“It’s a sad day in Connecticut when the victim of a motor vehicle accident can not die from their injuries but must be electrocuted by the police,” Crosland said. Police said that Lane, 37, fought responders as they tried to free him from the mangled car, even as potentially dangerous fumes from gasoline hung in the air — and at one point he was harming himself with a piece of broken glass. Esdaile made reference to the racial strife in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore following police actions involving blacks in those communities and elsewhere around the country. Lane was on his way home to Tremont Street in Ansonia when State Police said his Jeep collided with a tractor trailer on I-95 near exit 42 in West Haven. State Police maintain the stun guns were used “in order to safely remove (Lane) from the vehicle to provide him medical care and to stop him from causing further harm toward himself and first responders.” Esdaile also demanded that “Governor (Dannel P.) Malloy and the legislature mandate all Tasers (a commercial name for stun guns) be equipped with readily available cameras that will automatically record audio and video of all Taser incidents.” Esdaile also said state authorities should require all police departments make “the already mandated Taser use of force reports available to the public immediately after a fatal incident.” Lane attended Stamford public schools before receiving his GED, and then attended Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, where he obtained his certified nursing assistant license.
Naacp Launches Probe Into I-95 Stun Gun Death
By Michael P. Mayko, The News-Times
Fri, 02/26/2016 - 8:15pm
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Topics: Connecticut Fairfield County Danbury
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