Post by Vermontn03 on Jun 23, 2012 22:29:37 GMT -5
Thetford man dies after being tased by Vt police
THETFORD, Vt. -
"They tasered a disabled man," Brittany Davidonis said.
Family and friends of Macadam Mason, 39, of Thetford, are outraged about his death. He died just minutes after he was tased by a Vermont State Trooper.
"He was unarmed. He had his hands up," said Davidonis, a friend of Mason.
The incident started at a home on Sawnee Bean Road in Thetford shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Mason reportedly called a crisis technician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center threatening suicide and harm against others. Shortly after troopers and family arrived he fled into the woods, but reappeared a few hours later. Senior Trooper David Shaffer realized Mason was unarmed, so he put down his patrol rifle and took out his Taser and ordered Mason to the ground. Police say Mason started to get down, but then got up and moved aggressively toward the trooper, coming within 10 feet.
www.wcax.com/story/18842881/thetford-man-dies-after-being-tased-by-police
THETFORD, Vt. -
"They tasered a disabled man," Brittany Davidonis said.
Family and friends of Macadam Mason, 39, of Thetford, are outraged about his death. He died just minutes after he was tased by a Vermont State Trooper.
"He was unarmed. He had his hands up," said Davidonis, a friend of Mason.
The incident started at a home on Sawnee Bean Road in Thetford shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday. Mason reportedly called a crisis technician at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center threatening suicide and harm against others. Shortly after troopers and family arrived he fled into the woods, but reappeared a few hours later. Senior Trooper David Shaffer realized Mason was unarmed, so he put down his patrol rifle and took out his Taser and ordered Mason to the ground. Police say Mason started to get down, but then got up and moved aggressively toward the trooper, coming within 10 feet.
www.wcax.com/story/18842881/thetford-man-dies-after-being-tased-by-police
