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Retired police sergeant gets 6 months in prison for Taser attack on man in mental health crisis

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A retired police sergeant in a New York suburb has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for repeatedly firing a Taser gun at a man suffering a health crisis. U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas told the retired Mount Vernon police sergeant, Mario Stewart, that it was necessary “to send a clear message” to law enforcement that although policing is a “really hard,” there are rules and “where the line is clear, you cannot cross it.”

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Retired police sergeant gets 6 months in prison for Taser attack on man in mental health crisis

A retired police sergeant in a New York suburb has been sentenced to six months in prison for repeatedly firing a Taser gun at a man suffering a health crisis. U.S.

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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