While pumping gas in Osceola County, Florida, 26-year-old Jean Barretto was “cooked alive” after a deputy from the sheriff’s office tased him, causing an explosive fire, his lawyers say.
A press release from the legal team said Barretto “sustained third-degree burns on approximately 75% of his body ... He is wrapped and unwrapped in gauze daily.” A State Fire Marshal report confirmed that the taser caused the gas station fire, according to the release.
In a video obtained by the, Barretto, who had reportedly been going home after county deputies dispersed a group of motor bike enthusiasts, can be seen pumping gas when a sheriff’s deputy tackles him. A deputy deployed a taser as Barretto was on the ground, an act that his attorneys called “reckless, foolish, unnecessary and deadly.
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