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Cincinnati police officials said a homicide victim's brother was shocked with a Taser and arrested for interfering with the crime scene in College Hill on Friday night.
Officers responded to the 6000 block of Hamilton Avenue for the shooting around 7 p.m. The victim, Giavanni Penman, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police officials said Penman's brother, Carl Storms, 18, entered the crime scene and shrugged off officers trying to restrain him. Responding officers shocked Storms with a Taser and arrested him.
More at link:
https://www.wlwt.com/article/victims-grieving-brother-shocked-with-taser-arrested-at-college-hill-homicide-scene/29598457
WTF?!
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Was that when his sister came to help him, and found him dying, the police grabbed her and confined her in the squad car like SHE was the killer.
Ohio, where grief is illegal?
malaise
(269,093 posts)Many so called cops are KKK monsters
Initech
(100,088 posts)So true.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)and fighting with officers who are trying to escort you out is.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)As with Tamir. They didn't even try to save him.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)The shooter is still at large.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)She "disrupted the crime scene" also.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)Can't begin to imagine the grief he was going through but that doesn't excuse his trying to enter a closed crime scene, potentially disturbing or destroying evidence and then fighting police who were trying to escort him away.
IMO the police's need to secure the scene and gather evidence overrules a grief stricken brother's want to be with his brother's body.
Quackers
(2,256 posts)And reaching for his brother. Thats when he was tased.
That is not how you handle a situation like this. Not at all.
The only article I see that even discusses is it the WLWT piece and that has no reference to him being on his knees crying and reaching for his brother".
Quackers
(2,256 posts)Theres a video there where the reporters interviewed witnesses.
stopdiggin
(11,320 posts)there seems to be a discrepancy in facts (or what is being reported)
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)this poor young man.
But I guess we should be grateful they didn't murder him instead.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)DUers would be mad if the picked him up and carted him off.
In this case I back the cops.