdale, California

99. December 30, 2004: David Cooper, 40, Marion County, Indiana

100. January 2, 2005: Gregory Saulsbury, 30, Pacifica, California

101. January 5, 2005: Dennis Hyde, 30, Akron, Ohio

102. January 7, 2006: Carlos Claros Castro, 28, Davidson City, North Carolina

103. January 8, 2005: Carl Trotter, 33, Pensacola, Florida

104. January 10, 2005, Jerry Moreno, 33, Los Angeles, California

105. January 28, 2005: James Edward Hudson, 33, Chickasha, Oklahoma

106. January 31, 2005: Jeffrey Turner, 41, Lucas County, Ohio

107. February 10, 2005: Ronald Alan Hasse, 54, Chicago, Illinois

108. February 12, 2005: Robert Camba, 45, San Diego, California

109. February 18, 2005: Joel Don Casey, 52, Houston, Texas

110. February 20, 2005: Robert Heston, 40, Salinas, California

111. March 3, 2005: Shirley Andrews, 38, Cincinnati, Ohio

112. March 6, 2005: Willie Towns, 30, Deland, Florida

113. March 12, 2005: Milton Woolfolk, 39, Lake City, Florida

114. March 17, 2005: Mark Young, 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

115. April 3, 2005: James Wathan Jr., 32, Delhi, California

116. April 3, 2005: Eric Hammock, 43, Fort Worth, Texas

117. April 8, 2005: Ricky Barber, 46, Carter County, Oklahoma

118. April 22, 2005: John Cox, 39, Bellport, New York

119. April 24 2005: Jesse Colter, 31, Phoenix, Arizona

120. May 3, 2005: Keith Graff, 24, Phoenix, Arizona

121. May 5, 2005: Kevin Geldart, 34, Moncton, New Brunswick

122. May 6, 2005: Stanley Wilson, 44, Miami, Florida

123. May 6, 2005: Lawrence Berry, 33, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

124. May 13, 2005: Vernon Young, 31, Union Township, Ohio

125. May 17, 2005: Leroy Pierson, Rancho Cucamonga, California

126. May 20, 2005: Randy Martinez, 40, Albuquerque, New Mexico

127. May 23, 2005: Lee Marvin Kimmel, 38, Reading, Pennsylvania

128. May 23, 2005: Richard Alverado, 38, Tustin, California

129. May 26, 2005: Walter Lamont Seats, 23, Nashville, Tennessee

130. May 28, 2005: Richard T. Holcomb, 18, Akron, Ohio

131. May 28, 2005: Nazario J. Solorio, 38, Escondido, California

132. June 4, 2005: Ravan Conston, 33, Sacramento, California

133. June 7, 2005: Russell Walker, 47, Las Vegas, Nevada

134. June 11, 2005: Horace Owens, 48, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

135. June 13, 2005: Michael Anthony Edwards, 32, Palatka, Florida

136. June 13, 2005: Shawn Pirolozzi, 30, Canton, Ohio

137. June 14, 2005: Robert Earl Williams, 62, Waco, Texas

138. June 24, 2005: Carolyn Daniels, 25, Fort Worth, Texas

139. June 24, 2005: Melinda Kaye Neal, 33, Whitfield County, Georgia

140. June 29, 2005: Pharoah Knight, 33, Miami, Florida

141. June 30, 2005: Gurmeet Sandhu, 41, Surrey, B.C.

142. July 1, 2005: James Foldi, 39, Beamsville, Ont.

143. July 7, 2005: Rocky Brison, 41, Birmingham, Alabama

144. July 12, 2005: Kevin Omas, 17, Euless, Texas

145. July 15, 2005: Ernesto Valdez, 37, Phoenix, Arizona

146. July 15, 2005: Paul Sheldon Saulnier, 42, Digby, Nova Scotia

147. July 15, 2005: Otis G. Thrasher, 42, Butte, Montana

148. July 17, 2005: Michael Leon Critchfield, 40, West Palm Beach, Florida

149. July 18, 2005: Carlos Casillas Fernandez, 31, Santa Rosa, California

150. July 23, 2005: Maury Cunningham, 29, Lancaster, South Carolina

151. July 27, 2005: Terrence L. Thomas, 35, Rockville Centre, New York

