Former Independence, Mo., police officer Timothy Runnels was sentenced Wednesday to 4 years in prison for violating the constitutional rights of a minor who was in his custody. Hobbs asked that the judge recommend that he be placed in a prison facility as close to Kansas City as possible. ""He lives not only with memory deficiencies and other cognitive impairments, he has post-traumatic stress, extreme anxiety, and severe insomnia that makes interpersonal relationships challenging and difficult to an extent that they were not before his anoxic brain injury," the suit states." Trying to go back to normal meant putting himself back in the community. The Taser discharge, meanwhile, caused Masters to suffer a convulsion and go into cardiac arrest. Timothy Runnels Subscribe to this topic via RSS or ATOM Topic - Timothy Runnels Related Stories Man hit by Taser by Independence cop awarded $6.5 million Associated Press Mediator to hear. 2021) Annotate this Case Court Description: [Kelly, Author, with Colloton and Melloy, Circuit Judges] Civil Case - Civil Rights Act. Matt believes Runnels should have never been hired by Independence after he resigned from Kansas City. Timothy Runnels, 59 Resides in Palmetto, FL Lived In Oneco FL, Terre Haute IN, Bradenton FL Related To Vanessa Runnels Includes Address (5) Phone (4) Email (3) See Results Timothy E Runnels, 26 Resides in Mound City, MO Lived In Craig MO Related To Shelli Runnels, Helen Runnels Includes Address (2) Phone (2) Email (1) See Results A twenty-three second jolt of 50,000 watts ended his life for a short time resulting in irreparable brain damage. He can recall family and friends coming in to offer their support, standing around his bed. These are only estimates, but the more you know, the more . Hes going to prison., Matt and Stacey were obviously outraged by what happened to Bryce and dealt with the heartbreaking circumstances of his injury every day. He was completely immobilized, the ventilator still in place, but he was making eye contact with his mom and dad. Eventually, Bryce went back to sleep. The jury returned its verdict Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City after a week-long trial in the lawsuit brought by Bryce Masters against the former officer, Timothy Runnels. Any positive reviews previously submitted about Dr. Timothy D Runnels, DC will appear here. BARRY H. RUNNELS, age 72, of Washington CH, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at his home. save. Even on the night of Runnels sentencing, Bryce said, he was followed by an Independence squad car for at least 3miles. Runnels, who was fired from the Independence Police Department after his encounter with Masters, pleaded guilty in 2015 to a single deprivation of rights charge and was sentenced to four years in. Runnels, who was fired from the Independence Police Department after his encounter with Masters, pleaded guilty in 2015 to a single deprivation of rights charge and was sentenced to four years in prison. Officer Timothy Runnels stopped Bryce Masters, 17, in the Kansas City suburb of Independence, Missouri, on Sept. 14, 2014 because Masters was driving a car owned by a woman with an outstanding. The Kansas City Star INDEPENDENCE, Mo. The catalyst for the crime was the 23-second Taser deployment straight into Bryce's chest. Matt suspected that once it was clear the warrant association to the car wasnt sufficient probable cause for an arrest, Runnels needed new justifications. The totality of his injury also made him reclusive. Nurses cut his clothes off. Masters was 17 at the time of the incident and had sued the city of Independence along with police officer Timothy Runnels, who shot the teen with a taser after Masters refused to get out of his car. It was daylight outside, and in the distance ahead, they could see Bryces gray Pontiac driving along as Runnelss cruiser followed far behind. Bryce was scheduled to startrehab the very next day. The video shook the convictions he had always held about law enforcement officers. He acknowledges that the number of Taser deaths is small compared with the total number of Taser deployments, but he worries about the people like Bryce who are unnecessarily put at risk. The NPI number of Timothy Runnels is 1053314336 and was assigned on May 2005. The commutation comes after Morgan, a former Chicago police officer who was working as a railroad detective, was arrested in 2005 following a traffic violation for driving the wrong way on a one-way street near his home, the report says. Then click "Follow," which will make all STDD diariesappear in "My Stream" of your Daily Kos page. Timothy Runnels electrocuted the teen for 23 seconds during traffic stop, more than four times longer than cops are . He was born on May 27, 1947 in Bloomingburg, Ohio to Clarence and Rebecca Wyatt Runnels. It was unacceptable the way hed talked to her. In a highly publicized Canadian inquiry into the 2007 Taser-related death of Robert Dziekanski in the Vancouver International Airport, a police psychologist accused the company of using the mythical disorder as a way to justify ridiculously inappropriate Taser use by police officers. Set up meetings. We didnt think death, Matt remembered. The recent Tasering of then 