A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said.

In a statement obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, police in Jerseyville, about 40 miles north of St. Louis, said 17-year-old Roger Holyfield would not acknowledge officers who approached him and he continued yelling, "I want Jesus."

Police tried to calm the teen, but Holyfield became combative, according to the statement. Officers fired the stun gun at him after he ignored their warnings, then fired again when he continued struggling, police said.

Holyfield was flown to St. Louis' Cardinal Glennon Hospital after the confrontation Saturday; he died there Sunday, police said.

An autopsy was planned for Tuesday.

The statement expressed sympathy to Holyfield's family but said city and police officials would not discuss the matter further.

Calls Tuesday to Jerseyville Police Chief Brad Blackorby were not immediately returned. The department has been using stun guns for about five months, according to the statement.

Rise in stun gun deaths
In a report released in March, international human rights group Amnesty International said it had logged at least 156 deaths across the country in the previous five years related to police stun guns.

The rise in deaths accompanies a marked increase in the number of U.S. law enforcement agencies employing devices made by Taser International Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz. About 1,000 of the nation's 18,000 police agencies used Tasers in 2001; more than 7,000 departments had them last year, according to a government study.

Police had used Tasers more than 70,000 times as of last year, Congress' Government Accountability Office said.

Amnesty International has urged police departments to suspend the use of Tasers pending more study. Taser International said the group's count was flawed and falsely linked deaths to Taser use when there has been no such official conclusion.

The city of St. Louis also drew unwanted attention for crime this week when it was named the most dangerous U.S. city by Morgan Quitno Press. The ranking looked only at crime within St. Louis city limits, not its metro area.

Sounds like he got what he wanted. But really, if they take away the stun guns what other option do the police have? I'd rather be nailed with a stun gun then a real gun.

part of my BATMAN outfit has a 950k stun gun that I added to the utility belt.

I was making girls urinate with the sound of it cracking.

That bible would had stopped a bullet. I always use the bible to shield my eyes when people kick sand in my face.

Mace, Morningstar, then stun gun.

A good cunt punt can't match up with a stun gun though. And for czarofzar, Mythbusters proved a bible can stop a bullet from a .22 but not a bigger gun.

Did NO ONE else catch that Mark now has a stun gun?
He's gonna start going around zapping people screaming that it's the electric fury of God they're feeling.

Electricity travels 1 inch for every 1000 volts............ I think I'm safe..... besides YZF might explode/melt if he comes near Manfagcisco Gay Area.

But remember, he's beyond the laws of his bible.

What an amazing thing, to crucify the law itself . . .

Then why worship it and its passages. Is that not against one of your own commandments?

werd.

"Listen not to false prophets"

Oooh, I'm a prophet now? Freakin' awesome.

Yes, a prophet is nothing but a speaker. I'm glad to see that you know this. There may be some useable knowledge in that thick skull yet!

Indeed you have, and you have proven yourself to be a fool well beyond your years......

gosh...'ere it comes......:wackit:

Do I keep egging him on, or just stop the fun here?

Well, I was worried about the 'sky' factor. When certain words or events are typed in here, like for example, yzf telling you that dont use personal attacks in here and yet he used one just prior to that, it will trigger a signal to the batphone and Sky will come in here and remind yzf that he should listen to his own advice. anyway, to make a long story short, yzf usally ends up getting moderated. That would suck.

But amazingly enough, nothing happened. Please carry on.

Yeah, I'm confused at that too. I thought we were both flingin' on that one.

huh? he calls me "gramps" and calling him "son" is a personal insult?
Yeah, I'm confused at that too. I thought we were both flingin' on that one.

^^dont mind me guys. I must be mistaking.^^

Below is topic related:

While I'm here, I would like to point out that most guys, who are driven to be at the top of the world, are in fact homosexual. Go way back in history, lets say Jesus's times, homosexual behaviour would mean death. And some people would go out of their way to upset that Jewish law, so much so, they had a death wish. Can you think of any men back in JESUS's time who could have been a homo? Like, unmarried ones? hung out with, um, unmarried guys?

So maybe this kid had the same thoughts.

Pardon me. just my 2c.

But God cannot be homosexual, and God is Omnisexual, and Jesus was God, so Jesus was Omnisexual.

He was either hittin' the prostitutes that hung out with his group or he was a fag, that's all there is to it.
Let's not mention how diseased they probably all were. . . .

But God cannot be homosexual, and God is Omnisexual, and Jesus was God, so Jesus was Omnisexual.
Androgyny? This is seriously interesting! So let me get this right; Hidden from his followers, jesus did have a wang. but what his followers were really interested in was jesus's large boobs and how to get to them?
Holy WOW!

Then why did you? You could easily have let it drop.
Explain. What sexuality was Jesus/God?
You claim to be the resident expert.

YZF, answer the question....... preferrably with ur words, not someone else that claims to be the words of GOD.....

Look at SNTP's (better) signature....

let's stay on the topic please, take your jr. high bullshit elsewhere
Jr high bs is actually where you are stuck at. Why dont you get out of jr. h.s. and join us in actual debate. If you think our input is causing you to be squirmish, perhaps you need to return to your mothers skirt. Im sure it is safer there.

i wouldn't consider cavemen thoughts as lightyears. But what do I know? Rub a couple sticks together and make something hot. Grow some thumbs YZF.

yes they did ... more of your spurious nonsense

lol

30,000 years ago? = cavemen
2006 years ago? = cavemen
yes you think they are aliens from a differnet planet with their technology. OMGzers!

Dude, they just didnt know better. Prehistoric times dont mean they knew it all. Just because someone said the word 'God' dosen't mean someone 'that knew what the fuck was going on' was there.

jesus, you need help.

I'm sorry, Czar, but I must disagree. As a history major, I know that we had well wandered out of the caves by the year "0." We were already establishing large empires built around religion.

Prehistoric times dont mean they knew it all.

there is a mindset that holds that the further back you go the better everything was, due to being closer to the source.

a misapplication of entropy to refute evolution.

yzf

I'm sorry, Czar, but I must disagree. As a history major, I know that we had well wandered out of the caves by the year "0." We were already establishing large empires built around religion.
hehe good call. sarcastically speaking, they looked so much smarter in doing that.

there is a mindset that holds that the further back you go the better everything was, due to being closer to the source.
Deep thinker. Clear logic is your product. I've been enjoying your writtings.