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Ronald Mitchell in flames after Taser strike

Taser

Armed ... a police officer prepares to deploy a Taser gun / File

Man engulfed in flames after Taser used
Had been petrol-sniffing, says family
Suffers burns to 20 per cent of body

A MAN from a remote western desert community was last night being airlifted to a Perth hospital after he was shot by police with a Taser gun and engulfed in flames.

The incident happened about midday yesterday at the West Australian community of Warburton after police went to a house where Ronald Mitchell and others were sniffing petrol.

via news.com.au

I think its pretty damn obvious peoples. Electricity sparks and petrol fumes DO NOT MIX well!

Next we will see signs at Petrol Stations - Do Not Use Tasers while refuelling!

It is sad that this happens, but when you have a raging full-grown man hurtling toward you with a can of petrol, there are not many options. At least, with this, he was not a victim of the "shoot to kill" mentality we have seen so often in the past from Police.

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