17-year-old Bryce Masters by Missouri cop Timothy Runnels has sparked outrage in the community and around the world. Matt began calling all the law enforcement contacts he could, trying to figure out what might have happened. The video, from the September 2014 incident, shows former police officer Timothy Runnels approaching the vehicle. Lack of training does not lead to intentional cruelty; lack of a functioning heart does. Runnels had once been an officer inthe Kansas City Police Department, though Matt didnt work in his sector. Timothy Runnels, a 32-year-old former Independence, Missouri, police officer, sat at a large, rectangular defense table inside Courtroom 8B at the Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, late last month. It is only fair. He told the Masters that his staff had Bryce prepped for a procedure known as Code ICE a therapeutic hypothermia that slows the blood flow of a coma patient and keeps the brain from swelling, protecting it from further damage. His attorney, J.R. Hobbs, asked Whipple to place Runnels on probation. Runnels told him to get up. A man said, Oh, my god. A police officer with the Kansas City Police Department quickly brought his fist to his mouth, turned to the man next to him, and whispered, Jesus. Even those sitting behind the defendant a few friends, his wife, his family gasped, as if the recordingrevealed a truth about Runnels they had never considered. Of course, no such luck for Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Sandra Brown(a pause to catch mybreath). More specifically, Matt learned that on October 12, 2009, Taser International, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based maker of conducted electrical weapons, released a training bulletin suggesting that officers should avoid shooting suspects in the chest whenever possible. True, Black and Native Americans areat least 21 times moreat risk to be shot and killed by overzealous Law Enforcement Officers, but white people are at risk, too. This is a screengrab of the Summary and Title of the Ballot Initiative sent to us bythe California Department of Justice: We await word from the Secretary of State who will be sending us a schedule with the maximum filing deadline and the certification deadline. Runnels wrote that he observed the vehicle to have darkly tinted windows, and that after Bryce partially rolled down his window, he detected an odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. Runnels maintained that there was a warrant associated with the license plate, but FBI agents told Mattthat the plate number would have provided details for a woman, with a different car, from a different county. Download Citation | Influence of the Ground Effect on the Precise Landing of an Unmanned Aircraft | This paper examines a multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle and the influence of the ground effect . Matt had never seen that bulletin. His short-term memory loss was severe, and it exacerbated his emotional instability. On April 5, for instance, Matt and Stacy wanted to surprise Bryce with tickets to a Kansas City Royals game. While he still values the profession, his newfound empathy made him more aware of the real damage some officers inflict. Of all those involved in this case, I was most interested in the reaction of Bryces dad who is himself a cop. By Sunday, Bryce was ready to leave the hospital. Bryce tried to appreciate the moment, but he wasnt nave. Runnels kept the trigger engaged for about 20 seconds, the equivalent of four cycles of the Taser, even though had Masters complied with all of his commands until he fell unconscious. Hes not breathing.Matt hung up and hit the gas. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career. While the number of people killed in Taser-related police interactions is in dispute and its unclear what role the Taser played in a number of these deaths Amnesty International has put the figure at more than 500. Because youre only as good as the training.. The first news reports about the incident included comments from a spokesperson who said Bryce was stopped for an outstanding warrant, and that he refused to follow the officers commands. _____________________________________________________________. I felt ashamed, because I didnt want to watch it. After misdiagnosing the cause of the problem, Matt Masters shared some more with us: After almost 20 years as a cop, it had become easy for Matt to split the world into good guys and bad guys. He sat on the witness stand and addressed the room, detailing what Runnels took from him. Matt headed to jail and posted Bryces bail. The police kept referencing an outstanding warrant, but unless there was a ticket Mattdidnt know about, Bryces license was valid and his car had been registered to Matt and Stacy for over three years. The cop put his foot on his back and moved it back and forth like he was putting a cigarette out and asked him, Are you ready to get up now? You could tell the kid was going into convulsions.. Two years? No one said anything about avoiding the chest, and this was five years after Taser International officially changed the target area and with an incident involving a local officers child providing a perfect example