Friends, family say former Marine who died after Tasing battled PTSD
By Thomasi McDonald
The News and Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Published: April 22, 2013
RALEIGH — Thomas “Tommy” Sadler emerged in the public spotlight on April 10 as a naked man yelling obscenities in a church parking lot just before he died after a Raleigh police officer used a Taser stun gun to try to subdue him.
Stan Williams, Sadler’s morning coffee drinking buddy, recognizes that part of his friend.
“He had anger issues,” Williams said of Sadler. “It was like a temper tantrum lived under his skin, ready to explode at any moment, like Tourette’s syndrome. It just comes.”
But Williams also remembers a guy who loved his parents and daydreamed of owning a silver, 1969 Plymouth GTX with a burgundy interior. Williams said casual conversations at their favorite coffee shop on Hillsborough Street would often turn serious when Sadler asked him how to better communicate with his live-in girlfriend or how to tell his son he loved him.
“He was just a big, fat country boy who loved his Mommy and Daddy,” said Williams, 50, of Raleigh. “He was like a little kid in a 45 year old’s body.”
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Don’t fire Tasers at the chest, manufacturer warns
Don’t fire Tasers at the chest, manufacturer warns
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 -- 1:16 pm
WASHINGTON — The US manufacturer of the Taser stun gun has advised police not to aim the weapons at the chests of suspects after admitting heart risk concerns for the first time.
Taser International stressed that suffering an "adverse cardiac event" after being zapped was "extremely unlikely," but human rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed by the electroshock weapons.
In a bulletin dated October 12, the Arizona-based company issued new guidelines saying it had "lowered the recommended point of aim from center of mass to lower-center of mass for front shots."
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By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 -- 1:16 pm
WASHINGTON — The US manufacturer of the Taser stun gun has advised police not to aim the weapons at the chests of suspects after admitting heart risk concerns for the first time.
Taser International stressed that suffering an "adverse cardiac event" after being zapped was "extremely unlikely," but human rights groups say hundreds of people have been killed by the electroshock weapons.
In a bulletin dated October 12, the Arizona-based company issued new guidelines saying it had "lowered the recommended point of aim from center of mass to lower-center of mass for front shots."
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Man bursts into flames after Taser shock
Man bursts into flames after Taser shock
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Man holding a lighter, douses himself with petrol, charges police officer
Officer fires Taser stun gun when he ignores command to stop, man catches alight
Police had received a report that the man and some others were sniffing glue
Man airlifted to hospital to undergo treatment for severe burns in Perth, W. Australia
By Saeed Ahmed
CNN
(CNN) -- A man, who doused himself with gasoline and charged at an officer, burst into flames when he was hit with a Taser, police in Australia said Tuesday.
"He was carrying a lighter and pouring himself with petrol," said Inspector Bill Munnee with the West Australian Police. "We don't know if the lighter set it off or something from the Taser."
Authorities have launched an inquiry into what happened Monday when an officer arrived at the 36-year-old man's house in the remote desert community of Warburton.
Police had received a report that the man and some others were sniffing glue, Munnee said.
At the sight of the arriving officers, the man ran out of the house with a container of gasoline and a cigarette lighter, police said.
When he ignored the officer's command to stop, the officer fired his Taser stun gun -- and the man "caught alight," Munnee said.
When used, some stun guns emit an electric spark as they deliver an electric current. The jolt of electricity inhibits voluntary control of muscles, temporarily incapacitating the person.
While the officer tried to put out the fire, a woman from inside the house threw rocks at him, Munnee said. The officer suffered both burns from the fire and cuts from the rocks.
Man bursts into flames after Taser shock
Story Highlights
Man holding a lighter, douses himself with petrol, charges police officer
Officer fires Taser stun gun when he ignores command to stop, man catches alight
Police had received a report that the man and some others were sniffing glue
Man airlifted to hospital to undergo treatment for severe burns in Perth, W. Australia
By Saeed Ahmed
CNN
(CNN) -- A man, who doused himself with gasoline and charged at an officer, burst into flames when he was hit with a Taser, police in Australia said Tuesday.
"He was carrying a lighter and pouring himself with petrol," said Inspector Bill Munnee with the West Australian Police. "We don't know if the lighter set it off or something from the Taser."
Authorities have launched an inquiry into what happened Monday when an officer arrived at the 36-year-old man's house in the remote desert community of Warburton.
Police had received a report that the man and some others were sniffing glue, Munnee said.
At the sight of the arriving officers, the man ran out of the house with a container of gasoline and a cigarette lighter, police said.
When he ignored the officer's command to stop, the officer fired his Taser stun gun -- and the man "caught alight," Munnee said.
