Local 10 News

08/18/04

Deputies are defending their actions a day after using a Taser gun on a man who had evacuated during Hurricane Charley. Lee County [FL] sheriff's deputies said they used the Taser gun to get the man under control after he refused to stop and turn around at a roadblock. The man was trying to get back over a bridge to his home on Fort Myers Beach. Deputies said when he ignored their orders to stop, they shot him with the Taser gun, pulled him from his minivan, and arrested him. The incident was partially caught on home video.

A crowd formed around the scene and voices can be heard on tape yelling, 'Leave him alone,' 'That is so wrong,' and 'Come on, man, he's frustrated.' The man had three children in the vehicle with him. Many in the crowd felt for the man who hadn't seen his home in days...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp