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UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« on: August 17, 2011, 10:05:27 AM »
How soon will something in this story use steroids as the reason why!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/17/man-dies-taser-arrest-cumbria

Man dies after Taser arrest in CumbriaPolice called to disturbance in Barrow used stun gun to subdue man in his 20s, who later died in hospital

A man in his 20s has died in Cumbria after being shot with a Taser by police during his arrest.

Police were called to Hartington Street in Barrow at 6.30pm on Tuesday following reports of a man causing a disturbance.

A Taser was used during the arrest and the man later complained of feeling unwell. He was taken to hospital, where he died.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been called in.

The man has not been formally identified but was named locally as Dale Burns.

A friend, who did not want to be identified, said: "Dale worked the doors around here at different pubs. He had a girlfriend and two young kids, aged four and two and a half.

"I went to the hospital last night and his mum Donna was there. She didn't know why he had been Tasered or what had happened.

"Apparently he had been Tasered three times.

"Dale was a really good lad, we went to the gym together, he'd been going since he was 15."

A Cumbria police spokesman said: "Neighbourhood police officers attended the scene and arrested a male on suspicion of causing criminal damage and, during the arrest, a Taser was deployed.

"The man became unwell following the arrest and was taken to Furness general hospital by officers.

"At around 9pm the man, who was in his 20s and lived locally, was pronounced dead."

Stan Dewhurst, the owner of Flexappeal gym in Barrow-in-Furness, said: "Dale was a good lad, he worked for me at the gym for five years. He worked as a gym instructor but he would lock up for me and look after things while I was away.

"He entered bodybuilding competitions, regional and national, and was into his sports."

He said Mr Burns had won three gold medals in a judo competition this year. He was "very dedicated and hardworking and was a good dad".

"This year he entered a judo competition and won three gold medals. Today was his daughter's fourth birthday."

It is believed Mr Burns was in his flat on Hartington Street when the police were called, and that there were no others present in the flat.

The last person in Britain to die after being Tasered was Brian Loan, 47, from Sacriston, County Durham, in October 2006. An inquest into his death ruled he had died of heart problems.

But his sister, Barbara Hodgson, said the father-of-seven was in good health, ate well, took regular exercise and had never complained of chest pains.

She said his death was the result of police action and the use of the controversial Taser gun, which discharges up to 50,000 volts and has been used repeatedly in the north-east. Loan died after a two and a half hour siege at his home

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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2011, 02:10:18 PM »

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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2011, 02:36:53 PM »
Hundreds of people have died after being tasered. Their death has often been attributed to other factors such as heart failure but many think there should be more studies on this.


"July 2005, UK. Police Tasered a man in hypoglycemic shock, believing that he was a potential security threat.[32]
A medical examiner ruled for the first time that a Taser was the primary factor in a death.[33]"

"Taser safety issues", from wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser_safety_issues#Deaths_and_injuries_related_to_Taser_use

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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2011, 07:51:02 AM »
Where's the bodybuilder riots?

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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2011, 08:16:06 AM »
How soon will something in this story use steroids as the reason why!!!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/17/man-dies-taser-arrest-cumbria

The fact that he lifted weights and was a member/employee of a local gym had almost no relevance to the story - the media just like to pick up on these things and twist them to make bodybuilders sound like they cause civil disturbances all the time. You could tell the owner of the gym knew this when he was questioned and refused to say anything bad about the guy. I've read the article in other newspapers and no-one has yet mentioned steroids so they're running a bit thin on reasons for this one.

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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2011, 11:45:58 AM »
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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2011, 11:59:52 AM »
The whole prank vid is fun. She's hot, too....



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Re: UK Bodybuilder first person killed by taser gun!!
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2011, 12:02:49 PM »
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