If you want to know what can go wrong when police rely on equipment such as Tasers and pepper spray to combat petty crimes, look no further than the case of Bruce Kelley Jr.
Around 3:30PM, on January 31st this year, Bruce Kelley Jr. and his dad, Bruce Kelley Sr., both African-American, were drinking cans of beer near a public gazebo in Wilkinsburg, a small borough on the City of Pittsburgh's eastern border. Two Allegheny County Port Authority Police officers showed up, apparently on a routine patrol, and approached the two men to ask what they were doing.
Bruce Kelley Jr. was drinking beer in public when the police approached him
Drinking in public is illegal in Pennsylvania, and Kelly Jr., who was 37-years-old, had a history of bad...
via The Verge
