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Cops & Courts catch-up – Taser tales. Wedding wrench whack. Judge juiced?

Take a day away from the office and cops and courts news breaks out. Here’s a recap of just a few of the things that happened:

In Taser news, here’s the Billings Gazette’s follow-up on an inquest that showed methamphetamine actually caused the death of a man zapped by police with a stun [...]

Watch live coverage of inquest on Billings man’s Taser death

The Billings Gazette is streaming the inquest, here.

Ryan Michael Bain died in October.

The hearing is expected to include the findings of a Billings pathologist who determined that Ryan Michael Bain died of “excited delirium,” a controversial diagnosis often associated with a combination of drug use and electrical shocks from police [...]

‘Excited delirium’ caused naked man’s stun gun death in Billings

Phrases like “excited delirium” and “naked man” certainly make people look twice, but this story has a terribly sad context, provided here by the Associated Press:

Medical records list “excited delirium” as the primary cause of death of a Billings man who was shocked with a stun gun at least four times as [...]

Stun gun, Hardin jail, and a pain in the butt

Weekends are usually slow times on the Cops and Courts beat, but there are some interesting stories out there today:

In Billings, an investigation into a man shocked repeatedly with a stun gun is nearing completion. As the Associated Press reminds us:

“Police shot the 31-year-old [Ryan Michael] Bain with a [...]