"On Tuesday, a chief prosecutor announced that no charges will be brought against the deputies involved in McKenna’s death. According to Raymond F. Morrogh of Fairfax County, Virginia, the officers acted within their rights when they tried to subdue the mentally ill woman.
Even though her hands and feet were cuffed and shackled, six officers in biohazard masks were brought in to subdue her. One of them used a Taser to deliver the four deadly shocks that stopped McKenna’s heart within minutes. Medics were able to revive her that day, but McKenna died several days later — leaving behind a 7-year-old daughter.
A medical examiner later concluded that she died of excited delirium, a dubious condition the medical community does not officially recognize but is nevertheless used as the cause of death for many victims of police tasing.
Legal experts claim the term is used to downplay officers’ deadly useof stun guns and physical force."
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/09/09/3699557/natasha-mckenna/
There should be jail time with certain levels of negligence though. Read original reports here
http://blackchickrocked.blogspot.com/2015/05/natasha-mckenna-tasered-to-death.html
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