Different kind of Taser story...

[ceetee]

Daytona man set on fire after Taser hits lighter

DAYTONA BEACH -- Dennis Crouch had already slashed himself. And when he refused to drop his knife, Daytona Beach police Officer Betsy Cassidy decided she had no choice.

"Taser! Taser!" Cassidy shouted as she sent a two-pronged wire, packing 50,000 volts, at Crouch's chest. What happened next stunned everyone.

A Taser probe pierced the pocket of his khaki shirt -- and ignited the butane lighter inside. Cassidy's pocket exploded in flames.

"The subject," recounted Sgt. Al Tolley in a subsequent report, "immediately dropped the knife."

Gee... Ya reckon?

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[Bob R]

I love a funny story with a happy ending!!

bob

 

[Kevlarman]

It's no joke!
I've read reports of suspect who have been previously been sprayed with Mace and then had a Taser used on them, which ignited their alcohol-soaked clothes.

FWIW, I've been able to ignite alcohol-soaked tissue paper with my Nova stungun, which is "only" 80kV.

 

[KriegHund]

"You're burning my minutes," he said about his cell phone. "It's not 9 o'clock yet."

Strangeness.

Mace and then a tazer sounds a bit vile.

 

[twency]

"Taser! Taser!" Cassidy shouted as she sent a two-pronged wire, packing 50,000 volts, at Crouch's chest.

Is that like shouting "Gat! Gat!" while shooting someone?


-twency

 

[geekWithA.45]

Shouting "Taser" is probably akin to shouting "clear!" before defibrillating someone.

You don't want anyone else who might be touching the target to get zapped.

 

[CrisOR]

And then there's this:

"He stuck the knife in his belly, ma'am, so I thought that was the time to call you," the friend told a 911 dispatcher during a 14-minute call. "And he was bleeding, so I said, `Well, I can't put up with this.'"​