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  • History News Network

    Rated Aug 31 2008 • 83 reviews • liberties • hnn.us

    The Glories Of The Police State
    Liberty & Power: Group Blog

    Wendy McElroy
    The Police Worry About Your Health

    Once.

    And again...And again...And again...And again...And again...And again...

    And again...And again...And again...And again...And again...And again...

    And again...And again...And again...And again...And again...And again.

    19. That's the estimated number of times the Ozark police tasered 16-year-old Mace Hutchinson whom they found lying underneath a highway overpass with a broken back that apparently resulted from fall. (News item here. ky3.com/home/video/25829234.html [ky3.com/home/video/25829234.html] ) The police had been summoned by a 911 call that, one presumes, was placed by people who wished to help the teenager. Mace did not obey the policemen's orders but spoke incoherently instead and, so, they tasered him up to 19 times -- each time repeating the command -- before one of the police wondered aloud whether they should call an ambulance. In intensive care for the broken back and broken heel, Mace had to wait two days for surgery because the tasering had raised his white blood count and caused a fever.

    From the news article linked above.Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset.

    "It's a big concern for the officers to keep this guy out of traffic, to keep him from getting hurt," said Rousset.

    You'd think they might have thought to stop the traffic before using the taser.