Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Mentally disabled teen in Philadelphia dies after police taser...

Patrick Johnson's grandmother apparently had her hands full with the 19-year-old who family members say had the mental capacity of a 5-year-old; at least a dozen times this year she called 911 when he "acted up" and she couldn't calm him down on her own, just as she did Thursday afternoon.

But Thursday's call would end with Johnson dead, and questions about excessive police force.

According to police, at around 12:30 Thursday afternoon, two 911 calls, one by Johnson himself, were made to report a "person with a weapon." When police arrived they found an agitated Johnson pacing back and forth from the house into the front yard. Police say he was breaking things and grabbing sticks or tree branches, which he tried to set on fire by using the kitchen stove, according to CBS affiliate KYW. More...

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