Boy shouting "I want Jesus" Tasered, dies

A 17-year-old boy carrying a Bible and shouting ''I want Jesus'' was shot twice with a stun gun by Jerseyville, IL, police and later died at a St. Louis hospital. Police in Jerseyville, about 40 miles north of St. Louis, said they were sorry expressed sympathy and then said they weren't going to say anything else.
Police had used Tasers more than 70,000 times as of last year, Congress' Government Accountability Office said. Report
Amnesty International has urged police departments to suspend the use of Tasers pending more study. Taser International said the group's count was flawed and falsely linked deaths to Taser use when there has been no such official conclusion.