Police Stun Gun Kills Teen With Bible

[Bling]

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS OCCURED IN ST LOUIS LOL. THE MOST DANGEROUS CITY IN THE US.. LOOKS LIKE THE COPS ARE ADDING TO THE DEATH COUNT

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teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said.

In a statement obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, police in Jerseyville, about 40 miles north of St. Louis, said 17-year-old Roger Holyfield would not acknowledge officers who approached him and he continued yelling, "I want Jesus."

Police tried to calm the teen, but Holyfield became combative, according to the statement. Officers fired the stun gun at him after he ignored their warnings, then fired again when he continued struggling, police said.

Holyfield was flown to St. Louis' Cardinal Glennon Hospital after the confrontation Saturday; he died there Sunday, police said.

An autopsy was planned for Tuesday.

The statement expressed sympathy to Holyfield's family but said city and police officials would not discuss the matter further.

Calls Tuesday to Jerseyville Police Chief Brad Blackorby were not immediately returned. The department has been using stun guns for about five months, according to the statement.

In a report released in March, international human rights group Amnesty International said it had logged at least 156 deaths across the country in the previous five years related to police stun guns.

The rise in deaths accompanies a marked increase in the number of U.S. law enforcement agencies employing devices made by Taser International Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. About 1,000 of the nation's 18,000 police agencies used Tasers in 2001; more than 7,000 departments had them last year, according to a government study.

Police had used Tasers more than 70,000 times as of last year, Congress' Government Accountability Office said.

Amnesty International has urged police departments to suspend the use of Tasers pending more study. Taser International said the group's count was flawed and falsely linked deaths to Taser use when there has been no such official conclusion.

The city of St. Louis also drew unwanted attention for crime this week when it was named the most dangerous U.S. city by Morgan Quitno Press. The ranking looked only at crime within St. Louis city limits, not its metro area.

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http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/31/D8L3L5G83.html

[Guest pod]

Geez. Now we're gonna have more libs screaming to ban Tasers.

[ryan2772]

if a cop threatened me with a taser gun, i'd stop yelling. immediately. what is it with people these days that don't know how to listen to a police officer?

and just because he was holding a bible doesn't mean he is a good person or anything. sounds like a nutjob to me. either that or he had a head full of acid.

[Guest coach]

if a cop threatened me with a taser gun, i'd stop yelling. immediately. what is it with people these days that don't know how to listen to a police officer?

and just because he was holding a bible doesn't mean he is a good person or anything. sounds like a nutjob to me. either that or he had a head full of acid.

+1

[Guest xmuzik]

acid heads for jesus ..... simply awesome

if a cop threatened me with a taser gun, i'd stop yelling. immediately. what is it with people these days that don't know how to listen to a police officer?

and just because he was holding a bible doesn't mean he is a good person or anything. sounds like a nutjob to me. either that or he had a head full of acid.

;D