Man Dies After Being Tasered by Police

By Prescott Carlson in News on Oct 19, 2008 1:08PM

Reminiscent of an incident earlier this year, an unidentified man died after police used a Taser on him when he allegedly resisted arrest and lashed at them with "a sharp-edged object." A bike patrol on the West Side originally gave chase to the man when they witnessed him behaving "erratically" and drinking alcohol. Chicago police spokeswoman Monique Bond said the man appeared to also have swallowed an "unknown amount of narcotics," which, hello, probably doesn't help your heart when getting zapped with 50,000 volts. [Trib]