Police Taser Aston Villa Footballer Dailan Atkinson To Death

Former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson has died after being tasered to death by UK police near his father’s home in Telford.  Atkinson was hit with 50,000 volts of electricity at 1.30am on Monday after officer responded to reports of concerns for a person’s safety. He was pronounced dead just 90 minutes later. Theguardian.com reports: The incident was automatically referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) because it involved a death caused by police officers. West Mercia police said it was assisting the IPCC and was unable to comment further. The IPCC confirmed it had launched an investigation. In a statement it said: “At this stage the IPCC is aware a Taser was used on the man before he became ill. The ambulance service attended but the man later died. “IPCC investigators are at the scene gathering the available information and are attending the post-incident procedures to supervise the recovery of initial evidence. “The IPCC is conducting a full and thorough investigation into all of the circumstances surrounding his death including the use of force.” Forensic officers were at the scene on Monday and Meadow Close remained cordoned off. Neighbours said the former footballer had made frequent visits in [...]