Police In Maryland Routinely Used Tasers When Suspects Posed No Threat To Their Safety

Police said in a report on the incident that Howard had thrown “boulders” and charged at officers. But a 17-minute video taken by a resident and obtained by The Baltimore Sun shows that when officers approached Howard for the last time, he was standing still, holding a child’s scooter. Officers fired two Tasers, shooting electrified darts connected by long wires into Howard’s body. After he dropped the scooter and keeled over onto a flower bed, police continued to pump electricity into Howard; he kicked wildly on his back with four officers standing over him. Police fired their Tasers at Howard nine times for a total of 37 seconds — far above the recommended limit of 15 seconds. He stopped breathing and died shortly afterward.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/03/20/3761930/excessive-taser-use-maryland/