Mixing tasers and gasoline...

[rforsythe]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8161026.stm

From TFA:

Dennis Eggington, of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, called for an urgent review of Taser use.


Aboriginal people, he said, were often in poor health, which made them particularly vulnerable to stun weapons.


So poor health makes them catch on fire? Umm...

[whitebrad]

guess mebbe they need to drink more water?

[mecham]

sniffing petrol :?

[Shea]

Wow, poor guy. No reason to call into question tasers though.

[dirkterrell]

From the CNN story (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/21/australia.taser.fire/index.html)on it:


While the officer tried to put out the fire, a woman from inside the house threw rocks at him, Munnee said. The officer suffered both burns from the fire and cuts from the rocks.

The man was airlifted to a hospital in the Western Australian capital of Perth, where he is undergoing treatment for severe burns.

Police charged him with assault with intent to prevent arrest and possession of a deleterious substance.
The rock-throwing woman was charged with assaulting a public officer.

"He has an extensive record of very violent behavior toward police and people," Munnee said of the man. "He's not Mother Teresa or the Pope."
Sounds like he was on a path of self-destruction and finally arrived at his destination.

Dirk