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California Police Tase Wheelchair-Bound Man with No Legs

HeadlineSep 22, 2009

The Merced Police Department in California is investigating reports that officers twice used a Taser on an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man with no legs. Forty-year-old Gregory Williams is a double amputee. After Williams was tased, he was held for six days in jail, but no charges have been filed against him yet. Williams is African American. Both officers in the case are white.

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