Israel Hernandez Dies After Being Tasered By Miami Beach Police For Graffiti (VIDEO link)

[Tx4obama]

VIDEO here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/07/israel-hernandez-taser_n_3722420.html

A Miami Beach teen died Tuesday after being shocked with a taser in the chest after police spotted him spray-painting graffiti on an empty building.

Israel Hernandez, 18, was a skateboarder and artist who "wanted to change the world somehow through art,” his sister, Offir Hernandez, told the Miami Herald.

Miami Beach Police said they spotted Hernandez tagging an abandoned fast-food restaurant just after 5 a.m Tuesday morning near 71st Street at Collins Avenue.

"During the foot pursuit, the subject encountered officers face to face... and ignored officers' commands to stop," MBPD Chief Raymond Martinez said in a statement. "In order to affect his arrest, an officer deployed his conducted electrical weapon (TASER)."

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Seems like too many folks have already died from tasers and something needs to be done about it ASAP!

R.I.P.

[Niceguy1]

1. misleading headline

He was tasered for resisting arrest, not for graffiti

[Judi Lynn]

2. Fla. teen dies after being shocked by police

August 7, 2013, 10:20 PM
Fla. teen dies after being shocked by police

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Miami Beach police say an 18-year-old died after being shocked with a stun gun as he resisted arrest for spraying graffiti.

Chief Ray Martinez told the Miami Herald that officers spotted Israel Hernandez-Llach painting graffiti on an abandoned fast-food restaurant early Tuesday. Martinez said the teen ran, but was eventually cornered. He said Hernandez-Llach then ran at the officers and one shot him with a Taser in the chest. The teen went into medical duress and died at a hospital.

The teen's friends told the Herald that Hernandez-Llach was originally from Colombia. His teachers at Miami Beach High School said he was a talented artist and photographer.

CBS Station WFOR Miami reported police saying the investigation is continuing and that they offered their condolences to the family of Hernandez-Llach.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57597515/fla-teen-dies-after-being-shocked-by-police/

Yes, there is always the claim the deceased "lunged at" them, or "resisted arrest" or "appeared" to be grabbing a weapon in his pocket, etc. ALWAYS. Not once have I ever heard them admit the deceased just got unlucky at their hands. Sorrowful shame, and there's nothing, apparently, to be done about it. Just their word, take it or #### off.

[Iggo]

4. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!