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WildBill wrote:

10mmillie wrote:This guy can't remember how he got under the bridge.

I agree, the story has enough holes to drive a truck through, but loss of memory is quite common for people who are injured.

I got hit by a truck while riding my bicycle when I was 13. I don't have any memory of it happening. I can remember up until 5 minutes before it happened and then when I woke up in the ambulance. I had a broken jaw, gashed legs and knuckles, and a concussion. My guess is that this kid likely suffered a concussion as well, and I find nothing suspicious about a lapse in memory with this type of injury.

KBCraig wrote:

stroo wrote:Offhand it sounds like the boy may have been using some illegal substance. Still tasing a boy with a broken back 19 times just seems excessive on the face of it.

Tasing anyone 19 times is excessive. If twice doesn't get the job done, then 3+ isn't going to have any better effect.

I'm curious as to whether there is dashcam video of this event occurring. As was stated above, there was nothing found in his system, and he'd just fallen off a bridge and broken his back. Given those facts, I have a hard time believing that the events transpired as was described by the officers. I don't see how anyone can be tased that many times for good reason, especially considering the injuries of the kid. On top of that, I wonder if the officers complicated the injury by their actions, especially something as serious as a broken back. I'd also be curious to see the description of the call they were responding to when they arrived. It doesn't seem to me that restraining someone (with a taser or otherwise) is an appropriate response to someone falling from a bridge. Hopefully the internal investigation will bring out more details as to what actually transpired.