Posted AT 3:28 AM EDT on 23/11/07
N.S. taser victim 'was running for his life'
HALIFAX — A man who died a day after being tasered in what police describe as a violent attempt to escape custody was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who believed another police tasering two years ago weakened his heart, his sister says.
"He can become aggressive in [his] psychotic states, but essentially fearful," Joanna Blair said of her brother, Howard Hyde. "He did have a fear of police.
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