152. August 1, 2005: Brian Patrick O’Neal, San Jose, California

153. August 3, 2005: Eric Mahoney, 33, Fremont, California

154. August 4, 2005: Dwayne Zachary, 44, Sacramento, California

155. August 5, 2005: Olsen Ogoddide, 38, Glendale, Arizona

156. August 8, 2005: Unidentified male, 47, Phoenix, Arizona

157. August 26, 2005: Shawn Norman, 40, Laurelville, Ohio

158. August 27, 2005: Brian Lichtenstein, 31, Stuart, Florida

159. September 18, 2005: David Anthony Cross, 44, Santa Cruz, California

160. September 22, 2005: Timothy Michael Torres, 24, Sacramento, California

161. September 24, 2005: Patrick Aaron Lee, 21, Nashville, Tennessee

162. September 26, 2005: Michael Clark, 33, Austin, Texas

163. October 13, 2005: Steven Cunningham, 45, Fort Myers, Florida

164. October 20, 2005: Jose Perez, 33, San Leandro, California

165. October 25, 2005: Timothy Mathis, 35, Loveland, Colorado

166. November 1, 2005: Miguel Serrano, 35, New Britain, Connecticut

167. November 13, 2005: Josh Brown, 23, Lafayette, Louisiana

168. November 17, 2005: Jose Angel Rios, 38, San Jose, California

169. November 20, 2005: Hansel Cunningham, 30, Des Plaines, Illinois

170. November 26, 2005: Tracy Rene Shippy, 35, Fort Meyers, Florida

171. November 30, 2005: Kevin Dewayne Wright, 39, Kelso, Washington

172. December 1, 2005: Jeffrey Earnhardt, 47, Orlando, Florida

173. December 7, 2005: Michael Tolosko, 31, Sonoma, California

174. December 17, 2005: Howard Starr, 32, Florence, South Carolina

175. December 24, 2005: Alesandro Fiacco, 33, Edmonton, Alberta

176. December 29, 2005: David Moss, 26, Omaha, Nebraska

177. January 3, 2006: Roberto Gonzalez, 34, Waukegan, Illinois

178. January 5, 2006: Matthew Dunlevy, 25, Laguna Beach, California

179. January 13, 2006: Daryl Dwayne Kelley, 29, Houston, Texas

180. January 16, 2006: Shmekia Lewis (female), 24, Beaumont, Texas

181. January 22, 2006: Nick Ryan Hanson, 24, Ashland, Oregon

182. January 25, 2006: Murray Bush, Metairie, Louisiana

183. January 27, 2006: Jorge Luis Trujillo, San Jose, California

184. January 28, 2006: Karl W. Marshall, 32, Kansas City, Missouri

185. January 29, 2006 Benites Sichero, 39, Spokane County, Washington

186. January 31, 2006: Jaime Coronel, Castroville, California

187. February 6, 2006: Jessie Williams Jr., 40, Harrison County, Mississippi

188. February 13, 2006: Darval Smith, New Orleans, Louisiana

189. February 19, 2006: Gary Bartley, 36, Mandeville, Louisiana

190. February 24, 2006: Samuel Hair, 48, Fort Pierce, Florida

191. March 4, 2006: Melvin Anthony Jordan, 27, Norman, Oklahoma

192. March 8, 2006: Robert R. Hamilton, 42, St. Augustine, Florida

193. March 18, 2006: Otto Zehm, 35, Spokane, Washington

194. March 18, 2006, Cedric Davis, 26, Merced County, California

195. March 20, 2006: Timothy Grant, 46, Portland, Oregon

196. March 24, 2006: Theodore Rosenberry, 35, Hagerstown, Maryland

197. April 5, 2006: Thomas Clint Tipton, 34, Clearwater, Florida

198. April 15, 2006: Nick Mamino Jr., 41, St. Louis, Missouri

199. April 16, 2006: Billy Ray Cook, 39, Dublin, North Carolina

200. April 16, 2006: Juan Manuel Nunez III, 27, Lubbock, Texas

201. April 18, 2006: Richard McKinnon, 52, Cumberland County, North Carolina

202. April 21, 2006: Alvin Itula, 35, Salt Lake City, Utah

