Florida man 'cooked alive' after deputy's stun gun ignites gasoline at Wawa station, lawyers say

[Jilly_in_VA]

Lawyers for a Florida man say he continues to fight for his life after he was “cooked alive” earlier this year, when a sheriff’s deputy allegedly shot him with a stun gun while the man was covered in gasoline from having fueled his dirt bike.

Jean Barreto, 26, suffered third-degree burns on 75 percent of his body during a Feb. 27 incident at a Wawa gas station in Orlando, according to a Wednesday statement from the NeJame Law group.

A deputy with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office allegedly tackled Barreto from behind, knocking him and his dirt bike to the ground and spilling gas, the statement said.

At least three other deputies then appeared, Barreto’s attorneys said, one of whom used a stun gun on Barreto.

Deploying the weapon engulfed “almost his entire body in flames and approximately half of the other deputy’s as well,” the lawyers said.

“This fireball, caused by the reckless, foolish, unnecessary" use of the stun gun, the statement said, led to "the horrific explosion, engulfing the two of them and injuring 2 other deputies with minor burns.”

The sheriff's office did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-cooked-alive-deputys-stun-gun-ignites-gasoline-wawa-statio-rcna29414
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How goddam STUPID do you have to be to fire a taser around gasoline?

[dchill]

1. How goddam STUPID? Florida cop stupid. That's how stupid.

[Javaman]

2. There's no stupid like Florida stupid nt

[BlackSkimmer]

3. Ya know, I bet we could find plenty of other stupid stories from many states.

I love the regional prejudice that supposed “progressives” here so often demonstrate.

What state do you live in Javaman? Let me see if I can find some stupid stories from your state.

[Javaman]

4. Oh believe me, i know stupid, I live in Texas

There’s Texas stupid for sure. But we usually go with really big stupid not the artisanal stupid that Florida seems to be really good at 😁

[BlackSkimmer]

5. Well, here's the thing.

I lived in Florida for many, many years. I lived in Orlando and then in Key West.

Rarely did I meet a native Floridian. Most were transplants from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and New England.

I very rarely met any southerners who had moved there. I’m from NC, and I only met a few others who’d moved from there.

Florida is full of people from a bunch of other states, mostly tfg states, so when people laugh at Florida - consider the source.

[pecosbob]

7. So is Texas...full of people from other states that moved there for work

The mass immigration of midwesterners in the 80s and 90s ruined the state. It used to be a friendly place...racist as hell, but friendly. Seems that every idiot that moves there wants to be more Texan than Texans.

[Javaman]

9. So what your telling me then is

Florida is the melting pot of stupid 😂😂😂

[Lucid Dreamer]

6. Somebody forgot to read the instruction book.

General: Tasers
This policy provides officers with the requirements and guidelines for the use of the X-2 Taser electronic control
device.

Consistent with this department's policy of using only the level of force reasonable and necessary to control or
otherwise subdue violent or potentially violent individuals, the department authorizes the use of the Taser by
designated officers with this department. The primary purpose for employing the Taser is to protect human lives
and prevent injury to officers and citizens. All employees who are authorized to carry Tasers and use force when
necessary shall become familiar with the following guidelines for the Taser.
...

3. The Taser has the ability to ignite flammable liquids.
It will not be deployed at subjects who have come
into contact with flammables or in environments where flammables are obviously present.
Never deploy the Taser in highly flammable environments such as methamphetamine labs.
...

[JI7]

8. Why were the cops after him ?

[Lucid Dreamer]

10. "Deputies said he was part of a group of motorcyclists who had pointed a gun..."

Surveillance video from the Wawa captured the moment an Osceola County deputy tackled Barreto off his bike at a gas pump. Deputies said he was part of a group of motorcyclists who had pointed a gun at and harassed other drivers.

The state fire marshal said the deputy’s Taser sparked the fire that left Barreto in critical condition.

More at:
https://sports.yahoo.com/family-man-burned-gas-station-221853294.html

[lpbk2713]

11. Whoever deployed the weapon was obviously not qualified to use it.

The officer, his supervisors and the sheriff are therefore all responsible for inflicting serious bodily harm.

[DFW]

12. So, in Orlando to "SERVE" and protect means

"Sir, would you prefer to be grilled or roasted?"