Hamden Police Officer Stephen Baris shows his Electronic Controlled Weapon manufactured by Taser at the Hamden Police Department Thursday, April 4, 2013. Photo by Peter Hvizdak / New Haven Register.

By Michael Bellmore
Register Staff
Marcus Brown, 26, of Waterbury died while in police custody May 1, 2011.
He was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car after being apprehended in St. Mary’s Hospital, charged with breach of peace.
Brown was combative and repeatedly kicked the inside door and window of the police car. After issuing a warning, Waterbury police Officer Adrian Sanchez used a department-issue Taser, an electric stun gun, to subdue Brown.
Minutes later, Brown was found unresponsive. After being taken to the hospital emergency room, he was pronounced dead.

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