203. April 24, 2006: Jose Romero, 23, Dallas, Texas

204. April 24, 2006: Emily Marie Delafield, 56, Green Cove Springs, Florida

205. May 1, 2006: Jeremy Davis, 24, Bellmead, Texas

206. May 7, 2006: Kenneth Cleveland, 63, Ashtabula, Ohio

207. May 25, 2006: Brian Davis, 43, Los Angeles, California

208. June 4, 2006: Felipe Herrera, 48, Las Vegas, Nevada

209. June 13, 2006: Jerry Preyer, 43, Pensacola, Florida

210. June 18, 2006: Jason Troy Dockery, 31, Coolville, Tennessee

211. June 21, 2006: Kenneth Eagleton, 43, Crosby, Texas

212. June 21, 2006: Joseph Stockdale, 26, Indianapolis, Indiana

213. June 24, 2006: John Martinez, San Jose, California

214. July 3, 2006: Jermail Williams, 32, South Bend, Indiana

215. July 7, 2006: Michael Deon Babers, 26, Shreveport, Louisiana

216. July 8, 2006: Christopher Tull, 36, Cincinnati, Ohio

217. July 9, 2006: Nickolos Cyrus, 29, Mukwonago, Wisconsin

218. July 11, 2006: Jesus Negron, 29, New Britain, Connecticut

219. July 20, 2006: Mark McCullaugh, 28, Akron, Ohio

220. July 23, 2006: Shannon Johnson, 37, Pittsboro, North Carolina

221. August 2, 2006: Anthony Jones, 39, Merced, California

222. August 4, 2006: Ryan Michael Wilson, 22, Lafayette, Colorado

223. August 8, 2006: Curry McCrimmon, 26, Melbourne, Florida

224. August 8, 2006: James Nunez, 27, Santa Ana, California

225. August 9, 2006: Glen Thomas, 33, Wabasso, Florida

226. August 17, 2006: Raul Gallegos-Reyes, 34, Centennial, Colorado

227. August 21, 2006: Timothy Picard, 41, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

228. August 23, 2006: Noah Lopez,25, Fort Worth, Texas

229. August 30, 2006: Jason Doan, 28, Red Deer, Alberta

230. September 1, 2006: Juan Soto, Jr., 39, Liberal, Kansas

231. September 4, 2006, Jesus Mejia, 33, Los Angeles, California

232. September 5, 2006: Larry Noles, 52, Louisville, Kentucky

233. September 8, 2006: Perry Simmons, 35, Montgomery, Alabama

234. September 13, 2006: Laborian Simmons, 24, Marion County, Florida

235. September 17, 2006: Marcus Roach-Burris, 42, Menasha, Wisconsin

236. September 17, 2006: James Philip Chasse Jr., 42, Portland, Oregon

237. September 29, 2006: Joseph Kinney, 36, Madison Twp., Ohio

238. September 30, 2006: Vardan Kasilyan, 29, Las Vegas, Nevada

239. September 30, 2006: John David Johnson III, 27, Orange Park, Florida

240. October 1, 2006: Kip Darrell Black, 38, North Charleston, South Carolina

241. October 5, 2006: Michael Templeton, 50, Jonesboro, Arkansas

242. October 6, 2006: Herman Carroll, 31, Houston, Texas

243. October 9, 2006: James Simons, 35, Lincoln Park, Michigan

244. October 19, 2006: James Lewis, 37, Las Vegas, Nevada

245. October 19, 2006: Nicholas Brown, Milford, Connecticut

246. October 22, 2006: Jordan Case, 20, Tualatin, Oregon

247. October 22, 2006: Eddie Charles Ham Jr., 30, Montgomery, Alabama

248. October 23, 2006: Michael Todd Gleim, 40, Milford, Ohio

249. October 29, 2006: Roger Holyfield, 17, Jerseyville, Illinois

250. October 30, 2006: Jeremy Foos, 29, Columbus, Ohio

251. November 9, 2006: William Jobe, 40, Federal Way, Washington

252. November 14, 2006: Timothy Wayne Newton, 43, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

253. November 14, 2006: Darren Faulkner, 41, Southaven, Mississippi

254. December 3, 2006: Briant K. Parks, 39, Columbus, Ohio

