Man Seeking Help Killed By Police

A Swissvale PA man was erratically running through the neighborhood knocking on doors, exceedingly fearful, and asking people for help – that someone was trying to kill him. One of the local citizens chose to call law enforcment thinking this was the type of help the young man needed, that he needed protection and for a police investigation.  But when police arrived, the man was knocked to the ground so that his head was hanging over the curb.  The officer(s) then proceeded to taser the man and one of them stomped on the man’s back and applied his body weight to the man’s back so he couldn’t move while another officer began punching the man’s head – obviously attempting to snap his neck.  The man vomited and then passed out. He was pronounced dead when arriving at the hospital.