Blind Man Tasered, Police Mistake Cane For Gun
UK police tasered a blind man with 50,000 volts for failing to drop his walking stick at a railway station in Manchester, northwest England. Greater Manchester Police responded to a call on Thursday night that a middle-aged man was carrying a gun waiting on a platform at Levenshulme railway station. The innocent man was later offered a cola by the police. RT.com reports: When the blind man failed to respond to demands that he lower his “weapon,” officers shot him with a high powered stun gun.