Pennsylvania man dies days after being tasered
Ronald Petruney, 49, Washington County, Pennsylvania
In memory of our brother and son, Robert Bagnell, who died moments after being tasered by police in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 23, 2004. Bob was the 7th Canadian to die and the 110th in North America.
Ronald Petruney, 49, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Posted by Reality Chick at 20:13
At the 2005 Arizona Press Club Awards, Mr. Anglen won first place in the Investigative reporting category. He was the recipient of the Don Bolles Award for his report entitled "Taser tied to 'independent' study that backs stun gun'. “As part of an extraordinarily thorough investigation of Taser International, Anglen uncovered ‘smoking gun’ documents that showed the manufacturer was heavily involved in the key study that purported the devices are safe. Anglen also uncovered conflicts of interest and documented wide-spread problems with Taser safety — a matter of national and international public interest.”
In 2006, Mr. Anglen was a runner up for the Arizona Press Club's Virg Hill Journalist of the Year award. Peter Bhatia of The Oregonian wrote “Robert Anglen is an investigative reporter, pure and simple. Clearly, he is a reporter who, once he sinks his teeth into something, stays with it until the story is done. His ongoing work around the company that makes Tasers speaks to that."
1 comment:
I knew Ronald Petruney and he was as far as I knew borderline mentally retarded. As well he was epileptic.
According to what I've read, he had just taken a siezure. Even if he was combative..how could shocking a man who just had a siezure be within the training guidelines for taser usage.
How many people have to die because it's an easier safer approach for police to taser a man.
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