When used, some stun guns emit an electric spark as they deliver an electric current. The jolt of electricity inhibits voluntary control of muscles, temporarily incapacitating the person.
While the officer tried to put out the fire, a woman from inside the house threw rocks at him, Munnee said. The officer suffered both burns from the fire and cuts from the rocks.
Man bursts into flames after Taser shock
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Another death by police taser
Man dies after deputies stun him with a Taser
Oct 01, 2008 14:10 -0400
Updated: 11 minutes ago
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the man who deputies tased died this morning. The agency confirmed the man was "under the influence" but has not released his name.
Oct 01, 2008 14:10 -0400
Updated: 11 minutes ago
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the man who deputies tased died this morning. The agency confirmed the man was "under the influence" but has not released his name.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Taser Use in Man’s Death Broke Rules, Police Say
Taser Use in Man’s Death Broke Rules, Police Say
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
Published: September 25, 2008
The firing of a Taser stun gun that led a man to fall from a building ledge to his death on Wednesday in Brooklyn appeared to have violated departmental guidelines, the police said on Thursday.
The department said in a statement issued by the chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, that according to policy, a Taser should not be used when a person could fall from an elevated surface.
The lieutenant who gave the order was placed on modified assignment, the statement said, while the officer who fired the device was given administrative duties.
The statement said that the officers at the scene had called by radio for an inflatable bag as the events unfolded, but it had not yet arrived when the man, Inman Morales, 35, was struck with the device and fell.
“None of the E.S.U. officers on the scene were positioned to break his fall, nor did they devise a plan in advance to do so,” the statement said, referring to the Emergency Service Unit.
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Brooklyn Man Dies After Police Use a Taser Gun
By TRYMAINE LEE and CHRISTINE HAUSER
An apparently emotionally disturbed man fell to his death from a building ledge after an officer shot him with a Taser stun gun, the police said.
By CHRISTINE HAUSER
Published: September 25, 2008
The firing of a Taser stun gun that led a man to fall from a building ledge to his death on Wednesday in Brooklyn appeared to have violated departmental guidelines, the police said on Thursday.
The department said in a statement issued by the chief spokesman, Paul J. Browne, that according to policy, a Taser should not be used when a person could fall from an elevated surface.
The lieutenant who gave the order was placed on modified assignment, the statement said, while the officer who fired the device was given administrative duties.
The statement said that the officers at the scene had called by radio for an inflatable bag as the events unfolded, but it had not yet arrived when the man, Inman Morales, 35, was struck with the device and fell.
“None of the E.S.U. officers on the scene were positioned to break his fall, nor did they devise a plan in advance to do so,” the statement said, referring to the Emergency Service Unit.
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Brooklyn Man Dies After Police Use a Taser Gun
By TRYMAINE LEE and CHRISTINE HAUSER
An apparently emotionally disturbed man fell to his death from a building ledge after an officer shot him with a Taser stun gun, the police said.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Man dies after deputy Tasers him three times
Man dies after deputy Tasers him three times
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Friday, September 12, 2008 at 2:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 12, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.
PLANT CITY -
A 46-year-old man died after a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy stunned him three times with a Taser.
Roney Wilson's family called deputies to their Tampa-area home Thursday evening, saying Wilson was off his medication and behaving violently.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: Friday, September 12, 2008 at 2:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 12, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.
PLANT CITY -
A 46-year-old man died after a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputy stunned him three times with a Taser.
Roney Wilson's family called deputies to their Tampa-area home Thursday evening, saying Wilson was off his medication and behaving violently.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
17 year old, 22nd death by police taser in Canada
'Damn machine' killed my son, Winnipeg mother says
JOE FRIESEN
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
July 23, 2008 at 10:11 PM EDT
WINNIPEG — Holding a photo of her son in her hand, Sharon Shymko bows her head and weeps.
She is confused and angry, she says, and she wants to know why her son is dead.
Seventeen-year-old Michael Langan died Tuesday after being hit with a police electronic stun gun, the 22nd person in Canada to die after being tasered.
“This damn machine, it killed my son,” she said. “He would've been here today.
“I think they should ban tasers. They should ban all that crap.”
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JOE FRIESEN
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
July 23, 2008 at 10:11 PM EDT
WINNIPEG — Holding a photo of her son in her hand, Sharon Shymko bows her head and weeps.
She is confused and angry, she says, and she wants to know why her son is dead.
Seventeen-year-old Michael Langan died Tuesday after being hit with a police electronic stun gun, the 22nd person in Canada to die after being tasered.
“This damn machine, it killed my son,” she said. “He would've been here today.
“I think they should ban tasers. They should ban all that crap.”
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