9 police have fun tasering unarmed Aboriginal man 13 times with learning difficulties

Australian police have admitted that a video of an unarmed man being Tasered 13 times showed an unacceptable misuse of stun guns.

Amid questions about how often the devices were used in the country, Western Australia state police said the case was not typical of Taser use by the force. The state premier, Colin Barnett, demanded a review of Taser guidelines.

The 2008 video was released yesterday, hours before the death today of a man in Sydney who was Tasered in the chest by police.

Closed-circuit video footage of the Western Australia case was released when the state's crime commission introduced a report to state parliament that cited it as an example of police officers wrongfully using a stun gun.

In the video, an unarmed, dark-skinned man who refused to undergo a strip search in a Perth detention facility is shown screaming after being zapped with a stun gun eight times while surrounded by nine police officers. He was stunned another five times off-camera.

The commission's report said the previous actions of the man, who was not identified, indicated he was suffering from a mental illness or was affected by drugs. It did not say why the man was in custody.

After an internal police inquiry, two senior constables were fined -- one A$1,200 (£730) and the other A$750 -- for using excessive force.

The crime commission's report said Tasers were increasingly used to force alleged offenders to comply with orders. The report recommended that stun guns only be used when there was an imminent threat of serious injury.

The report also said Aboriginal people were more likely to have a Taser used against them in Western Australia than non-Aboriginal people. It said interaction between Aboriginal people and police in the state was disproportionate compared to other groups, adding that there were complex reasons for this.

Barnett said he watched the video and thought the nine officers could have restrained the man in a less extreme way.

"It was excessive use of a Taser that could not be justified," he said. "I think anyone seeing that footage would find it totally unacceptable."

The Western Australia acting police commissioner Chris Dawson agreed: "It was wrong, it's unacceptable, it was alarming when I looked at it and it'll be alarming when the public view it."


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[FEINS1]

@badpanda84 allegedly...but your point is correct and the type of atrocities that have been committed against this man and others by the western australian government and police commissioner, karl o'callaghan ie racism, prejudice, corruption, vilification, injustice, oppression, etc are precisely what creates a 'threat to society'. visit the most crime/violence affected places in the world and I guarantee you will find the listed ingredients.

[workcoverkillspeople]

YOU ARE ANIMALS.... SICK THUGS IN BLUE UNIFORMS HOW DARE YOU! I AM DISGUSTED!!!

[blairpublicenemy1]

Fuck the police !!! Thumbs up igotsya!!!!

[IGOTSYA]

Fucking dumb ass pigs. The lot of them can take the next train to hell. Anyone agree about those bastards?

[grayfox455]

In the US some cops used their newly given Tasers to zap a waiter at a Waffle House. (a diner restaurant, FYI) The kid had done and said absolutely nothing and was cleaning up a table near them when the 'heroes' decided to see what their new toy could do. Those damn things should be banned and felony charges should be brought against anyone, including police, who has or uses one. Police worldwide are becoming their own closed society. All others outside are the enemy to them and lower lifeforms.

[2011kody]

@stolenpig1 you fucking dumbass?? Just because your in a police station does not mean you are subject to abuse and torture, how was he fighting? And you have the right of free speech just so you know jack ass. That means if you want to argue you can as long as you don't encroach upon others rights. If he wasn't cussing the cop out or threatening him he's fine. Besides that even if he was it does not mean he should be mistreated like this in any situation. He didn't have a gun or knife, as they

[stolenpig1]

Why was he in the Police station in the first place ? He broke the law. He kept refusing lawful requests and tried to fight and argue. Normal law abiding citizens dont end up in these situations. More to this than it shows. Its simple dont break the law, and you want be in this situtation

[trueCriminals]

Invader Anglo-saxons have raped and slaughtered 3 millions aborigines for 200 years.Sooner or later,these criminals will be judged.

[gringapolska]

they need re-educating...perhaps 13 taser attacks each would be a good start?

[mozaks80]

Pigs.

[g0sth4ck3d]

Don't expect these kind of cops to 'help' you in an emercency. These pussies would skip town the first sign of trouble.