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Lorain, Ohio police arrest 9, Taser 1 · 364 days ago

What was described by the local media as a “riot” resulted in the arrests of 9 bar patrons on the last day of July. When the first officers on the scene had to put up with an obnoxious crowd, they called for backup and 10 more officers arrived on the scene. A Taser assault against a bar patron took place during the ordeal that ended with 9 customers in handcuffs.

From Fight at Red Parrot nets 9 arrests:

Lorain police Sgt. James Wolford wrote in his report the Red Parrot Lounge has become a ‘‘nuisance’‘ to the downtown Lorain area.

— SWAT Team

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Columbus police claim Taser didn't kill dead suspect · 624 days ago

He refuses to leave a hotel bar, they taser him, claim the taser never worked, then he dies of a heart attack…

From The Columbus Dispatch:

Tonight, the Columbus City Council heard legislation to buy 110 more Tasers for Columbus police to add to the 205 already on the street. The City Council could vote next Monday on whether to buy the X-26 Tasers, including training cartridges and street-use cartridges, for $140,975, from Vance’s Outdoors.

Parks died after police fired a Taser at him and wrestled with him inside The Columbus, a Renaissance Hotel, on Sunday night.

Parks resisted when police tried to arrest him after he swung a cane at a security guard, police said.

An officer fired Taser probes, which are connected to the gun by wires. One of the probes hit the man’s coat and the other probe missed entirely, police spokesman Sgt. Kevin Corcoran said. Both probes have to hit the body, creating a circuit, for 50,000 volts of electricity to fully stun the person, Columbus Public Safety Director Mitchell J. Brown explained.

Police said Parks went into cardiac arrest in the hotel lobby and died at Grant Medical Center.

He had refused to leave Bar 41, which is in the lobby of the hotel at 50 N. 3rd St.

— SWAT Team

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