Oct 07, 2008 04:30 AM Dale Anne Freed Staff Reporter
A 43-year-old physically and mentally disabled North York man and his family are suing several police officers, including members of the Emergency Task Force, and the Toronto Police Services Board for more than $9 million in damages after he was hit with a Taser in his bedroom.
According to the lawsuit filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, George Lochner was in his second-floor bedroom when emergency task force officers came looking for his brother Silvano, who was wanted for allegedly threatening to assault his neighbour with a sledgehammer.
I'm not obsessed with Tasers but it seems to me that the use of them is growing. And the situations they are used in seem to be more and more bizarre. What will it take for a more sensible Taser policy? This article hints at one possibility. Tom
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