Tasered 5 times in 1.5 minutes

Surely this inquest must bring some serious consequences to the police involved in the death of Curti. I'm continually amazed at their responses when questioned about it. This latest officer Constable Daniel Barling, tasered Curti when he was on the ground handcuffed, 5 times at point blank range, while Curti was being simultaneously capsicum sprayed only 10cm from his face, and while another officer was also tasering Curti. 

The inquest has heard Const Barling, who at the time held the rank of probationary constable, drive-stunned Mr Curti, or applied the Taser directly to his bare upper body, for periods of seven, five, 14, eight and seven seconds in less than a minute-and-a-half as the young man lay handcuffed on the ground. 

It was the first time Const Barling had ever used a Taser outside of police training, the inquest heard. 
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After the young man was brought to the ground by a Taser fired by another officer, Const Barling said he helped handcuff Mr Curti before drive-stunning him five times, knowing this would cause pain. 

"He was still violently resisting police and a violent confrontation was occurring," Const Barling said. 

"I think we did what we needed to control the situation." 

Const Barling said he knew Mr Curti was being sprayed in the face by capsicum spray at the same time he was drive-stunning him, but said he did not know another officer was also drive-stunning Mr Curti. 

"There was no basis for you to cause him pain in this action," counsel assisting the coroner, Jeremy Gormly, SC, said. 

"To use the Taser on these five occasions was completely contrary to good policing... It was an act of thuggery on your part." 

Const Barling denied this and said he believed each of his actions was "justified". 

"I don't believe I would have changed my actions," he said. 

Peter Hamill, SC, representing Mr Curti's family, paused the proceedings for seven seconds to illustrate the length of time Const Barling had his finger on his Taser trigger during one of his drive-stuns. 

"That's a deliberate, calculated act on your part," Mr Hamill said. 

Const Barling denied this. more

I can't fuckin believe this shit. After all of that, and the officer still says he did nothing wrong! Incredible!

I do like the accusation of "thuggery" by counsel there. That's exactly what I'd have called it. Here we have a 21 year old thug, using a taser for the first fuckin time. Perhaps I'm right when I say there's something very wrong with police training these days. These denials by the police of any wrong doing are staggering.

Am actually feeling a bit emotional right now reading that report. I know what it's like to be at the receiving end of police thuggery. I so hope something comes out of all of this.