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 3rd Death-Jefferson Parish-Taser Used-
This is the third Taser-associated death since the Sheriff's Office
began using the stun guns a year ago, Lee said. Patrick Fleming, 35,
of Kenner, died in December, two days after deputies stunned him twice
following a traffic stop. Jerry Pickens, 55, of Bridge City, died in
June after he was stunned by deputies while standing in the driveway
of his home. The shock caused him to fall, and he suffered a fatal
head injury.
But Lee defended the use of stun guns.
"There are no recorded cases that the Taser has been the direct
cause of death," Lee said.
"Something is going to be done about this," Berry's aunt, Marie
Berry, said Friday. "They killed him like an animal."
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Lafayette
Josh Brown, 23, who lived in the 100 block of Barracks Drive, was
hit multiple times with a Taser around 11 a.m. Sunday, according
to a witness, after Lafayette Parish sheriff's deputies responded to
calls of suspicious circumstances at the residence.
Pickens, a carpenter, had been drinking that night. He came home
drunk and got angry. Taylor Pickens said, "He came in and just
started yelling about nothing in particular. He was just being
generally belligerent." It had happened before, they said. Years
ago, his wife, Sharon Landis, said he was arrested after a domestic
dispute.
Dwayne Anthony Dunn, 33, of Baton Rouge was stunned with a Taser
in a Lafayette parking lot Oct. 4 and died in jail a short time
later. The coroner ruled that his death was caused by cocaine and
alcohol poisoning, but Lafayette police responded by purchasing
software to record all use of stun guns.
Third criminal suspect to die in south Louisiana
in the past six months following an arrest in which a Taser was used Kenner man subdued with Taser dies
Patrick Fleming, 2420 Idaho St., was pronounced dead about 3:15
p.m. at Ochsner Hospital, where he had been taken early Friday in
critical condition, the Sheriff's Office said. Fleming was on life
support earlier Saturday, spokesman Col. John Fortunato said.
Fleming was driving erratically when he was stopped by narcotics
deputies on Taft Street in Metairie on Friday about 1 a.m.,
Fortunato said earlier. After Fleming refused orders to leave his
car, deputies dragged him out.
Stunned and confused
Thursday, December 09, 2004
The popularity of Taser stun guns is soaring among local law
enforcement agencies. In the past few years, sheriffs' offices in
Jefferson, St. Tammany and St. Bernard parishes and police
departments in New Orleans and Westwego have all purchased the
devices, which use 50,000 volts of electricity to immobilize people
temporarily. These are powerful weapons, and they aren't
risk-free. In June, Jerry Pickens of Bridge City died after
Jefferson deputies shocked him as he stood in his driveway amid a
domestic dispute. Last week, Jefferson deputies twice used a Taser
to shock Patrick Fleming of Kenner after a traffic stop. He died two
days later.
TP Editorial on Taser Use and Harms
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