After rereading this last post (maybe missed it in original post) I can see a legitimate argument to both sides of this issue.

How many people are aware that an electrical shock *OFTEN* brings a person out of a seizure? YES! it's true! Science behind this fact is not studied to any large extent but it was previously used in decades past to STOP an existing seizure!

My exwife had seizures lasting from 5 seconds to 5 minutes! No way could I ever tell how long one would last. During all those Video EEG's during hospital stays could they tell any difference either! My exwife averaged over 230 seizures per year until her last brain surgery (left frontal lobe removal). After that her seizures dropped to about half as many per year and often lasting no more than 45-90 seconds....

It is *possible* an officer knew that electrical shock was capable of ending a seizure!


Edited to add---------her neuropsychiatrist did tell us that electrical shock to end a seizure was only used when a seizure had lasted more than 3 minutes. It was not part of our normal discussions but it was something I asked about due to all the reasearch I had already done about epilepsy.