17 Year-Old Dies After Being Tasered

He wanted Jesus:

Police officers responded around 8:56 p.m. Saturday to the 600 block of South State Street to find a man holding a Bible and a cordless phone yelling, “I want Jesus!” The subject was later identified as Holyfield. Officers attempted to speak to Holyfield, but he became combative toward officers and would not respond to verbal commands, police said. Holyfield was warned several times to stop being combative or risk being Tasered, police said. Even after the device was initially used, Holyfield continued to be combative and rolled around, dislodging the Taser probes. Holyfield continued to resist officers and the Taser was deployed a second time. Holyfield then physically pulled the probes out, police said.


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