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WUSA9 is acquirements new capacity in the afterlife of a woman tased by coped. WUSA
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Natasha McKenna(Photo: mug shot, Fairfax County Police)
FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA9) -- Unsettling advice has been appear apropos the afterlife of a mentally ill woman who died afterwards actuality tasered by sheriff's assembly in the Fairfax County Jail.
Natasha McKenna, 37, wasn't aloof tasered once; she was hit with a amaze gun four times.
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Her ancestors says Natasha was a baby person, alone 120 pounds and they can't accept why bristles assembly reacted to her attrition with such force.
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"Why?" Asked Lisa, a accessory of McKenna's. Lisa says Natasha had a history of brainy illness, but did not deserve to be tasered.
"Its not actionable to be mentally ill," said Pete Earley who has accounting books about the analysis of mentally ill people. "This is addition who bare advice for her brainy illness, she didn't allegation punishment, and she concluded up dead," Early explained.
Early says instead of allowance McKenna, they put her in abreast for a week. They were attempting to alteration her to the Alexandria bastille back she became combative.
Early additionally says assembly absitively not to delay for the CSB (community casework board) agent who works at the bastille and is declared to advice bodies with brainy illness.
Natasha McKenna was arrested by a Fairfax County badge administrator on January 26 afterwards she claimed she was assaulted and alleged police, according to a badge spokeswoman. Back badge arrived, they apparent there was an outstanding accreditation for her arrest in Alexandria for assaulting a badge officer.
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The Fairfax County Sheriff and the Association Casework Lath say they cannot acknowledgment specific advice on this adventure because it's beneath investigation.
That analysis is actuality conducted by the Fairfax County Badge Department. But sources acquaint WUSA9 that in the hours afterwards the incident, detectives were not accustomed in the allowance breadth the tasing happened.
The Office of the Medical Examiner has conducted an dissection and is apprehension toxicology and anatomy tests above-mentioned to free the annual of death.
The baleful adventure is accepted to appear up at the behavioral bloom Oversight Committee of the Association Casework Lath affair Wednesday night. It begins at 7:30 at the Fairfax County government center.
Here is the annual from Alexandria badge from which McKenna's advance allegation was filed:
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On January 15, 2015, at 4:18 p.m., admiral were accomplished to Hertz Rental Car, 501 S. Pickett Street, for letters of a chump actuality confusing and acting strangely. The aboriginal administrator to access on the arena encountered Ms. McKenna, of no anchored address. Afterwards speaking with the administrator for a few minutes, McKenna ran from this breadth in the administration of the BMW dealership, amid at 499 S. Pickett Street. Based on the appointment and interviews from agents at Hertz, the administrator believed McKenna may accept brainy bloom issues.
Another administrator accustomed and empiric McKenna walking appear the Home Depot on Pickett Street. The administrator absent afterimage of the accountable and, afterwards a 30 minute search, the admiral begin McKenna at the Home Depot. They attempted to booty her into aegis for an automatic Temporary Detention Order (TDO), however, McKenna ran from the admiral again.
Additional admiral acknowledge to the breadth and were able to bolt Ms. McKenna, who connected to abide their attempts to booty her into custody. She punched one of the admiral in the face. Another administrator deployed OC Spray and the three concluded up angry on the ground. Other admiral accustomed and placed McKenna in custody. A clump abstemiousness accessory was activated due to her continuing to struggle. While cat-and-mouse for EMS cadre to acknowledge to accomplish a ablution bottomward of the OC, McKenna attempted to chaw the admiral and a discharge beat (device to anticipate spitting and biting) was activated to anticipate her from continuing this behavior. EMS accustomed and transported McKenna to INOVA Alexandria Hospital. While at the hospital, a Medical Detention Order was acquired and executed. On January 16, the admiral transferred aegis of McKenna to the medical and aegis agents at Inova Alexandria Hospital.
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