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there's a teen who has died after being tasered
for graffiti by police officers this is 18-year-old
Israel Hernandez he died after being shocked with a Taser
in the chest by police police on painting graffiti on an empty building
they approached in miami beach police approached him and then
they say that a chase ensued which involved more than half a dozen
officers according to the New Times during the foot pursuit the subject
encountered officers face to face
and ignored officers commands to stop
in order to affect his arrest an officer
deployed his conducted electrical weapon
we know that colloquially as a Taser hernandez's friend
Felix Fernandez and his other friend Tiago Sousa
says they were serving as lookouts when he was spotted by police
they say that officers shoved him against the wall
and then high five as he lay motionless
on the ground chief Martinez says that when Hernandez started showing signs of
medical distress after being tasered
that Miami Beach Fire Rescue responded and transported him to Mount Sinai
Medical Center
where he was pronounced dead this is still under investigation this is
a I'm not sure how I feel about this when this guy I get that it's only
graffiti
but he did start running from the police but at the same time he's only 18
but legally he is 18 so he's an adult I mean we do a lot of today's our stories
I disagree with how the police handle themselves
in a lot of those cases I believe that if it stays there is meant to be used as
a non-lethal alternative
to a to a firearm that very often it is not used to that standard in mind
but you can't really be running from the police and if he hadn't
run he would have just gotten a ticket he would still be alive so
we do a lot of these days are stories usually I feel very strongly that the
police acted incorrectly
what do you think in this case on my way of fear once you run
I feel like things do change when it comes to police but there there could be
more details that would that would change my mind let me know your thoughts
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