of what could happen. We came together to support the Dream Defenders in Floridaand their mission, our first project and the origin of our name. Blood and mucus had crusted around Bryces nose. A former Independence police officer who injured a teen driver during a 2014 traffic stop was sentenced Wednesday to four years in federal prison. The Independence Police Department was hardest on him. While he still values the profession, his newfound empathy made him more aware of the real damage some officers inflict. This time, he didnt reconsider. Bryce has vague memories of that Wednesday night. You need to get up here.. I didnt need training to know that what he was doing was very, very wrong. Matt took his time, doing his best to weigh a years worth of soul-searching. I dont play games., Ive been tased a dozen times, Runnels said to Bryce. After serving his sentence, Runnels will be placed on supervised release for two years. Runnels faced a dire sentence that day up to 10 years in federal prison. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. But in conversation after conversation, his fellow officers either doubted or were also surprised by Dr. Augustins theory. Runnels may not have known it at the time, but Bryce was going into cardiac arrest. Get your ass out of the car, andattempts to pull him out by force. We dont have ads, so we depend on our members 35,000 and counting to help us hold the powerful to account. This case was filed in U.S. Courts Of Appeals, U.S. Court Of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. But in more recent comments to a state investigator, Tolbert said that he drew the crime scene and Sanford only drew the bodies. The cop was like, You want to mess with me, and pulled out his Taser and tased him, witness Michelle Baker recalled after recording acell phone videoshortly after the incident. That august body will now discuss and then vote on whether to adopt The Michael Brown Over-Police Rights Act (MBOPRA) at theLegislative Session of the NAACPs Annual Convention. The case status is Pending - Other Pending. It was deliberate, cold, and devoid of empathy or humanity. Runnels faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for his conviction for violating the minor's civil rights. But his anxiety those first few months made such issues much more debilitating. The story became notorious among Kansas City cops. You are also welcome to join us onThe Porchover at the Black Kos Community group on Friday afternoons at 4 p.m. The agents arrived quickly and started taking pictures of Bryces mouth. It was the first and only time that I ever tattled on any of my siblings. Young Bryce Masters is still recovering from the injuries he sustained at the hands of Timothy Funnels. The video opened with a shot from the dashcam of Runnelss cruiser, the road rolling by, trees and sidewalks passing on both sides. While we are pleased that Mr. Runnels was held accountable for his actions, no one really wins in this scenario. Matt couldnt see any probable cause. Missouri police officer Timothy Runnels was recently sentenced to four years in prison for tasing 17-year-old Bryce Masters. A screen grab from a bystander video of Bryce Masters lying on the ground after being tased by Officer Timothy Runnels, Sept. 14, 2014. Tchous study was one of the first to demonstrate that a Taser shock canpotentially lead to cardiac arrest and it was financed by Taser International and completed in 2006, eight years prior to Runnels using a Taser on Bryce. Being a convicted felon and losing the only career he ever aspired to was a significant punishment for Runnels, Hobbs said. Matt had heard that people sometimes died after a Taser shock, but chalked it up to a syndrome called excited delirium, which hed learned about in his Taser training. A federal felony is not a slap on the wrist, Hobbs said. Runnels faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for his conviction for violating the minor's civil rights. Then and only then well see an end to this crap. His mom and dad held his hand. I felt like he would have cared for an injured animal better., I will never get over the fact that he put his foot on Bryces back, while he was literally dying, she said. This is a community diary. View the profiles of people named Timothy Runnels. Nick Berardini[emailprotected]gmail.com@NickBerardini, Matt Stroud[emailprotected]gmail.com@MattStroud. They still didnt know how bad the damage was, but at least Bryce recognized his parents. While the majority of law enforcement safeguards our communities with fidelity, the department will continue to vigorously investigate and prosecute officers who violate their oath by using excessive force., This former police officer was trained and entrusted to enforce the law impartially, said U.S. Attorney Dickinson. Dr. Stanley Augustin, the chief trauma surgeon, joined the conversation. A friend at the Independence police station called Matt to tell him his son had just been arrested. Timothy Runnels, et al Case Summary On 06/17/2019 Bryce Masters filed a Civil Right - Other Civil Right lawsuit against Timothy Runnels ,. Its the only thing we need, Matt remembered an agent telling him. 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