[DGthe3]

I cannot think of any reason for tasering a guy 19 times. Like tag said, once or twice, maybe in super extreme situations 3 times. But 5? 10?! 19?!?!? To a guy that turns out to have a broken back? How threatening could he have been. Unless he clearly had a gun, there isn't a whole lot he could have done.

As for his statements, well we seem to have cops that are trigger happy with their tasers. Its unfortunate but it happens. It is reasonable to conclude that they could have at least misinterpreted what this kid said, or that kid could have simply hated cops. Also, when did he say those things? Was it after being tasered 10 times? I'd probalby be making a few threatening statements at that point if I was still concious. Just a few things that came to my mind