Tasing the pall bearer

By Frank Girardot on November 19, 2008 6:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

I wonder who the deputy was?

WILMINGTON, N.C. - A North Carolina sheriff's official has apologized for plunging a funeral into chaos when undercover agents tried to arrest the dead man's son -- and used a Taser on him in the process.

It happened as the coffin was being loaded into a hearse. The officers planned to quietly arrest pallbearer Gladwyn Taft Russ III, The Star-News of Wilmington reported Wednesday.

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