DAYTONA BEACH · Dennis Crouch had already slashed himself. And when he refused to drop his knife, Daytona Beach police Officer Betsy Cassidy decided she had no choice."Taser! Taser!" Cassidy shouted as she sent a two-pronged wire, packing 50,000 volts, at Crouch's chest. What happened next stunned everyone.
A Taser probe pierced the pocket of his khaki shirt -- and ignited the butane lighter inside. Cassidy's pocket exploded in flames.
"The subject," recounted Sgt. Al Tolley in a subsequent report, "immediately dropped the knife."
Sgt. Tolley needs to be hired as a reporter for a national media outlet. No fluff, no bias, simply the incredibly obvious facts: When a suspect explodes in flames they "immediately drop the knife."
I mean my first thought was, did the suspect lunge at the cops? Yell, "Flame On", and dive into the sky? Or even simply stand his ground? Thanks to Sgt. Tolley I don't need to guess. Who would have known that after being hit with 50,000 volts and exploding in flames the suspect would drop the knife?
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