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Man Dies After Police Taser Him

By Margaret Lyons in News on Mar 19, 2008 5:54PM

Roberto Gonzales, 24, died last night after police Tasered him. An officer told the Trib that he was "Tasered on the West Side after resisting arrest, and becoming combative and violent while being taken into custody." Gonzales's autopsy is scheduled for today. [Trib]

This is the CPD's use of force model, via, where else, Second City Cop.