Mark Backlund

Mark Backlund died after being stunned by a Taser which was fired by a Minnesota state trooper after a car crash on January 15, 2008. Backlund reportedly became "uncooperative", according to police, which is when they stunned him.
Fast Facts:
1. Age: 29
2. One son, Nathaniel, age 2
3. Resided: Fridley, Minnesota
4. Single
5. Crash happened on way to pick up parents at the airport
6. 5 troopers have been put on leave pending investigation
7. 2 of the troopers were on a training assignment
8. Autopsy was inconclusive
9. No known health issues

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- ABC News: 'Healthy' Man Dead After Trooper Tasering (January 18, 2008)
  - Mark's older sister, Melanie Backland Moe said, "I'm just going to miss my brother so much. He was a happy guy, and he wanted everyone else to be happy."
- Star Tribune: "Autopsy Inconclusive on Fridley Man Who Died" (January 18, 2008)
- Pioneer Press: "Taser Victim's Family Is Left to Wonder" (January 18, 2008)
  - State police maintain they tasered him because he 'Wouldn't respond to commands" and they "needed to get the situation under control".
- KARE: Parents Remember Son Killed in Taser Incident (January 18, 2008)
- Minnesota Public Radio: Training Law Enforcement to Use Tasers (January 17, 2008)
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