A man died in Seat Pleasant, Md. on Saturday afternoon after he was subdued by officers during a confrontation, handcuffed, and then tasered after he was already restrained. The Post has more details on the story of how Marcus D. Skinner, 22, received two Taser shocks, one from each of two officers on the scene, a Fairmount Heights officer and a Prince George’s County officer. Skinner had been combative with the officers even after he was handcuffed, reportedly spitting on the officers and perhaps trying to kick them.

Skinner’s sister, Jamala Smith, 30, accuses the officers involved of endangering Skinner’s life by using the Taser.”They could have used pepper spray, a baton, anything but a Taser,” she told the Post. Prince George’s police and officials with the state’s attorney’s office are investigating the circumstances around the death.

Recently, a federal judge acquitted the police chief of Colonial Beach, Va. and one of his sergeants on civil rights charges stemming from the alleged unnecessary use of an electronic stun gun on two men. The U.S. Department of Justice is currently launching an investigation into Taser-related fatalities. Close to 200 people have died after being Tasered in the United States since they were first made available.

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