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Police Use A Taser On An 82-Year-Old Man
Posted Wednesday, June 22, 2005 ; 10:12 PM | View Comments | Post Comment

Now The FBI Has Been Called In To Investigate The Entire Incident

Story by D.K. Wright
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On Saturday morning 82-year old Alfred Jim Edwards reportedly urinated in Martins Ferry's City Park. Police say they questioned him about the urinating, and he started to walk away several times....and finally they say he resisted arrest. Police then used a taser on the man. Edwards' family says he has dementia and he was frightened and confused, but never combative. Martins Ferry Police Chief Barry Carpenter called the FBI in to investigate, and they say if they find there was excessive force or civil rights violations, the officer will face discipline.

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