The Brett Elder Autopsy Report

The Oakland County Assistant Medical Examiner has ruled that the use of a Taser contributed to Brett Elder's death. The autopsy indicates Elder had been drinking. Dr. Kanu Virani, the Medical Examiner, says the cause of Brett Elder's death is two-fold:

1. Alcohol-induced Excited Delirium Syndrome -- which has been ruled the cause of death in other cases involving a Taser.

2. The second part states "The application of an electromuscular disruptive device was a contributory factor."

That "disruptive device" was of course the taser.....Virani's conclusion is that Elder's death was accidental.

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[eyetolduso]

This was murder. 

[caltch51]

@ccr5cxcr4 Grow up, this teenager was having problems with dealing with his mother's death. Police who should be MATURE, should have used peaceful means to CALM the BOY down, not CREATE and encourage aggression, you can get someone calmed down with LOVE and COMPASSION over AGGRESSION most of the time. I feel sorry for you, your pitiful.

[ccr5cxcr4]

Yes lets ignore the fact that this 15 year old was VERY drunk, starting fights with other people, fighitng with police & resisting arrest.

It is the police's fault he was drinking & drunk at age 15. It is the police's fault he had no parental supervision. It is the police's fault he was getting into fights. It is the cop's fault he tried to fight with them....

Yeah.

[Nousides]

It appears his family and friends did him no favors by sending him down the wrong road -- and keeping him on it -- long ago.

"Why would parents allow a 15-year-old to spend the night drinking at a 40-year-old woman's apartment without them, friend of the family or not? The woman is the person who should be prosecuted for serving alcohol to a minor, not the police for doing their job."