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Sounds like a good place to train. Plenty of action.
Man dies in NY gym fight; officers used Tasers
COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — A burly, incoherent 32-year-old man who rampaged through an upstate New York gym died after going into cardiac arrest when he was repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a struggle with three officers, police said Monday.
Colonie Police Chief Steven Heider said Chad Brothers of Troy had gone to the Gold's Gym in the Albany suburb just before 6 a.m. and was described by witnesses as "annoying" and in a "highly escalated mood."
"He was mumbling things," Heider said. "We're not too sure what the mumblings were."
Soon after arriving, Brothers fell off an elliptical machine, turned up the speed on another patron's treadmill and then punched him in the face. He started toppling 700-pound training machines and throwing 45-pound free weights around the gym filled with about 30 clients and staff.
"It was a rage, that's what it was described as," Heider said.
Brothers, who was a muscular 6-foot-1 and weighed between 225 and 240 pounds, went on to destroy a showcase and entered an office where he threw around equipment, including computers, the chief said.
That was when the first officer on the scene, a woman, confronted Brothers and told him to get on the ground and show his hands. At some point, Brothers threw some boxes at the officer and she knocked him down with a stun-gun jolt just before 6:30 a.m.
Heider said that while the officer was trying to cuff Brothers, he stood up with her on his back, was shocked again and then got hold of the Taser, apparently triggering another jolt himself. Two other officers jumped in and used their Tasers in stun mode at least twice and one of the officers hit Brothers with a plastic baton.
"This was a whirlwind of a battle in a confined area," Heider said. Two wired prongs fired from the first stun gun were embedded in Brothers' chest and thigh, while the other officers used the hand-held devices in "stun mode" directly against his body.
Brothers went into cardiac arrest shortly after he was subdued with the help of two or three patrons. An off-duty EMT performed CPR while an ambulance was called. Brothers died shortly after arriving at Albany Medical Center at about 7:15 a.m. Heider said information was still being downloaded from the stun guns to determine the precise number of shocks.
The patron who was punched was bruised and the two male officers had minor injuries. None of them required medical attention.
Asked if he believed steroid use might have been involved, Heider said it wasn't clear what was behind Brother's actions or what caused his death. An autopsy scheduled for Tuesday morning will include toxicology screens for steroids and other drugs. Police were getting a warrant Monday to search his apartment.
Heider said he believed his officers acted properly, but the use of force will be reviewed.
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hardcore workout
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Albany is where Johnnynoname is from ;)
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female officer ::)
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Heider said he believed his officers acted properly, but the use of force will be reviewed.
This guy got tasered to death, but the chief thinks it was proper use of force. I didn't know trashing a gym is punishable by death.
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Albany is where Johnnynoname is from ;)
I bit my tongue on this BUT I USED TO WORK AT THIS GYM
I originally worked at the Guilderland Golds and asked for a transfer to the Latham gym (where the incident occured)
I, actually, was being vetted to replace the current head personal trainer at Latham
This is the story about that particular gym: I have NEVER seen a gym with so many Big Guys who never worked out if you get my drift......that place is filled with guys who are juiced up with the worst UG gear......Nothing but ridiculous bodies with fat,bloated faces. And everyone there is like a complete dick but they have no reason to be a dick. Like, If you are legit badass then you would have a reason to be a jerk. But Latham is such a poser gym that it is ridiculous.
However, I will say that Ben White works out there from time to time and he is SUPER COOL
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btw, the local news is saying that the autopsy report will say if Brothers was using steroids
I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I heard this....
Seroiusly, the news is trying to spin this into a "roid rage" case
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anything north of White Plains NY is hickville.
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Can't these pussy cops use their hands for once?? 3 against 1 and he was unarmed. You'd think they would be able to at least cuff him. But no, they have to hide their pussy hands behind a taser.
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Sounds like they definitely went overboard with the stun guns. Three officers should have been able to subdue the guy without having to hold the stun guns "directly against his body" and zapping the shit out of him. :-\
At the same time, the dude should have at some point stopped resisting. He was probably on some narcotic and was up all night, hence appearing at the gym at 6am.
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there are no good people at that gym.
All tools
The average Latham Gold's member makes "the Situation" look like Reverand Desmond Tutu St. Francis of Assisi
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Again, you go north of WP it's Hicksville.
NYC is like a different planet to the rest of the state. My sis and bil live in Syracuse and it's like different countries.
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Again, you go north of WP it's Hicksville.
NYC is like a different planet to the rest of the state. My sis and bil live in Syracuse and it's like different countries.
we heard you the first time junior
stop making this thread about you
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we heard you the first time junior
stop making this thread about you
You townies are all fucked up.
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there are no good people at that gym.
All tools
The average Latham Gold's member makes "the Situation" look like Reverand Desmond Tutu
Are you sure Tutu is the right "benchmark"?
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how about we switch desmond tutu with St. Francis of Assisi
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Where do people get the mojo to act like apes at 6 am?
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"Soon after arriving, Brothers fell off an elliptical machine, turned up the speed on another patron's treadmill and then punched him in the face."
;D ;D ;D I would love to see that.
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Where do people get the mojo to act like apes at 6 am?
Drugs that keep you up all night, PB.
d-r-u-g-s
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anything north of White Plains NY is hickville.
agreed
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Wonder what his getbig handle was?
