Cops Break Into Innocent Man’s Home, Taser Him to Death in the Shower—No Charges
Milwaukee, WI — In May of last year, two West Milwaukee police officers broke down the door to Adam Trammell’s home, confronted him as he stood naked in his shower, and tasered him 18 times until he died. This month, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm has decided that the two cops responsible for this horrifying incident will not be charged.
On that fateful day, officers Michael Rohleder and Anthony Munoz “responded to a medical emergency under complex circumstances that required them to attempt restraint,” Chisholm wrote to West Milwaukee Police Chief Dennis L. Nasci.
However, according to investigative reports, Trammell, 22, who suffered from schizophrenia, did not exhibit any signs of needing medical attention as police arrived and began to forcibly remove him from the shower.
What’s more, if authorities claim he was in need of medical attention, why would they respond by attacking him in the shower with tasers and brute force? This was not help.
“These police tortured Adam Trammell to death,” said Robin Shellow, one of the attorneys representing the Trammell family, according to JSonline . “This was not ‘help.’ They were not protecting or serving anyone. Naked, cold, confused, alone in his own bathroom and crying for Jesus to take him, he needlessly suffered.”
As the highly disturbing body camera video shows, Trammell was naked in the shower—entirely calm—when police broke down his door. As the innocent mentally ill man stood in his shower, the curtain is then ripped back and an officer says twice, “Brandon, I’m going to need you to come on out,” referring to Trammell by the incorrect name.
As Brandon was not his name, the confused Trammell did not respond which made the officers escalate force. “You’re going to get tased,” the officer barked before deploying the taser on a naked man in his own shower. Trammell then falls to the floor in pain and begins to panic as the two armed intruders proceed to torture him—to death.
It is important to point out that Trammell never posed a threat to officers. He was entirely calm, naked, and did absolutely nothing wrong except not respond to the name Brandon. He had harmed no one, had committed no crime, and he was attacked and killed by people claiming to help him.
Over and over again, as Trammell screams out in agony, the officers deploy their tasers, shocking this innocent man up to 18 times. The repeated tasering caused Trammell to go into distress and this young man spent his last moments of consciousness in agonizing pain while vomiting profusely.
According to the medical examiner’s report, Trammell suffered a black eye, a broken rib and more than two dozen cuts and bruises.
In spite of the overwhelming evidence showing the attack on Trammell, Chisholm concluded there was “no basis to conclusively link” the death of Trammell to the officers’ actions.
“The family first saw the video at the DA’s office. So yes they’ve seen the video and they weep every time they see it,” the Trammell family’s attorney Mark Thomsen told WISN. “We had a young man in a bath tub naked, OK? Why they engaged in tasing for 15 to 18 times is beyond my imagination.
“For no good reason — and essentially tortured to death,” Thomsen added. “That should not happen to the mentally ill in our community.”
However, it did, and now, thanks to a failure of a justice system, the officers responsible for for it will not be held accountable. Instead, the taxpayers of West Milwaukee will likely shell out millions for the murder of Adam Trammell.
“This is a nightmare. I can’t believe this,” Larry Trammell, the victim’s father said. “I think those people should resign. The D.A. and the chief of that police department.”
We agree.
If you’d like to voice your concern over this incident, you can do so on the West Milwaukee Police Facebook page, here.
You can also call the Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s office at (414) 278-4646. Or visit his Facebook page here.
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Seems a tad excessive, I wonder what the police officers reasoning was?
Their reasoning was that they knew they wouldn't be punished for it, so fuck it, why not?
Wait a minute! Where is all the respect that liberals have told us we must have for law enforcement??????
Nail their azzes to the wall and use the tasers on their cajones - let's see how they like it.
Truly bizarre that they would do this and that the D.A.'s office would decline to prosecute them,....becuase “no basis to conclusively link” his death to the actions of the officers (a stretch to begin with). How about the actions on video? Nothign there to be concerned about? Criminal Assualt (under the color of auhtority)?
Seems like some people like living in a police state.
BS, there are many studies and case examples that show that tasers are, and have been, capable of killing people.
Especially by applying electricity to a man covered in water, standing in a wet shower/bathroom floor. What in the hell were they thinking? Seems, of late, some cops are like, well, no big deal, we'll never get prosecuted for it, so what the hell? Why not!
Either we need to seriously step up our screening efforts, or we need some serious improvements in training methods because this kind of shit happens WAY too often. Doesn't help that DA almost universally refuse to press charges no matter what.
Actually that wouldn't matter much since the electrodes were in direct contact with the skin and there's no return current path from the taser through the shower or the floor since the taser is isolated.
Apart from the inherent risk of death from a taser, what would make a difference is that being tased in a shower or a tub could make a head injury far more likely.
A lot of people who are cops should not be. There's nothing magical about putting on a uniform and a badge that means you're suddenly a perfect person who does everything right. That'd be nice, but it's not true. These cops murdered this civilian with their reckless disregard for human life.
If the local DA won't prosecute (a decision I don't understand), then maybe the Justice Department should investigate.
It's pretty much a guarantee that the Trump DOJ will do nothing.
This doesn't make any sense; what a scummy deal.
Far too often cops around the country fuck up everything from start to finish, and face little to no punishment for it. Hell, these two will probably receive a medal and promotion for their actions.
It’s bizarre that anyone would consider that guy combative, or a threat. If I’m in the shower and a bunch of cops barge in and pull the shower curtain open, they probably would have to shoot me. I like to think that I’m not a violent person under any circumstances - but that is a fucked up thing to do, and I’d probably MacGyver a shampoo bottle into a murder weapon while strangling a second guy with a shower sponge. He didn’t even look surprised at the grotesque intrusion of his privacy.