Taser was ineffective, expert testifies at officer’s trial

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A police expert has testified that an Omaha police officer’s stun gun didn’t function correctly when he used it to try to subdue a mentally ill man.
Omaha Officer Dave Staskiewicz (STASS’-koh-wihtz) testified Monday at the trial of Scotty Payne, who is charged with felony assault in the June 5, 2017, death of 29-year-old Zachary Bearheels.
Staskiewicz says that although Payne pulled the Taser trigger 12 times, the two prongs did not attach to Bearheels