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Officer may be liable for excessive use of Taser 

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    • February 6, 2013

A police officer may be liable for repeatedly tasing a domestic violence suspect after it appeared that he had stopped resisting arrest, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a grant of qualified immunity.
The plaintiffs’ adult son, who lived at home, suffered from mental illness. » […]

Original post by http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/02/06/officer-may-be-liable-for-excessive-use-of-taser/

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