Dalian Atkinson

[Swipe]

All over Twitter that he's died after being tasered by police.

[libero]

Just got a notification from Sky News.

 

RIP

[Nerik]

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/former-footballer-dalian-atkinson-dies-11749879#ICID=FB-Liv-main

[muleskinner]

That's really sad. He used to live in a village that friends of my mum had a shop in, he was a bit of a head case apparently and had a few issues over the years, getting in a bit of a mess.

[dorgie]

Wow.

RIP Dalian Atkinson

[PhilM]

It was a while back, but I remember him being a pretty decent footballer. Didn't he score a goal in the early days of the Premier League where he went past half of their team. It was against someone s**** like Notts County, or Oldham, or some such early 90s cannon fodder.

 

Edit: Oh yeah, it was Wimbledon. There's a Youtube in that link to the Echo site above.

Edited August 15, 2016 by philmatthews

[whitewidow]

Blimey. How sad, for him and all his and also the copper.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

It was a while back, but I remember him being a pretty decent footballer. Didn't he score a goal in the early days of the Premier League where he went past half of their team. It was against someone s**** like Notts County, or Oldham, or some such early 90s cannon fodder.

 

Edit: Oh yeah, it was Wimbledon. There's a Youtube in that link to the Echo site above.

 

Wimbledon I read - goal of the season

[smithdown]

Not good this. Tasers kill.

[Earl Hafler]

It's both tragic and worrying.

[Falconhoof]

How many people have the police killed now, with these non lethal taser policing methods ?

 

RIP

[Des]

Blimey. How sad, for him and all his and also the copper.

 

I feel a bit less sad for the copper, like.

[whitewidow]

I feel a bit less sad for the copper, like.

six of one....

 

have to live with themselves knowing they caused a death

[Des]

I think we should wait until the facts are in before apportioning sympathy.

[psl]

six of one....

 

have to live with themselves knowing they caused a death

Six of one? You kidding? One of the two parties is still alive.

[Conrad]

kicking him according to an eye witness

 

just horrible

[whitewidow]

Didn't know that. Sorry.

[Billy Dane]

kicking him according to an eye witness

 

just horrible

 

Saw her being interviewed on BBC. The BBC reporter was quick to point out they'd spoken to other witnesses/neighbours and couldn't find anyone else to back up her story. Don't know why she'd be making it up though.

[Cheesecake]

yeah it seems there is a lot more to this that just he was tasered by the police. How long does a taser effect last? I assume you are not getting up of the ground 30 seconds later, I would imagine your on your backside for a good hour or more.

 

Eye witness video interview here

 

http://www.independent.ie/videos/world-news/dalian-atkinson-eyewitness-claims-when-he-was-down-police-kept-on-tasering-him-34966816.html

[New York Red]

Not good this. Tasers kill.

It would be a better idea to use those guns that should some sort of epoxy sticky stuff. I saw it on the Discovery Channel. Seriously. It looked like a really good alternative.

[Bailo]

It would be a better idea to use those guns that should some sort of epoxy sticky stuff. I saw it on the Discovery Channel. Seriously. It looked like a really good alternative.

Until it gets in someone's eyes or mouth or nostrils.

[Cam]

guns that should some sort of epoxy sticky stuff.

Are you thinking of Ghostbusters?

[kop205]

Are you thinking of Ghostbusters?

Bugsy Malone

[Cam]

Ha! That's the one.

[drdooom]

Are you thinking of Ghostbusters?

 

Spider Man.