4 NC officers cleared for using Taser

GREENSBORO — Four Greensboro police officers have been cleared in connection with the death of a man who was shocked with a Taser during a traffic stop.

Guilford County District Attorney Doug Henderson said in a statement Tuesday that the officers “acted appropriately and within the confines of the law.”

The statement said officers pulled over 24-year-old Paul Thompson Jr. on April 22 for speeding. Officers used a Taser three times on Thompson for resisting, and an ambulance came after he began bleeding from his mouth.

Authorities said he appeared to have a seizure and go into cardiac arrest in the ambulance. He died at an area hospital five days later.

An autopsy report said Thompson died from complications of cocaine toxicity.

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