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The Texas teenager, Graham
Dyer, was arrested on the night of August 13, 2013 during a trip on the
hallucinogenic LSD drug. In the back of the police cruiser, the teen
repeatedly banged his head against the metal supports in the vehicle.
Video footage — which the police refused to turn over to the family until years after the incident — showed one officer reaching into the back seat and repeatedly shocking Dyer while another officer held him down by his hair. The teenager was later found unresponsive in his cell and was taken to hospital where he died. The medical examiner concluded that he died due to the self-inflicted head injuries.
The new ruling is only a partial victory for the family, however. While the judge agreed that the case against the police officers could continue, she ruled that the family could pursue only limited damages as they were unable to prove that the officer’s use of the taser had caused him to slam his head against the metal in the car.
The incident is far from the first time US police have come under fire for their use of tasers.
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A US federal judge has ruled that a family can proceed with
their lawsuit against a police officer who tasered their teenage son in
the groin on the night that he died in police custody after being
arrested while high on LSD.
Video footage — which the police refused to turn over to the family until years after the incident — showed one officer reaching into the back seat and repeatedly shocking Dyer while another officer held him down by his hair. The teenager was later found unresponsive in his cell and was taken to hospital where he died. The medical examiner concluded that he died due to the self-inflicted head injuries.
The new ruling is only a partial victory for the family, however. While the judge agreed that the case against the police officers could continue, she ruled that the family could pursue only limited damages as they were unable to prove that the officer’s use of the taser had caused him to slam his head against the metal in the car.
The incident is far from the first time US police have come under fire for their use of tasers.
Read more
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