Colin Farmer (Chorley, Lancashire) is a 61-year-old blind man. Colin was taking a walk to a local pub with his white walking stick. The police received complaints about a man walking by Chorley with a samurai sword. A officer spotted Colin with his walking stick and confused the walking stick for the sword and immediately shot him with a 50,000 voltage taser in the back. Colin fell to the ground and the officer started to arrest him. After the officer figured out he was mistaken, Colin was transferred to a hospital. Colin is afraid to leave the house now and is filing a lawsuit against the Lancashire police department. The officer received no discipline for his actions.

Jeffrey Ramirez
The NPR article highlights Jeffrey’s experience because the kind of cancer he died from has a cure rate as high as 98% with early detection.