i feel sorry for the guy and the cops. I can’t believe he died with help right there at the scene… most people could only hope that they are surrounded by people who can help when they start choking as opposed to in an apartment alone for instance.  Seems werid they couldn’t save him.

yall are nuts!! have any of you heard of personal responsibility? he swallowed the bag of drugs, he was involved in a domestic disturbance, he ran, because of his actions, he was tased, he did it himself, if he would have complied with the officers he would be alive today. yes he would have had a minor trafficing or possesion charge, but he would be alive. isnt that what everyone wants? so its his fault. officers did their job, and did it well. the same people on here whining and crying about them tasing him, are the same ones that when something happens call 911 and want the police to save them.

The death of Andrew Grande is a glaring example of the poor training and leadership that exists within the Bay County Sheriffs Office. Grande displayed obvious signs of distress. The fact that he was able to remove the taser probe while it was active is a common sign of excited delirium. If the deputies had more up-to-date training they would have been more likely to recognize this as a sign of distress and render first aid. Also, the heimlich might have been performed properly, increasing the chances of removing the obstruction from his throat. If the agency placed more emphasis on training and being an effective and professional law enforcement agency and less on friends getting their friends promoted the sheriffs office could reach its potential. Having worked there I can attest to the fact there are alot of good people there. Unfortunately there are a few bad ones that are more interested in what they can do for themselves and not what they can do for the community that they serve

Yeah, a true nut case who thinks it a great tragedy when 4 cops kill a 23-year old guy for a little grass.

If people devoid of compassion should be locked up, most of the world would be a prison.

scott you are true nutcase, you cant really be that off? if so go check yourself into the wacky ward! logical thinking people: just understand that there are people like this out there in this world, guard you children!!

The Florida cops are encouraged to make possession of marijuana busts against young people. Florida has the most harsh cannabis penalties of all 50 states including federal. The strictest, cruelest southern redneck cops are supposed to do things like this. Governor Crist and his predecessor Jeb Bush, and State Atty Gen’l Bill McCollom are responsible for this and all other cases like it.

The cops murdered that kid. He got the death penalty with no trail or jury, for possessing some marijuana in a redneck state.

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After seeing the video I must say that it does not appear that the taser use was a major contributor in this death and that it appeared the main problem was the officers trying to figure out what was wrong with the man and I dont fault them for that. They tried to save him but did not know how.
I am strongly opposed to taser use and I jumped the gun on this one.

epicwil,
Do you believe taser use is justified in the two deaths since bcso aquired them? You dont see any connection? You as a christian believe it is okay to kill if it is someone labeled a criminal? If a taser was not used he would probaly still be alive. The taser is classified as a means of torture by the U.N. and you are okay with that?
I believe it shows that bcso really wants to kill people and has found a way to get away with it as it is difficult to prove.
Methheads-1 burned baby
BCSO-2 dead adults

I apologizes for the typographical errors in the previous post.

As a citizen of Bay County, and even a person of Christian beliefs, It saddens me to see someone die especially while dealing with law enforcement. I am also in law enforcememnt and I see things of this nature all the time. It doesn’t suprise me to see the force used against Andrew. I beleieve what they did was not only neccessary, but reasonable. We can no more blame the deputies that encountered Andrew than can we blame Andrew himself. The facts are the facts, marijuana is illegal and was present on Mr. Grande. Had the deputies known he had attempted to swollow the bag, they may have decided to not tase him. Still, Andrew did resist the officers and they legally were required to take action. WJHG showed the video of the event, but it was nothing that public could not see themselves. WJHG warned the viewers about what they were going to see. My prayers go out to the family. Andrew made a mistake, but dont we all? No one deserves to lose their life the way Andrew did. God bless him!

http://www.gotcast.com/Agrande923

Another casualty in the “WAR ON DRUGS”
this is needless and tragic end to this young mans life.
Over what? pot? come on, LEGALIZE!!! NOW!!!

wmbb, i just recieved a private email about this story, because of my statement, it was from someone named scott tolar, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) , please everyone send this guy a personal message to let him know how much of a wrong move his friend made, maybe you will change his life also, ya, i believe you cared about your friend, did he make a stupid move… YES!! if he hadnt made that move you could be at his house today, life is a bunch of chioices, he made the wrong one, how can you defend that? please if you want to reply to me clean it up and put it on here!

im sure that it will some how be a race thing that caused his death when it was his fault it sad what the usa is being you do something dumb and just play the race sad sad sad

Message here: Don’t deal with drugs that are illegal! You will pay a “High” price for your getting high!

he died because he was stupid, wasnt the police’s fault. if the guy wouldnt have resisted he wouldnt have been tased and wouldnt be dead, put the blame where it deserves to be placed. yes, i feel for the family, just because he made a bad choice doesnt reflect on the family.

I would at least like to thank this particular station for not showing the video tape of the guy basically fighting for his life then ultimately dying on tv.  I think the other local station made a very poor choice to show the graphic video and for that reason I will never watch that station’s newscast again.  Can you imagine what the young man’s family must be going through if they saw that video on tv??  What did they have to gain by being so sensational?  Someone died, they chose to show the whole ugly episode on tv, and to be honest, I’ve never had anything upset me more than watching the unnecessary death of someone because a police office didn’t know you don’t do the heimlich so high up on the chest and in the end, was it really necessary to tase him in the first place?  Bad move, BCSO and WJHG.

Someone at WMBB needs to proof the story before posting. Your quoting Grande when it should be the Cop. How can he “OD or something” seconds after putting it in his mouth. That’s a crock of S*@$. I guess that thought process explains a lot about the cop. That’s 3 deaths on the Sheriff’s hands over Pot. This poor kid along with Barbara and Ken Jenks.
I remember seeing the drug unit (ran by Mckeithen) hauling these criminals to jail.
http://www.aids.org/atn/a-148-02.html