...And, um, He's Coming Right For Us Too!

Ah, Chicago. There's two things you do better than anyone: hot dogs, and Taserin' folks in the midst of a diabetic seizure.

Prospero Lassi says he suffered a diabetes-induced seizure at home on April 9. His roommate called 911, and police from LaGrange Park and Brookfield responded, with EMTs from LaGrange Park.

Lassi says his roommate explained to police that he was having a diabetic seizure. Lassi "was not alert and could not move his body."

When the EMTs asked the cops to help them move Lassi from where he was lying on the floor, Lassi says, one of his "arms flailed during his diabetes-induced seizure, striking one of the LaGrange and Brookfield defendants. At no time did Mr. Lassi intentionally strike or offensively touch any of the LaGrange or Brookfield defendants."

Lassi says LaGrange Park Officer Darren Pedota responded by Tasering him 11 times, for nearly a minute, as he lay helpless. [italics added]

The story is exclusively drawn from Lassi's lawsuit, so we do not know the defendants' version of the events. Also no word yet if Lassi exacerbated the situation by refusing to take a shower before bedtime.