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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Police: Taser Use on Disabled Man Justified Because He Had Umbrella

"Officers who used pepper spray and a Taser to remove a man from a store bathroom found out only later he was deaf and mentally disabled and didn't understand they wanted him to open the door, police said Tuesday," the Associated Press reports. "A spokesman for the Mobile Police Department said the officers' actions were justified because the man was armed with a potential weapon — an umbrella."

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