TASER

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The electric discharge from an Osceola County deputy firing his Taser caused a fire that injured three deputies and caused another man to be burned on more than 75% of his body, according to a report completed by the state fire marshal this week. The report says Osceola County deputies were in a vehicle pursuit attempting to stop a man on a dirt bike prior to the fire on Feb. 27 at a Wawa in Orange County located at John Young and Central Florida parkways. Surveillance video from the incident shows an Osceola County deputy tackling a man, identified as Jean Louis Barreto Baerga, filling up his dirt bike with gas. READ: Stun gun used during arrest led to gas station fire that burned 3 deputies, suspect, witnesses sayThe fire caused minor injuries to two deputies, and third-degree burns to another deputy. According to the fire marshal’s report, Barreto Baerga was burned on 76% of his body and was not expected to survive.

Patrick Lyoya was fatally shot by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan this month.

Videos released Wednesday show a Grand Rapids, Mich., police officer shoot Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old Black man, on a residential lawn.

The shooting of an apparently unarmed black man on 4 April in Michigan has led to protests.

Video shows a Tennessee police officer use a Taser on an unarmed DoorDash driver after he asks for the officer's supervisor and refuses to get out of his car.

New details reveal what led up to a fight involving Markeith Loyd in the Orange County jail with corrections officers.

The former suburban Minneapolis officer’s testimony comes as prosecutors formally rested their case after a week of testimony, including from Potter’s former colleagues who told the jury about her extensive training in the use of Tasers, which included warnings about the dangers of mistaking a handgun for a stun gun.

Prosecutors rested their case Thursday against Kim Potter who is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Daunte Wright.

Prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Potter, 49, who is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the killing of Wright. and "Taser, Taser, Taser!" After Potter shot Wright, his car took off and crashed seconds later into an oncoming vehicle, hurting several people. In Wright's case, two other officers were trying to get him out of the car when Potter shot him. ___Find the AP's full coverage of the Daunte Wright case: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-daunte-wrightCopyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Daunte Wright Officer Trial Family attorney Jeff Storms, left, accompanies the family of Daunte Wright as they arrive at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, as opening statements begin in the trial for former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter. The shooting roiled the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center for days just as former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was on trial in George Floyd’s death. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opening statements began Wednesday at the manslaughter trial of the Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright. Potter’s body-camera video recorded her shouting “Taser, Taser, Taser” and “I’ll tase you” before she fired once with her handgun. ___Find the AP's full coverage of the Daunte Wright case: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-daunte-wrightCopyright 2021 The Associated Press.

Black people are more likely to face a Taser, a report from the independent police watchdog finds.

PC Benjamin Monk said he "thought we had had it" when he discharged a Taser at Dalian Atkinson.

PC Benjamin Monk is on trial accused of murdering ex-Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson in 2016.

A white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb and the city’s chief of police resigned Tuesday.

Police say Brooklyn Center officer meant to draw Taser, not handgun; Hideki Matsuyama becomes first male Japanese player to win the Masters

Police have released bodycam video of the shooting that killed Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.

The fatal shooting of Daunte Wright was an accidental discharge, police said. The officer who shot the 20-year-old Black man meant to pull her Taser instead of her gun, according to the Brooklyn Center police chief. Omar Villafranca reports.

Witnesses said a man was smoking at a customer service counter past the security checkpoint after a flight from Orlando. John Huston, who recorded the dramatic arrest, heard the man yelling at airport workers. The pair falls to the ground and as police begin to subdue the man, he begins biting at the officers and attempts to reach for the officer’s gun. Larry Lazar, a traveler from St. Louis, was one of the men who stepped in to help the officers hold the man down. The man was identified as Jerome Toson Jr. Toson was arrested, taken to a hospital and later taken to jail.

"Sunday Morning" pays homage to aerospace scientist Jack Cover, who died seven years ago today, who is best known for his invention: a weapon that shoots electricity. Charles Osgood reports.