Police Tase man having a seizure (6 times!)

Responding to a minor traffic accident, two Boulder County law-enforcement officers ‘Tased’ a Longmont man, who was apparently suffering from a neurological seizure, six times before arresting and taking him to the hospital Nov. 27.

“At the time of my contact with him, it appeared as if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” wrote Boulder County Sheriff’s deputy John Appelmann after the incident. Appelmann cited Christopher Nielsen of 1902 Lotus Court for investigation of obstructing a police officer and driving under restraint. No traffic accident report was filed due to the lack of damage to Nielsen’s car or the property his vehicle crossed into at 9119 Nelson Road about 10:50 a.m.

“It’s all sort of foggy,” said Nielsen about the minor accident, which he said occurred as he was a suffering from a seizure. “I do remember when I was on the ground, and I was saying, ‘enough’ and they kept doing it.”