KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday fired two officers for allegedly misusing a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed man last year. Police Chief Jim Corwin had recommended that the officers, David Easley and Matthew Howell, be fired and a hearing was held last week. A camera in a patrol car recorded the officers arresting a suspected car thief on Aug. 10, 2004. When the 24-year-old Kansas City man tried to run from police, Howell fired a Taser -- which stuns a person
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Board of Police Commissioners on Thursday fired two officers for allegedly misusing a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed man last year. Police Chief Jim Corwin had recommended that the officers, David Easley and Matthew Howell, be fired and a hearing was held last week. A camera in a patrol car recorded the officers arresting a suspected car thief on Aug. 10, 2004. When the 24-year-old Kansas City man tried to run from police, Howell fired a Taser -- which stuns a person