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Florida man "cooked alive" after deputy's taser ignites fuel at gas station, lawyers say
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:04 pm
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Attorneys for a Florida man say he is still fighting for his life after being "cooked alive" in February when a sheriff's deputy allegedly deployed a taser while the man was covered in gas while fueling his motorbike. Jean Barreto, 26, has third-degree burns over 75% of his body, his lawyers said Wednesday.
CBS Miami reports that surveillance video from the February 27 incident shows flames erupting near one of the pumps as deputies tried to take Beretta into custody at the Wawa station.
The sheriff's office said deputies tried to arrest Beretta because he was part of a group of bikers who were pointing guns at people in the county. During a traffic stop, they said Beretta fled but deputies caught up with him at the Wawa.
A witness at the gas station said he heard a taser being deployed, but Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez has not confirmed that one was used, CBS Miami reported. However, a Fire Marshal's Office report concluded, that "the most probable cause of the fire was an electric discharge from the deputies deploying a department-issued Taser device."
Beretta's attorney Mark Nejame says his client was "bum-rushed from behind" by the sheriff's deputy, and his dirt bike fell over, spilling gas on Barreto and the deputy. His lawyers say at three more deputies arrived and one of them "proceeded to employ the use of a taser on Mr. Barreto, engulfing almost his entire body in flames and approximately half of the other deputy's as well."
"While being cooked alive, Mr. Barreto sustained third degree burns on approximately 75% of his body, front and back from his feet to the bottom of his neck," Nejame said.
Barreto, who spent 10 weeks in the hospital, is still undergoing "excruciating" treatment and was expected to be placed in a medically induced coma this week to undergo debridement, his lawyer said.
Nejame called for more transparency and accountability from the sheriff's office and said he would request that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement take over the investigation.
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Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:07 pm to John88
This should be standard procedure for low life thugs.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:07 pm to John88
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Attorneys for a Florida man say he is still fighting for his life after being "cooked alive" in February when a sheriff's deputy allegedly deployed a taser while the man was covered in gas while fueling his motorbike. Jean Barreto, 26, has third-degree burns over 75% of his body, his lawyers said Wednesday.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:07 pm to John88
I have a few burning questions about this story
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:08 pm to 0x15E
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I have a few burning questions about this story
deputy will definitely be on the hot seat for the near future
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:09 pm to John88
and our tax dollars are paying to make him better and get back on the street.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:10 pm to bushwacker
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and our tax dollars are paying to make him better and get back on the street.
I'm not sure how you survive that - much less get back on the street. He's fricked for life.
This post was edited on 5/19/22 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:12 pm to John88
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John88
Bringing the fire!
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:13 pm to John88
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"bum-rushed from behind" by the sheriff's deputy, and his dirt bike fell over, spilling gas on Barreto and the deputy.
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"proceeded to employ the use of a taser on Mr. Barreto, engulfing almost his entire body in flames and approximately half of the other deputy's as well."
Probably not too smart to deploy a taser in that situation
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:13 pm to John88
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engulfing almost his entire body in flames
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:14 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Why was he covered in gas?
Read the 5th paragraph.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:16 pm to John88
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Beretta because he was part of a group of bikers who were pointing guns at people in the county
Beretta fled but deputies caught up with him at the Wawa.
Something about playing stupid games
Also noticed his lawyer wasn't complaining about his client being tased while in cuffs. So, if the officer had him on the ground, and another officer ran up and tased him; what are the chances his client was compiling with the initial officer and adhering to his commands?
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:19 pm to Weekend Warrior79
Something here strikes me as not matching up.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:20 pm to John88
If you run from the cops, it ain’t gonna end pretty.
Did they intentionally torch him? No, but they are trained that a taser is a “less than lethal” method of stopping someone rather than cracking them with a nightstick.
Sometimes a nightstick would be a better choice.
Did they intentionally torch him? No, but they are trained that a taser is a “less than lethal” method of stopping someone rather than cracking them with a nightstick.
Sometimes a nightstick would be a better choice.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:26 pm to teke184
Deputy got torched too... anyone asking how he's doing?
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:39 pm to John88
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he was part of a group of bikers who were pointing guns at people
bummer
Posted on 5/19/22 at 12:40 pm to John88
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Florida man "cooked alive"
He survived. Does that mean he was under-done?
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