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Family Demands Justice for Queens Man Tasered to Death by Police in His Own Home

HeadlineJun 25, 2020

In New York City, police officers responding to a 911 call used Tasers to electrocute a Queens man to death inside his own home late Sunday, after a neighbor falsely reported he had a gun. Another neighbor said 29-year-old George Zapantis, who had a history of mental illness, had been playing with a sword dressed as a gladiator in his own basement when police arrived on the scene. A lawyer for the family disputed a police account that Zapantis threatened officers, and has demanded the NYPD turn over bodycam footage.

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