Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Unclear

The following two paragraphs were published in the opposite order, originally:

It is unclear how the 36-year-old man, named by local media as Ronald Marshall, was set alight, but family members told the Australian newspaper that his body burst into flames after the Taser hit him on the bridge of his nose.
And:
The incident took place in the West Australian remote desert community of Warburton after police approached a house where the man and others were sniffing petrol...

1 comment:

JuliaM said...

"...after the Taser hit him on the bridge of his nose. "

Aren't they supposed to aim for center-mass, as with conventional guns?

Or do the Aussies take 'don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes' just that bit too literally?