Tuesday, April 29, 2008

North Carolina: Suspect killed by police after tasering during traffic stop

The man who was Maced and stunned with a Taser by Greensboro police during a traffic stop last Tuesday died Sunday at Moses Cone Hospital.

Police said Paul Thompson ate an unidentified drug before Greensboro police pulled his vehicle over on Interstate 85 near Rehobeth Church Road and was Maced and stunned with a Taser after he struggled with the officer.

EMS units then arrived and transported Thompson to Moses Cone Hospital, where he initially was in a coma.

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