Man In Serious Condition After Getting Tased By LAPD

Via KTLA: The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether one of its officers practiced excessive force when he used a Taser to subdue an intoxicated man who then fell and hit his head. The incident was captured on video.

Two officers responded to a report of an intoxicated man at a bar in the Hollywood Highland complex around 2 a.m. Sunday, according to LAPD officials.

The man, who appeared intoxicated, had confronted several black men, calling them racially-derogatory names, police said.

The LAPD told the man to leave but he refused, threatened the officers and became aggressive.

The man reportedly threatened to "cut the throats" of the officers, according to an LAPD news release.

Officer Chris Craig used a stun gun while Officer Peter Kim tried to hit the man in the back. The man fell over and his head hit the curb.

The officers radioed for LAFD paramedics to respond to the scene, police said.

He was taken to Cedar Sinai Hospital where he's listed in serious but stable condition.

The LAPD announced on Monday that it had launched an investigation, which includes reviewing videos of the incident.

A three-minute video of the confrontation was posted on YouTube.

Anyone with information in the case is urged to call the Force Investigation Division at [phone], or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1 [phone].

Comments

[dsdem]

06:01 PM on 06/30/2010

got exactly what he deserved

[ArtMaggot]

09:34 AM on 07/01/2010

I second that!

[dbrett480]

12:04 PM on 06/30/2010

This guy should be lucky the cops showed up. A drunk guy shouting racial slurs at 2 am in a bar usually ends up a lot worse than this.

[gthang91582]

03:09 AM on 06/30/2010

Yeah, perhaps the taser was justified, but the baton to the chest while the guy was in rigor mortis/electrified mode was a bit over the top.

I mean, as soon as he was stuck with the taser, he turned into stone and started falling down like a red wood. The nightclub was likely a tad unnecessary.

[O K Ali]

02:12 AM on 06/30/2010

If they didn't use a taser, chose to combat him with just their hands and batons, people would say they were ganging up on him. Either way, he was a menace to the public.

[surfvenice]

10:03 PM on 06/29/2010

sorry, dude asked for it.

cops can only be patient for so long. i live in l.a. and work near where this happened, cops sometimes have to be aggresive with these people.

im with the cops on this one.

[lendiggy]

06:42 PM on 06/29/2010

More big city police brutality, more silence from big city residents. Police abuse is the great shame of liberalism

[JPMac]

09:06 AM on 06/30/2010

Comeon clown, the cops were there solely because of this a hole. He was not walking out of church and the cops for sport tazed him!!!