http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...w-Pimlott-covered-petrol-shot-TASER-dies.html
Here's the TL;DR version:
For whatever reason, dude goes off the deep end in his back yard and douses himself in gasoline.
Police are called and at some point a taser is deployed and dude proceeds to burst into flames and dies 5 days later from the burns he sustained.
Now. Normally, I am one to usually side with the police in MOST situations involving use of force, HOWEVER, at face value, so many things are wrong here its hard to know where to begin.
The taser is a great addition to a policeman's toolkit to deal with people who may be difficult to control, however, it has made a great many cops LAZY and they refuse to go "HANDS ON" with a person.
This is one of those times when the "HANDS ON" technique would have certainly been more advantageous to all of those involved.
I have to wonder what was going through the officers mind that thought this would have any outcome other than what happened.
EDITED TO ADD:
Keep in mind that this happened in Great Britian, where MOST police officers are NOT armed with a firearm.
Here's the TL;DR version:
For whatever reason, dude goes off the deep end in his back yard and douses himself in gasoline.
Police are called and at some point a taser is deployed and dude proceeds to burst into flames and dies 5 days later from the burns he sustained.
Now. Normally, I am one to usually side with the police in MOST situations involving use of force, HOWEVER, at face value, so many things are wrong here its hard to know where to begin.
The taser is a great addition to a policeman's toolkit to deal with people who may be difficult to control, however, it has made a great many cops LAZY and they refuse to go "HANDS ON" with a person.
This is one of those times when the "HANDS ON" technique would have certainly been more advantageous to all of those involved.
I have to wonder what was going through the officers mind that thought this would have any outcome other than what happened.
EDITED TO ADD:
Keep in mind that this happened in Great Britian, where MOST police officers are NOT armed with a firearm.
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), but can you imagine the thoughts that popped in those guys' heads when he ignited after being tased??? 
