Mother of teen hit with Taser 16 times plans to sue [View All]

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Associated Press
Mar. 6, 2005 11:45 AM

PORTAGE, Ind. - A woman says police shocked her teenage son 16 times with a stun gun, causing him to temporarily lose his memory, and she plans to seek damages. <snip>

Davis said her son, Jim Wring, 18, still does not remember anything except blinding flashes of pain from the night of Nov. 2. She also said her son, who was hospitalized for three days, did not recognize her until the afternoon after his run-in with police. <snip>

Portage police went to the home of a friend of Wring's after a caller reported that he was choking. Police reports said Wring was acting strangely and would not cooperate with officers. <snip>

Hospital toxicology tests showed Wring had not taken drugs, and doctors later concluded that Wring's strange behavior was an episode of hypoxic encephalopathy caused by choking, the Post-Tribune of Merrillville reported. <snip>

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