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June 25, 2020

Family Demands Justice for Queens Man Tasered to Death by Police in His Own Home
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In New York City, police officers responding to a 911 call used Tasers
to electrocute a Queens man to death inside his own home late Sunday,
after a neighbor falsely reported he had a gun. Another neighbor said
29-year-old George Zapantis, who had a history of mental illness, had
been playing with a sword dressed as a gladiator in his own basement
when police arrived on the scene. A lawyer for the family disputed a
police account that Zapantis threatened officers, and has demanded the
NYPD turn over bodycam footage.


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