Taser-hit man burst into flames

Please come ta Boston in th' Springtime.... oops, wrong thread.

This happened in an episode of CSI I saw.

I thought the fuzz was supposed to shoot people in the leg, not in their face where they have a beard rolled in gasoline. If they had shot him in the kneecap that would've knocked out the entire leg nerve instantly and he would've stopped running. Like an instant funny bone.

I can see how an electrical charge could ignite on a man doused in flammable fuel. This isn't the only case of a petrol-soaked criminal going flambé, which leads me to believe these perps do it on purpose. Maybe they hope the taser will set off a reaction to get them sympathy from a judge. Then again, that could be giving them too much credit for actually formulating a plan. Morons.

While I agree that there should be an alternative method to zapping someone who smells like gasoline, I don't really know what that alternative would be. Shoot beanbags at them? Any method to subdue is going to pose some sort of risk, but the least life-threatening option possible should be considered, whatever that may be.

Ronald: DON'T TASE ME BRO
Officer: I'M NOT YOUR BRO, FRIEND

All a simple miscalculation in relationship status.
Damn Will Wright! Damn you! Why did you release buggy code?! THE HORROR

All these people should be at home watching Bonanza and none a this stuff would happen to them. Bong out everybody and.... use less crude oil. Everybody don't drive anywhere on the weekends. Stop popping popcorn. Put down the lethal cigarette lighters too.

And stop wearing blue clothes.

But in the cops' defense, the man was a freedom hater.

Had to be stopped.

too bad he is not a pothead,

It's weird how some people seem to believe that the police should be expected to put their lives on the line in order to protect the life of somebody who is trying to kill them.

It's the Oil that done it!

Stop drilling stop People Exploding everywhere.

ha, farkworthy

aint the cops fault the dumbass was stupid

I hope the guy feels better, but the cops must have scared to death. I mean if I see a man running to me with gasoline in one hand and a cigarette lighter in his other hand, even though he sees that I am from the police, man, I am going to defend myself. Period.

If you spray a perp with pepper or mace, and then taze them, there's a 50% chance they'll catch fire....straight from the mouth of a Cincinnati cop

hmmm petrol sniffers are the new wave of violent and uncontrolable crime the tasers were meant to be used on......... makes sense dont it.....

Who are the real criminals?

aboriginal community huh...so what your saying is...he was brown...RACISM!

A little more training needed . If you smell flammable liquid , use alternate methods .

why are so many of the posts to this blaming the police...they tried to use a non-lethal way of subduing a man who was high on petrol...the fact that petrol was all over his face and he had a lighter in his hand makes this the perps fault and his alone...i do hope he has a quick recovery and learns that
sniffing petrol
+ lighter
+ and a taser
= 3rd degree burns for losers

It's possible the lighter was a Zippo, and was already lit with the intention of throwing the gas. Once hit with the taser, gas would have gone everywhere, thus hitting the open flame and igniting.

A taser that fires electrodes (vs one you have to press against the victim) would not emit sparks, as the electrodes would be too far from one another. Electricity, by itself, cannot start a fire. It must cause a spark.

The thing about this incident is, there are not enough details coming forward from the witnesses to really know why the fire started.

a deadly weapon masquerading as an alternate form to subdue citizens.
Subduing citizens does not give the right for police to accidently kill so many citizens

Not to be rude, but that is fucking hilarious! I feel really bad for the dude, but thats what you get for sniffing petrol. You get tazed and lit on fire. He must have been really crazy to sniff that shit though. Who does that?

Wow. Spontaneous combustion down under.

Oops, I guess they never got the training that petrol is flammable and tazer's emit sparks .. who knew?..dumb shit .. but if you come at me with a orange juice can of fuel and a lighter in the other hand you might not have time for a less convenient bullet.

DUDE! That happened on CSI!

OH no the tazer would never start a fire what with all the sparks and all. that would never start a fire. Hell just let the retard burn his brain up. then he will die and the problem will fix itsself. Let ALL them little huffers do all the huffing they want It will help with populatin control darwin would be Proud of these brainless morons.

So they think the guy started himself on fire while getting zapped huh? People cannot even control their legs well enough to stand up while getting tazed. How did this guy have the motor skills to use a lighter? HHmmm? Sounds like the cops trying to pass the buck on this one.

Holy Shit!