255. December 17, 2006: Terrill Enard, 29, Lafayette, Louisiana

256. December 30, 2006: Daniel Walter Quick, 43, Magalia, California

???. January 2007: James Barber, 25, Ottawa, Ontario

257. January 5, 2007: Calvin Thompson, 42, Gastonia, North Carolina

258. January 6, 2007: Douglas John Ilten, 45, Fort Pierce, Florida

259. January 7, 2007: Blondel Lassegue, 38, Queen’s, New York

260. January 9, 2007: Pete Carlos Madrid, 44, Fresno, California

261. January 17, 2007: Keith Kallstrom, 56, Milan, Michigan

262. January 18, 2007: Andrew J. Athetis, 18, Gilbert, Arizona

263. January 29, 2007: Michael Keohan, 45, Huntingdon Park, California

264. January 30, 2007: Christopher L. McCargo, 43, Dayton, Ohio

265. February 11, 2007: Stephen Krohn, 44, Mesa, Arizona

266. February 21, 2007: Martin Mendoza, 43, Oceanside, California

267. March 13, 2007: Muszack Nazaire, 24, East Naples, Florida

268. March 15, 2007: Randy Buckey, 42, Marion, Ohio

269. March 16, 2007: Ryan Lee Myers, 40, Essex, Maryland

270. March 17, 2007: David Brown, 47, Park Forest, Illinois

271. March 17, 2007: Unidentified male, West Covina, CA

272. March 23, 2007: Sergio Galvan, 35, San Antonio, Texas

273. April 10, 2007: Eugene Donjuall Gilliam, 22, Prattville, Alabama

274. April 11, 2007: Roberto Perez, 25, Indio, California

275. April 14, 2007: Unidentified male, Phoenix, Arizona

276. April 22, 2007: David Mills, 26, Hamden, Connecticut

277. April 23, 2007: Unidentified male, Houston, Texas

278. April 24, 2007: Louis Jermaine Broomfield, 35, Charleston, South Carolina

279. April 24, 2007: Walter Heller, 55, Santa Rosa, California

280. April 24, 2007: Uywanda Peterson, 43, Baltimore, Maryland

281. April 30, 2007: Roy Hamner, 59, Pearl, Mississippi

282. May 5, 2007: Daniel Bradley Young, 33, Seminole, Florida

283. May 7, 2007: Robert A. Keske, 45, Seminole, Florida

284. May 12, 2007: Trent A. Yohe, 37, Spokane, Washington

285. May 12, 2007: Jeffry Young, 54, Bremerton, Washington

286. May 14, 2007: Terrill Heath, 31, Baltimore, Maryland

287. May 15, 2007: Chance W. Shrum, 20 years old, Iola, Kansas

288. May 16, 2007: Patrick D. Hagans, 42, Valleyview, Ohio

289. May 19, 2007: Milisha Thompson, 35, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

290. May 22, 2007: Kevin DeWayne Hill, 39, Knoxville, Tennessee

291. May 23, 2007: Raymundo Guerrerro Garcia, 33, Simi Valley, California

292. May 25, 2007: Steve Salinas, 47, San Jose, California

293. May 26, 2007: Marcus D. Skinner, 22, Seat Pleasant, Maryland

294. May 29, 2007: Doyle Moniki Jackson, 34, Benton Harbor, Indiana

295. May 29, 2007: Ramel Henderson, 51, San Diego, California

296. June 19, 2007: Juan Flores Lopez, 47, San Angelo, Texas

297. July 2, 2007: Richard Baisner, 36, Pasadena, California

298. July 8, 2007: Nathaniel Cobbs Jr., 25, Newburgh, New York

299. July 16, 2007: Albert Romero, 47, Denver, Colorado

300. July 20, 2007: Jermaine Thompson, 36, Kansas City, Missouri

301. July 25, 2007: Carlos Rodriguez, 27, Atlanta, Georgia

302. July 29, 2007: Ronald Marquez, 49, Phoenix, Arizona

303. August 2, 2007: Clyde Patrick, 44, Birmingham, Alabama

304. August 4, 2007: Gefery Johnston, 42, Chicago, Illinois

305. August 4, 2007: Stephen Spears, 49, Detroit, Michigan

306. August 4, 2007: James Barnes, 21, Omaha, Nebraska

307. August 11, 2007: Craig Berdine, 37, Fremont, Ohio

