Surrounded by 5 court officers, an irate former BYU Professor is tasered until he falls unconscious to the ground. Video Link

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - A former adjunct BYU professor is about to sue a Third District Court judge, claiming the judge wrongfully ordered him cuffed and tasered by Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputies.

Tom Lowery was acting as his own attorney on November 22, 2004. In the courtroom, he suffered from a stress-induced mental disability, as he struggled to conduct lucid oral arguments in a case he’s filed against a three leaders of his local LDS church group, one of whom was a BYU Professor.

As his demeanor becomes confrontational, Judge Anthony Quinn grows impatient with Lowery’s behavior.

Five deputies attempt to cuff him and, as the judge has ordered, take him to a holding cell to cool down. After a momentary struggle, they zap him with a taser. Lowery says, “And then I hit the floor. They were on top of me and I was trying to scramble away from the electricity. They tased me into unconsciousness.”
Source: ABC4

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