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Actually Albany is one of the strangest big cities I have ever been to....you walk around there in the afternon even on a weekday and theres hardly any one on the streets...really strange compared to NY city
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Actually Albany is one of the strangest big cities I have ever been to....you walk around there in the afternon even on a weekday and theres hardly any one on the streets...really strange compared to NY city
HEY! the "Albany is a total shithole" is MY GIMMICK!!!
find your own gimmick.....do one of those "copy and paste" gimmicks that are all the rage on the Political boards
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HEY! the "Albany is a total shithole" is MY GIMMICK!!!
find your own gimmick.....do one of those "copy and paste" gimmicks that are all the rage on the Political boards
LOL..okay..then you agree with me then?
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Asshole was probably using his elliptical.
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When gay for pay goes wrong
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they are gonna find Animal Rage in his system during his autopsy
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To those who think it's easy to put two hands together to handcuff someone who is resisting you are dopes. Have two of your friends wrestle you and the game is they have to touch both of your hands behind your back. Unless you are a complete punk or they are really good at choke holds they won't be able to do it. Shocking him was the most reasonable way to cuff a wild animal. The alternative would be to beat him into submission with blunt force trama with a baton. He caused his own death with his behavior. I would like to see you guys in uniform dealing with scum bags then you would have different out look on what the Police deal with.
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i used to go to this same fukin gym. albany really is full of poser tools, makes jersey shore look decent as johnnynoname or whoever it is said
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""He was mumbling things," Heider said. "We're not too sure what the mumblings were.""
let me guess, something along the lines of "do you think you have enough gas in the tank?" ;D
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To those who think it's easy to put two hands together to handcuff someone who is resisting you are dopes. Have two of your friends wrestle you and the game is they have to touch both of your hands behind your back. Unless you are a complete punk or they are really good at choke holds they won't be able to do it. Shocking him was the most reasonable way to cuff a wild animal. The alternative would be to beat him into submission with blunt force trama with a baton. He caused his own death with his behavior. I would like to see you guys in uniform dealing with scum bags then you would have different out look on what the Police deal with.
what he said ....
Lot of people like to say "Why did it take three officers to arrest that guy?" The answer : Coulda done it with 1, but we would have had to hurt him more..
If I ever lose control and start trashing the joint, I hope responding officers taser me before option 2 of beating me into submission
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To those who think it's easy to put two hands together to handcuff someone who is resisting you are dopes. Have two of your friends wrestle you and the game is they have to touch both of your hands behind your back. Unless you are a complete punk or they are really good at choke holds they won't be able to do it. Shocking him was the most reasonable way to cuff a wild animal. The alternative would be to beat him into submission with blunt force trama with a baton. He caused his own death with his behavior. I would like to see you guys in uniform dealing with scum bags then you would have different out look on what the Police deal with.
This is very true. I have a few police officers in my extended family and they say that cuffing a large man who is resisting alone is almost impossible. Not just because of size but do to leverage and lack of flexibility. I've seen police training videos of two grown men having trouble cuffing a 120 pound teenage girl.
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he was mad that his British dragon vials took too long to get to him........
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Can't be a GH15 pupil
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Well, you can't say he didn't take his workout to total failure.
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i used to go to this same fukin gym. albany really is full of poser tools, makes jersey shore look decent as johnnynoname or whoever it is said
Seriously, Albany is weird
It's not weird like Portland or Austin
It's a different type of weird that is indescribable
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Maybe something in the water.
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"Soon after arriving, Brothers fell off an elliptical machine, turned up the speed on another patron's treadmill and then punched him in the face."
;D ;D ;D I would love to see that.
;D ;D
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Again, you go north of WP it's Hicksville.
NYC is like a different planet to the rest of the state. My sis and bil live in Syracuse and it's like different countries.
Syracuse is boring as hell....I used to bang a broad up there..hated going there
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8) Another goof dead is a good thing !
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Well, you can't say he didn't take his workout to total failure.
Hahahaha
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he won't recover..
P.I.P
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Don't tase me bro!!!!!!
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cell-tech rage
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Gold's will not refund the unused portion of his membership, which will continue to auto-renew.
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i thought it was a gold gym in albania and the story would have gun fights and or shankings
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Seriously, Albany is weird
It's not weird like Portland or Austin
It's a different type of weird that is indescribable
Like getbig ?
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btw, the local news is saying that the autopsy report will say if Brothers was using steroids
I nearly fell off my chair laughing when I heard this....
Seroiusly, the news is trying to spin this into a "roid rage" case
always ::)
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sounds like the cops did the right thing to me.
guy's going nuts, assaulting people. the cops are called to restore peace. They are legally allowed to use stunners. They are legally allowed to use them as many times as they judge to be required. If the victim isnt complying, tough shit.
They (the cops) dont sign up to go hand to hand with psycho druggies- they go to work to uphold the law and keep the peace...and they have a right to do that with reasonable risk and the tools they are given.
he died?- well it wasnt murder, and if someone dies due to a stun gun then it's the policy at fault, not the police.
fact is, if it wasnt a stun gun then this guy mightve been looking at a bullet.
once again the rhetoric at GB blows me away. Seriously, is this the dumbest group of people on the internet?
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$100 says this guy was loaded on Tren ace
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Maybe its about time they admitted Tasers are too dangerous and went back to using handguns on suspects.