308. August 14, 2007: Rafael Forbes, 21, Jackson, Mississippi

309. August 15, 2007: James Wells, 43, Waterford, California (no. 275)

310. August 18, 2007: Thomas Campbell, 50, Baltimore, Maryland

311. August 23, 2007: Chad Cekas, 27, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

312. August 26, 2007: Glenn Shipman Jr., 44, Portland, Oregon

313. September 3, 2007: Earl Guerrant, 47, Golf Manor, Ohio

314. September 3, 2007: Charles Gordon, 26, Vallejo, California

315. September 9, 2007: Jorge Renteria Terrquiz, 25, Anaheim, California

316. September 20, 2007: Claudio Castagnetta, 32, Quebec City, Quebec

317. October 1, 2007: Samuel Baker, 59, Quitman, Georgia

318. October 1, 2007: Keith White, 44, Kansas City, Kansas

319. October 12, 2007: Michael Patrick Lass, 28, Orange County, California

320. October 14, 2007: Robert Dziekanski, 40, Richmond, BC

321. October 14, 2007: Donald Clark Grant, 54, Asheville, North Carolina

322. October 17, 2007: Quilem Registre, 39, Montreal, Quebec

323. November 1, 2007: Seldon Deshotels, 56, Lake Charles, Louisiana

324. November 2, 2007: Stefan McMinn, 44, Hendersonville, North Carolina

325. November 7, 2007: Roger Brown, 40, Miami, Florida

326. November 16, 2007: Paul Carlock, 57, Springfield, Illinois

327. November 18, 2007: Jesse Saenz, 20, Raton, New Mexico

328. November 18, 2007: Jarrel Gray, 20, Frederick, Maryland

329. November 18, 2007: Christian Allen, 21, Springfield, Florida

330. November 20, 2007: Conrad Lowman, Jacksonville, Florida

331. November 22, 2007: Howard Hyde, 45, Halifax, Nova Scotia

332. November 24, 2007: Robert Knipstrom, 36, Chilliwack, British Columbia

333. November 29, 2007: Ashley R. Stephens, 28, Ocala, Florida

334. November 30, 2007: Cesar Silva, 32, Los Angeles, California

335. December 10, 2007: Leroy Patterson Jr., 41, Walton County, Georgia

336. January 2, 2008: Brandon Smiley, 27, Mobile, Alabama

337. January 5, 2008: Ryan Rich, 33, Las Vegas, Nevada

338. January 9, 2008: Otis C. Anderson, 36, Fayetteville, North Carolina

339. January 11, 2008: Xavier Jones, 29, Coral Gables, Florida

340. January 15, 2008: Mark Backlund, 29, New Brighton, Minnesota

341. January 17, 2008: Baron Pikes, 21, Winnfield, Louisiana

342. January 18, 2008: Daniel Hanrahan, 44, Staten Island, New York

343. February 3, 2008: Louis Cryer, 32, Port Arthur, Texas

344. February 3, 2008: Joseph Davis, 50, Brandon, Mississippi

345. February 7, 2008: Richard Earl Abston, 53, Merced, California

346. February 19, 2008: Garrett Sean Farn, 41, Bakersfield, California

347. February 26, 2008: Barron Harvey Davis, 44, Mayes County, Oklahoma

348. March 4, 2008: Christopher Jackson, 37, Clay, New York

349. March 6, 2008: Javier Aguilar, 46, Roswell, New Mexica

350. March 18, 2008: Roberto Gonzalez, 24, Chicago, Illinois

351. March 20, 2008: Darryl Wayne Turner, 17, Charlotte, North Carolina

352. March 21, 2008: James Garland, 41, Deerfield Beach, Florida

353. March 29, 2008: Henry Bryant, 35, Indianapolis, Indiana

354. March 30, 2008: Walter Edward Haake Jr., 59, Topeka, Kansas

355. April 2, 2008: Jason Jesus Gomez, 35, Santa Ana, California

356. April 6, 2008: Yvelt Occean, 31, New Kent County, Virginia

357. April 22, 2008: Uriah Samson Dach, 26, Richmond, California

358. April 24, 2008: Kevin Piskura, 24, Cincinnati, Ohio

