I sure hope the poor fellow in this article found Jesus.  The stun gun 
killings by Police, nationwide, have been rapidly increasing. If you look at 
this in cojunction with what Police are doing, terrorizing children in 
schools, the security guards with their German Shepherds in airports, etc., 
it is evident that a force worse than the S.S. is on the rise....and it's by 
design!



Police Stun Gun Kills Teen With Bible

Associated Press | October 31, 2006

A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot
twice with 
a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said.

In a statement obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, police in 
Jerseyville, about 40 miles north of St. Louis, said 17-year-old Roger 
Holyfield would not acknowledge officers who approached him and he continued 
yelling, "I want Jesus."

Police tried to calm the teen, but Holyfield became combative, according to 
the statement. Officers fired the stun gun at him after he ignored their 
warnings, then fired again when he continued struggling, police said.

Holyfield was flown to St. Louis' Cardinal Glennon Hospital after the 
confrontation Saturday; he died there Sunday, police said.

An autopsy was planned for Tuesday.

The statement expressed sympathy to Holyfield's family but said city and 
police officials would not discuss the matter further.

Calls Tuesday to Jerseyville Police Chief Brad Blackorby were not 
immediately returned. The department has been using stun guns for about five 
months, according to the statement.

In a report released in March, international human rights group Amnesty 
International said it had logged at least 156 deaths across the country in 
the previous five years related to police stun guns.

The rise in deaths accompanies a marked increase in the number of U.S. law 
enforcement agencies employing devices made by Taser International Inc. of 
Scottsdale, Ariz. About 1,000 of the nation's 18,000 police agencies used 
Tasers in 2001; more than 7,000 departments had them last year, according to 
a government study.

Police had used Tasers more than 70,000 times as of last year, Congress' 
Government Accountability Office said.

Amnesty International has urged police departments to suspend the use of 
Tasers pending more study. Taser International said the group's count was 
flawed and falsely linked deaths to Taser use when there has been no such 
official conclusion.

The city of St. Louis also drew unwanted attention for crime this week when 
it was named the most dangerous U.S. city by Morgan Quitno Press. The 
ranking looked only at crime within St. Louis city limits, not its metro 
area.
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