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💰🚔 $100 million dollars has been awarded to a man that was left paralyzed from the neck down after being tased by a police officer.

Jerry Blasingame, 69, was panhandling in Atlanta and started running after he was approached by an officer. The officer then shot Blasingame with a taser, causing him to fall forward hitting his head on the ground, breaking his neck and suffering a brain injury.

A federal jury concluded the officer used excessive force during the incident. Meanwhile, Blasingame now requires around-the-clock medical care and has amounted up over $14 million dollars in medical expenses.

“Since he’s not under arrest, he can run or do whatever he wants to do,” the man’s attorney said. “Jerry then fell again, face forward, face planted in smashing his head, multiple facial fractures, brain injury and broke his neck.”

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🔫 🇺🇸 New York’s governor has made it illegal to sell toy guns that are realistic-looking and finished with a black, blue, silver or aluminum color that imitates a real gun.

Instead, toy guns can be “white, bright red, bright orange, bright yellow, bright green, bright blue, bright pink, bright purple, or transparent,” according to the new law.

"Restricting these realistic-looking devices will ensure misleading and potentially dangerous devices are off our streets, keeping kids, law enforcement and all New Yorkers safe,” the governor said.

📷 NYAG Eric Schneiderman