Dalian Atkinson dies after being tasered by police

[Jippy]

FORMER Premier League star Dalian Atkinson is reported to have died after being Tasered by police outside his dad’s home.

The ex Aston Villa and Man City star is said to have gone into cardiac arrest after cops were called in the hours of this morning.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1612938/man-dies-after-being-tasered-by-police-in-telford/

Grim news- I remember his goal of the season

 

[pauldyson1uk]

was just about to post this , in shock.
Remember him as a decent player

 

[Rado_N]

WTF

 

[Randall Flagg]

just saw this

im in shock

 

[Raw]

Thats awful

 

[ThanksBoss26]

Bloody hell.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Grim.

 

[balaks]

RIP very sad news

 

[Name Changed]

Awful.

 

[Steven Seagull]

Oh no

 

[DomesticTadpole]

I heard this on the local news, but they didn't say who it was. Terrible.

 

[Galactic]

Tragic. RIP.

How is this possible? I thought it is suppose to be non lethal.

 

[Randall Flagg]

does anyone know what he has been up to in recent years?

its a guy I havent heard about for many years...never seen him as a pundit I dont think

 

[Godfather]

Tragic. RIP.

How is this possible? I thought it is suppose to be non lethal.

Can't be too good for the heart

 

[Rado_N]

does anyone know what he has been up to in recent years?

its a guy I havent heard about for many years...never seen him as a pundit I dont think

I was just thinking this myself, and why the police were called in the first place. Has he had some kind of problems?

 

[JB7]

My home town. Obviously pretty horrendous news, as far as I know he's had his problems over the last few years but obviously you don't expect that kind of reaction when struck by a supposedly non-lethal weapon.

 

[Player Red]

Can't be too good for the heart

Better than a bullet I would imagine.

 

[RedPed]

What the...

 

[yumtum]

Can't be too good for the heart

Clearly.

Also RIP, can't blame the officers yet 'cos it takes quite a lot for them to get any sort of weapons out, sad either way.

 

[RedPed]

Better than a bullet I would imagine.

Yeah the American's weapon of choice! Feckers!

 

[Duafc]

Christ! That's mad.

Very sad however can't help but want to know more details about what he was doing to get tasered.

 

[Ramshock]

what the feck ?

 

[Mal donaghy]

thats a name from the past!! Didn't score tap ins if I recall,scored some belters in the Premiers opening season. Sad

 

[#07]

Unbelievable. Still remember him scoring against us in the 1994 League Cup final. That Villa team wasn't bad for a couple of years was it? Biggest obstacle to us ending the 26 years of hurt. Crazy he's dead.

 

[Jippy]

Christ! That's mad.

Very sad however can't help but want to know more details about what he was doing to get tasered.

Know what you mean- would assume he was acting strangely or in a threatening way, but who knows?

 

[dwd]

Sad news. He's the player I remember my mate pretending to be when playing in the street. RIP

 

[JB08]

What the feck?

Terrible

 

[ChrisNelson]

Jesus. Awful news - RIP.

 

[MancFanFromManc]

VERY sad, on so many levels. Like someone said above, remember his GOTS really well. Always seemed a decent guy to me

 

[Duafc]

Know what you mean- would assume he was acting strangely or in a threatening way, but who knows?

Impossible to say at this stage but your taser is really the last tactical option for an unarmed officer to go for so you would hope he must have been offering violence or armed.

 

[TheNewEra]

Rest in piece, was there any reason to use a taser?

 

[sun_tzu]

RIP

 

[facund]

I have vague, and possibly inaccurate, memories of him from the 'Saint and Greavsie' show that used to be on. Pretty sure they had a sprint off and he was the fastest guy (or one of).

 

[Gazautd18]

Legend that guy.
Always remember him and Saunders causing havoc.
R.I.P

 

[ZAGREB RED]

RIP big guy, that is far too young to die, especially under such terrible circumstances.
THAT goal against Wimbledon.

 

[golden_blunder]

supposedly they tasered him as they feared for the 'safety of an individual'
supposedly it triggered a heart attack

 

[beep]

Scored the opener against us in the 1994 LC final. Was a good quality player.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser_safety_issues

 

[johnny boy]

Terrible news. Rest In Peace.

 

[Sparky_Hughes]

Blimey, he was a good player in the day, I used to sign him as backup to sparky on champ man 93

 

[RexHamilton]

One of my favourite non-United players in the early years of the Premier League. This is sad.