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08-21-2013, 06:02 PM #1
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POLICE TASER A MAN OFF A ROOF, CHOKE, DRAG HIM FACE-DOWN ON STAIRS, KILLING HIM
POLICE TASER A MAN OFF A ROOF, CHOKE, DRAG HIM FACE-DOWN ON STAIRS, KILLING HIM
Posted by Austin Petersen on 21 Aug 2013 / 63Comments
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The use of a stun gun on a person who is in danger of falling is not allowed to be used in Phoenix, Arizona. But that didn’t stop officers from extricating a man from his roof by giving him a thorough tasering, followed by a choke drag face-down in order to “rescue him.” The father of the victim was a former detective who believes the police went too far.
44-year-old Michael Angel wasn’t violent when he got up on the roof. Phoenix police arrived and initially tried to get him down, but then they suddenly rushed him and began tasering him. Angel jumped off the roof where police began dragging him face first down the stairs. Neighbors could hear the “plop, plop, plop” of his head as it rolled down the stairs face-first.
Angel’s father claims that he had some drug problems but was not a violent man. The deceased leaves behind two children.
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08-21-2013, 07:20 PM #2
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Phoenix Police Called To Talk Non-Threatening Man Off Roof; Taser Him Five Times; Man Dies
August 21, 2013 by Ben Bullard
A 44 year-old man in Phoenix was on an apartment roof “acting strangely,” according to local television news reports. So witnesses called the police to help him down. Instead, the police ended up killing him.
Michael Ruiz, the son of a former police detective, got on his apartment roof on July 28, alarming residents who knew of his ongoing drug issues. Fearful that Ruiz would harm himself, they called the cops. When the police arrived, they “coaxed” him off the roof with multiple taser shots and then proceed to drag him in handcuffs down the stairs.
Witnesses said Ruiz’ unsupported head was repeatedly hitting the concrete stairs so hard they could hear the impacts.
His father, Richard Erickson, saw the video made him sick to his stomach.
“I’d never seen anything like this before, even when I was with the police department,” he told ABC-15.
“I started crying ’cause that’s not right, to hurt nobody like that,” said neighbor Verna Young. “He didn’t deserve that. He was a nice person, very nice.”
The EMS report stated Ruiz had been tased five times. He had to be resuscitated once in custody, but he was hospitalized and was eventually put on life support. Erickson decided five days after the incident to take him off life support, and Ruiz died.
Erickson has hired an attorney and said he is seeking the termination of the officers involved in the incident.
Phoenix police are still investigating and have given no comment.
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