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Chelsea Bridge: Man Tasered In Critical Condition after River Thames Fall
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<p>A man is in a critical condition after being Tasered by police and falling in the River Thames.</p>
<p>Police were called to reports of a man armed with a screwdriver and shouting on Chelsea Bridge Road, in Chelsea, just after 09:00 BST on Saturday.</p>
<p>Officers challenged a man in his 40s before shooting him with a Taser. He then fell into the river.</p>
<p>The man is in a critical condition in hospital and an internal investigation has been launched by the Met Police.</p>
<p>A Met spokesman said shooting the man with a Taser "did not enable the officers to safely detain him" and he "subsequently entered the river".</p>
<p>Video shared online shows two officers confronting the man, who falls to the ground after the Taser is discharged.</p>
<p>He eventually gets up and runs to the side of the bridge, and is seen to pull himself over the edge before either officer can reach him.</p>
<p>The spokesman said: "A rescue operation was immediately organised.</p>
<p>"The man was rescued from the water by the RNLI and taken to hospital, where his condition has been assessed as critical."</p>
<p>Police are trying to reach the man's family to offer them support from specialist officers.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the force's Directorate of Professional Standards is probing the circumstances and the Met has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).</p>
<p>Det Ch Insp Rory Wilkinson said: "My thoughts are with this man, who is extremely unwell in hospital.</p>
<p>"Officers are making every effort to make contact with his family.</p>
<p>"I understand that there are always concerns about incidents in which people come to harm having been in contact with police.</p>
<p>"All Met officers know that they are accountable for their actions, and a full investigation is under way to establish exactly what happened."</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the IOPC confirmed an independent investigation is under way.</p>
<p>She said: "Investigators have been deployed to their post-incident procedure and the scene."</p>
<p>Police were called to reports of a man armed with a screwdriver and shouting on Chelsea Bridge Road, in Chelsea, just after 09:00 BST on Saturday.</p>
<p>Officers challenged a man in his 40s before shooting him with a Taser. He then fell into the river.</p>
<p>The man is in a critical condition in hospital and an internal investigation has been launched by the Met Police.</p>
<p>A Met spokesman said shooting the man with a Taser "did not enable the officers to safely detain him" and he "subsequently entered the river".</p>
<p>Video shared online shows two officers confronting the man, who falls to the ground after the Taser is discharged.</p>
<p>He eventually gets up and runs to the side of the bridge, and is seen to pull himself over the edge before either officer can reach him.</p>
<p>The spokesman said: "A rescue operation was immediately organised.</p>
<p>"The man was rescued from the water by the RNLI and taken to hospital, where his condition has been assessed as critical."</p>
<p>Police are trying to reach the man's family to offer them support from specialist officers.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the force's Directorate of Professional Standards is probing the circumstances and the Met has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).</p>
<p>Det Ch Insp Rory Wilkinson said: "My thoughts are with this man, who is extremely unwell in hospital.</p>
<p>"Officers are making every effort to make contact with his family.</p>
<p>"I understand that there are always concerns about incidents in which people come to harm having been in contact with police.</p>
<p>"All Met officers know that they are accountable for their actions, and a full investigation is under way to establish exactly what happened."</p>
<p>A spokeswoman for the IOPC confirmed an independent investigation is under way.</p>
<p>She said: "Investigators have been deployed to their post-incident procedure and the scene."</p>
Catweazletje 1 year ago
«I would not call that a fall. I'd call it a jump. So why interrogate the bloody idiot at all?»
LordTorquemada 1 year ago
«That's not a taser, that's a plug in remote control, clear case of murder.»
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