Former Footballer Dies In Tragic Circumstances

[Arthur Little]

Tributes have been paid to English striker, Dalian Robert Atkinson (48) ... who has died after being tasered by police near his father's home in Telford, Shropshire.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37082207

:bigcry: ... RIP

[SimonH]

Terrible turn of events :NoNo:

[stevewool]

Yes terrible , but why was the police called and why was he Tasered too,

[Arthur Little]

According to what I've read since, there had been a disturbance of some sort outside his father's house when the latter had refused him entry. Hardly surprising ... :anerikke: ... if - as has also been reported - Atkinson had, in fact, been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

However, Atkinson's nephew has said his uncle had been undergoing dialysis for a kidney problem ... and, that being the case, :iagree: the treatment, coupled with his illness, may well have put additional strain on his heart, given that cause of death was due to cardiac arrest.

[grahamw48]

It seems to me that tasers are perhaps more suited to the restraining of wild animals than middle-aged human beings, whose health and fitness status is totally unknown. :NoNo: