Columbia police review Taser use after bridge fall

Monday, July 28, 2008

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -- The use of Tasers by city police is under heightened scrutiny after a man who threatened to jump off a pedestrian bridge above Interstate 70 was instead severely injured in a Taser-induced fall.

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