Sunday, May 4, 2008

Wheelchair-Bound Black Woman Dies After Being Tasered 10 Times To Death, Family Files Suit

"My aunt was basically tortured like an animal or something." Delafield's nephew, Ryan Delafield, told First Coast News months ago. More HERE



As reported by many
News Outlets and USA: Amnesty International Nine months after Emily Delafield, 56, died after being tased by police, her family has few answers about the events that led to her death. "This has been a very tragic and sad situation," nephew Ryan Delafield said. According to Green Cove Springs Police, the wheelchair-bound Delafield was arguing with family members and swinging knives and a hammer when they arrived at her home. Ryan Delafield says he is his aunt’s personal representative. In the weeks after her death he needed a death certificate for matters of her estate. "May, June, July... it was three months before we got the death certificate," Delafield said.

On the death certificate, the Medical Examiner cited that the death was a homicide. To get more answers, Delafield says in the fight to get information, he was passed from department to department.

"I called the State Attorney's Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Jacksonville Regional Office, the Medical Examiner… and the City of Green Cove Springs Police Department," said Delafield. More HERE


Emily Delafield

2 comments:

AllanDuke said...

"The second officer says she tased Delafield up to four times. However, the download information from her Taser showed that she tased Delafield nine times for a total of 116 seconds."

Wow! Police tasers have detailed memory. Thats awesome! I had no idea they kept track of their usages. I wonder if cops know that before they use their weapons.

Francis Holland said...

I don't think police care, since they could shove the entire Taser up a Black person's ass and still continue to collect their paychecks while the cases are investigated.