Taser Autopsy: Jaesun Ingles (Midlothian, IL)

Three unidentified Midlothian police officers chased down 31-year old Jaesun Ingles and killed him with one or more taser blasts on March 10. The police tried to cover-up the use of the taser in their police report. The Cook County medical examiner continues the cover-up by failing to mention anything about the officers' use of a taser and its contribution to Ingles' death.

The Cook County medical examiner's office has ruled the March 10 death of Ingles was an accident, the result of choking on a plastic bag he was trying to swallow as he struggled with Midlothian police. [SOURCE]

Neither the police nor the medical examiner comment on the use of the Taser in their report of the incident. Ingles' family for weeks has tried to get information about his death, to no avail.

"It's like they're trying to hide something. They think if they wait long enough, people will just let it go and move on," Ingles' cousin, Leon Jones, of Joliet. "We just want to know what happened."

Dr. Ponni Arunkumar, of the medical examiner's office, conducted Ingles' autopsy and ruled the death an accident. Her report states Ingles died from "aspiration of plastic bag during arrest."

The autopsy report makes no mention of any drugs found in Ingles' system at the time of his death.

Police had said the Taser use was left off the official police report because the investigation was being turned over to the Illinois State Police's public integrity unit, which would provide a more detailed report upon completion of its investigation.

The cover-up is always worse than the crime. I suspect that we haven't heard the last on this case. The small town mentality of the police and the medical examiner won't survive the glare of public scrutiny.

Jaesun Ingles should not have had marijuana on his person ... however the penalty for having marijuana or for resisting arrest should never be DEATH. The police used their tasers to kill this man. That should be unacceptable in our nation.

Taser Coverup: Jaesun Ingles (Midlothian, IL)

The police in Midlothian, IL are trying to avoid the repercussions from their taser-killing of 31-year old Jaesun Ingles. The official Midlothian police report detailing a traffic stop that culminated in Ingles' death last week does not mention police used a Taser stun gun on him during the encounter. [SOURCE]

Now that the police have been called out on their deception they are trying to backtrack.

"We have nothing to hide," Midlothian spokesman Lt. Harold Kaufman said. "The police officers didn't do anything wrong as far as I'm concerned."

Ingles died early March 10 after fighting and fleeing police when they pulled him over during a traffic stop. The police report said it took three officers to get Ingles under control when one of the officers noticed he was having trouble breathing and called for an ambulance.

Although a news release issued by Midlothian police March 10 mentioned the use of a Taser to subdue Ingles, the official report does not.

How stupid do the police feel we are? Is there any legitimate reason for the police report to omit the use of tasers in the death of Jaesun Ingles?

Taser Death: Jaesun Ingles (Midlothian, IL)

It happened again. Another man killed in a taser-related death. This time the killing occurred in the Greater Chicago area when 31-year old Jaesun Ingles died early this morning following a simple traffic stop.

Ingles was pronounced dead at MetroSouth Hospital in Blue Island. An autopsy today was inconclusive, pending further investigation.

Officers used a Taser on Ingles in an attempt to subdue him, Midlothian police. He was taken to the hospital after he experienced trouble breathing.

Midlothian police stopped Ingles' car driven about 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 14600 block of Pulaski Road in Midlothian for several traffic violations, police said in a release. An officer smelled marijuana and found a small amount of the drug following a search of Ingles.

While police tried to arrest Ingles, he ran behind a local business, where he tried to swallow a small plastic bag believed to have contained drugs, police said.

When police finally caught up to Ingles behind the business after a foot chase, Ingles continued to resist and he was hit with a Taser. Ingles began to have trouble breathing and emergency personnel were called, police said.

Police have not admitted how many times a Taser was used on Ingles. The public integrity unit of the state police is looking into the incident.

Several officers were injured trying to subdue Ingles, police said. One received treatment for a sprained wrist and injured shoulder, one for a knee injury and the other for an injury to his right hand.

When will police recognize that a taser should not be used for convenience. It should only be used in accordance with the 'use of force continuum policy. Having some pot in your car should not be a death sentence.