Nova Scotia’s chief medical examiner says excited delirium, not a Taser used by Halifax police, killed a man in a Dartmouth jail last year. The examiner’s report said artery disease, obesity and physical restraint also contributed to Howard Hyde’s death.
Hyde died on November 22, 2007, after a struggle with guards at a Dartmouth jail. Halifax Regional police had used a TASER device to restrain Hyde (who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia), on the day prior to his death.
Police issed the news release yesterday, saying they hope the report brings closure for Hyde’s family. “Neither the RCMP nor the Medical Examiner’s investigations found any wrongdoing on the part of police,” the release said.
Source: Metro Halifax - 9/18/2008
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