Deputies Plan to Continue Using Tasers Despite Protests from NAACP

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins says his department will continue to use Tasers, despite the protests of the local NAACP chapter. A 20-year-old Frederick man died Sunday soon after a corporal from the sheriff's office shocked him with a Taser twice during a fight. Jarrel Gray's death came just weeks after a Taser was used to stun a Tuscarora High School student. Black leaders at a rally Tuesday called for the department to ban Tasers, at least until there is a clear policy on how they are used. The NAACP says it appears the sheriff's office is using Tasers routinely, rather than as a weapon of last resort. The NAACP is asking for the U.S. Department of Justice and the state attorney general's civil rights director to begin an independent investigation into Gray's death.