Man bursts into flames after being tasered during arrest in Arkansas

A person in Arkansas was reportedly hospitalised after a taser sparked a can of gasoline in his backpack and set it alight.

Christopher Gaylor, 38, was reportedly informed to tug over by an Arkansas state trooper for not having a licence plate on his motorbike within the early morning hours of October 13 within the state capital of Little Rock.

However Mr Gaylor allegedly declined to tug over, and as an alternative sped away from the officer at speeds approaching 100 miles per hour. Police pursued him, finally catching as much as him. KHBS in Fort Smith reported that Mr Gaylor then jumped off his motorbike and tried to proceed his flight on foot, when an officer tasered him.

That led to an explosion, reportedly attributable to the contact between the taser and the gasoline in his backpack. The officers put the hearth out, however not earlier than Mr Gaylor was injured.

Mr Gaylor continues to be recovering from the incident practically two weeks later and is dealing with a litany of felony expenses together with felony fleeing, reckless driving, failure to register a car, no legal responsibility insurance coverage, driving with a suspended licence.

Some on social media took the incident as proof that tasers pose a serious menace to the well being and security of most people. That Mr Gaylor’s accidents got here within the aftermath of a visitors cease might also be notable. Police have killed greater than 600 folks within the US throughout visitors stops since 2017, with reform advocates calling for police to play much less of a job or no function in any respect in visitors regulation enforcement.