359. April 24, 2008: Dewayne Chatt, 39, Memphis, Tennessee

360. April 27, 2008: Paul Thompson, 24, Greensboro, North Carolina

361. April 28, 2008: Jermaine Ward, 28, Jackson, Tennessee

362. May 4, 2008: Joe Kubat, 21, St. Paul, Minnesota

363. May 6, 2008: James S. Wilson, 22, Alton, Missouri

364. May 28, 2008: Ricardo Manuel Abrahams, 44, Woodland, California

365. May 31, 2008: Robert Ingram, 27, Raceland, Louisiana

366. June 5, 2008: Willie Maye, 43, Birmingham, Alabama

367. June 6, 2008: Donovan Graham, 39, Meriden, Connecticut

368. June 8, 2008: Quintrell T. Brannon, 25, Vincennes, Indiana

369. June 9, 2008: Tony Curtis Bradway, 26, Brooklyn, New York

370. June 23, 2008: Jeffrey Marreel, 36, Norfolk, Ontario

371. June 24, 2008: Ernest Graves, 26, Rockford, Illinois

372. June 27, 2008: Nicholas Cody, 27, Dothan, Alabama

373. July 2, 2008: Isaac Bass, 34, Louisville, Kentucky

374. July 4, 2008: Othello Pierre, 23, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

375. July 8, 2008: Samuel DeBoise, 29, St. Louis, Missouri

376. July 8, 2008: Carlos Vargas, 42, San Bernardino, California

377. July 14, 2008: Marion Wilson Jr., 52, Houston, Texas

378. July 14, 2008: Deshoun Keyon Torrence, 18, Long Beach, California

379. July 22, 2008: Michael Langan, 17, Winnipeg, Manitoba

380. July 23, 2008: Richard Smith, 46, Dallas, Texas

381. July 26, 2008: Anthony Davidson, Statesville, 29, North Carolina

382. August 4, 2008: Jerry Jones, 45, Beaumont, Texas

383. August 4, 2008: Andre Thomas, 37, Swissvale, Pennsylvania

384. August 2, 2008: Lawrence Rosenthal, 54, Hemet, California

385. August 10, 2008: Kiethedric Hines, 31, Rockford, Illinois

386. August 15, 2008: Kenneth Oliver, 45, Miami, Florida

387. August 25, 2008: Ronald Adkisson, 59, Creston, Iowa

388. August 29, 2008: Stanley James Harlan, 23, Moberly, Missouri

389. September 3, 2008: Prince Swayzer, 38, San Jose, California

390. September 3, 2008: Andy Tran, 32, Garden Grove, California

391. September 11, 2008: Roney Wilson, 46, Hillsborough, Florida

392. September 17, 2008: Sean Reilly, 42, Mississauga, Ontario

393. September 19, 2008: Gabriel Bitterman, 23, Lincoln, Nebraska

394. September 25, 2008: Iman Morales, 35, New York, New York

395. September 30, 2008: Frank Frachette, 49, Langley, BC

396. October 1, 2008: Jose Anibal Amaro, 45, Orange County, Florida

397. October 18, 2008: Homer Taylor, 39, Chicago, Illinois

398. October 29, 2008: Trevor Grimolfson, 38, Edmonton, Alberta

399. October 31, 2008: Marlon Oliver Acevedo, 35, Riverside, California

400. November 2, 2008: Gordon Walker Bowe, 30, Calgary, Alberta

401. November 3, 2008: Adren Maurice Turner, 44, Mexia, Texas

402. November 10, 2008: Guy James Fernandez, 42, Santa Rosa, California

403. December 3, 2008: Leroy Hughes, 52, Covington, Kentucky

404. December 9, 2008: Quincy Smith, 24, Minneapolis, Minnesota

405. December 19, 2008: Edwin Rodriguez, 26, San Jose, California

406. December 21, 2008: Nathan Vaughn, 39, Santa Rosa, California

407. December 24, 2008: Mark Green, 46, Houston, Texas

To see the list of  the unfortunate Taser torture deaths of 2009 go to TNT - Truth ... Not Tasers

Thank you Patti Gillman and Cameron Ward at the blog TNT - Truth ... Not Tasers for this comprehensive listing.

Source:  Truth-Not-Tasers