.Man dies after being Tasered by Coral Gables police
(CORAL GABLES) A late night party turned tragic on Jan. 11 after Xavier Jones, 29, was Tasered by Coral Gables police at an apartment complex near the University of Miami and died shortly afterward.
According to a press release sent out by Miami-Dade County Police – which took over the death investigation from the Gables department – several individuals were attending a party at the at University Inn Condominium, 1280 S. Alhambra Circle at around 2 a.m. when Jones became disruptive.
Security was called to the scene and became involved in a scuffle with Jones which elicited a responsible from Gables police.
When Gables officers tried to place Jones into custody, he continued to be aggressive, read the statement, forcing them to deploy the Taser to get him under control.
“While in custody, (Jones) experienced a medical emergency. Coral Gables Fire Rescue responded, and transported the male to (Doctor’s Hospital) where he was pronounced deceased,” the statement read.
Miami-Dade Police Detective Carlos Maura said the man’s body had been transferred to the county’s medical examiner who was trying to determine the exact cause of death.
He was not willing to qualify the death as being Taser-related when questioned.
Gables police spokesman Frank Jackson said the department would not comment on the case because it was now in the hands of Miami-Dade Homicide detectives – which was part of standard operating procedure.
He did acknowledge that the city department would investigate the matter internally as it does anytime there is the discharge of a weapon by an officer.
The death brings what has become a national issue – the safety of so called “non-lethal” devices – to the city’s doorstep.
According to reports by Amnesty International more than 160 individuals have died in the country from Taser-related deaths since 2001.
South Florida has been a particular breeding ground for Taser controversy as Miami-Dade police have used the device on children as young as 6-years old and, in one Gables case, as old as a 71-year old man.
Gables police began using Tasers in September 2003.
This is the first time an individual has died in a Taser-related incident in the City Beautiful.
According to Miami-Dade records, Xavier Jones has an extensive rap sheet including a conviction for battery on a police officer in 1998.
CGGazette
Another death from the use of the supposedly non-lethal taser.
I just have to wonder out load, what would happen if a citizen tasered a cop. Would that be considered an assault with a deadly weapon? And is there no other conflict resolution in the police handbook besides arrest.
I mean if every time the cops respond to a situation their only option is to arrest and process the prep, then it's clear that the number of police shooting is going to continue to rise.
According to a press release sent out by Miami-Dade County Police – which took over the death investigation from the Gables department – several individuals were attending a party at the at University Inn Condominium, 1280 S. Alhambra Circle at around 2 a.m. when Jones became disruptive.
Security was called to the scene and became involved in a scuffle with Jones which elicited a responsible from Gables police.
When Gables officers tried to place Jones into custody, he continued to be aggressive, read the statement, forcing them to deploy the Taser to get him under control.
“While in custody, (Jones) experienced a medical emergency. Coral Gables Fire Rescue responded, and transported the male to (Doctor’s Hospital) where he was pronounced deceased,” the statement read.
Miami-Dade Police Detective Carlos Maura said the man’s body had been transferred to the county’s medical examiner who was trying to determine the exact cause of death.
He was not willing to qualify the death as being Taser-related when questioned.
Gables police spokesman Frank Jackson said the department would not comment on the case because it was now in the hands of Miami-Dade Homicide detectives – which was part of standard operating procedure.
He did acknowledge that the city department would investigate the matter internally as it does anytime there is the discharge of a weapon by an officer.
The death brings what has become a national issue – the safety of so called “non-lethal” devices – to the city’s doorstep.
According to reports by Amnesty International more than 160 individuals have died in the country from Taser-related deaths since 2001.
South Florida has been a particular breeding ground for Taser controversy as Miami-Dade police have used the device on children as young as 6-years old and, in one Gables case, as old as a 71-year old man.
Gables police began using Tasers in September 2003.
This is the first time an individual has died in a Taser-related incident in the City Beautiful.
According to Miami-Dade records, Xavier Jones has an extensive rap sheet including a conviction for battery on a police officer in 1998.
CGGazette
Another death from the use of the supposedly non-lethal taser.
I just have to wonder out load, what would happen if a citizen tasered a cop. Would that be considered an assault with a deadly weapon? And is there no other conflict resolution in the police handbook besides arrest.
I mean if every time the cops respond to a situation their only option is to arrest and process the prep, then it's clear that the number of police shooting is going to continue to rise.
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