Police say while they were trying to put Buckner in the van, he got combative with Erlanger and Hamilton County corrections officers. They wound up shocking him with a Taser. Once they subdued him, officers then loaded the 53-year-old into the van.But when they got to Moccasin Bend, Buckner was unresponsive. Officers drove him back to Erlanger. He was pronounced dead.
I gotta wonder about the training of the corrections officers, as well as the hospital security involved.
One thing's for sure ..... someone needs to make the authorities know that less-lethal is still lethal. I just hope it's not an expensive lesson.
Update: A witness comes forward, and disputes the narrative:
The witness tells us she was at the hospital that day, waiting on family member who was receiving treatment, when she saw a man being escorted out of the west wing door by a man and a woman.
The witness says she saw Buckner fall to his knees and the woman holding him began asking him, "Why are you doing this?"
More details come out, including the identity of one of the officers, and how he was on a hospital police force in the first place:
NewsChannel 9 has learned that Webb was fired from the Chattanooga Police Department in 2005 after he stunned a suspect in handcuffs.
I'm seeing this more than usual, since it's sorta in my area - stay tuned!
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