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56-Yr Old Woman in Wheelchair Tasered to Death by Police

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...woman's family said it's seeking justice after their loved one died shortly after being shocked 10 times with Taser guns during a confrontation with police....

The family of 56-year-old Emily Delafield said it would take the Green Cove Springs Police Department to court....

...Within an hour of her call to 911, Delafield, a wheelchair-bound woman documented to have mental illness, was dead.

Family attorney Rick Alexander said Delafield's death could have been prevented and that there are four things that jump out at him about the case.

"One, she's in a wheelchair. Two, she's schizophrenic. Three, they're using a Taser on a person that's in a wheelchair, and then four is that they tasered her 10 times for a period of like two minutes,"....

According to a police report, one of the officers used her Taser gun nine times for a total of 160 seconds and the other officer discharged his Taser gun once for a total of no more than five seconds ....the medical examiner ruled Delafield's death a homicide.....

 

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