Oh, the humanity!
The OP is the best argument I’ve heard yet for having the police videotape every encounter they have.
…for immediate posting on YouTube.
I could make a mix tape based on this:
Blue Oyster Cult - “Burnin’ for You”
Blue Oyster Cult - “Flaming Telepaths”
Bruce Springsteen - “I’m on Fire”
Liege Lord - “Burn to My Touch”
Motorhead - “Fire, Fire”
Van Halen - “On Fire”
(and so on…)
Blue Oyster Cult - “Fire of unknown Origin”!
Taser welding? Wow, that’s one powerful Taser. Or is it welding two Tasers together?
Doors - Light My Fire
J Geils Band - Flame Thrower
Bob Seger - Fire Down Below
And if the “perp” was a good dancer, Disco Inferno 
Bad Religion, “Let It Burn”
Billy Joel, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
Franz Ferdinand, “This Fire”
Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire”
Kompressor, “Do Not Play with Fire”
The New Pornographers, “Streets of Fire”
Wolf Parade, “This Heart’s on Fire”
Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof is On Fire
Van Halen - Fire In The Hole
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
The Used - I Caught Fire
And possibly his afterlife as well 
The doors: Come on Baby Light My Fire
Ohio Players - Fire:
The way you walk and talk really sets me off
To a fuller love, child, yes, it does, uh
The way you squeeze and tease (tase), knocks to me my knees
‘Cause I’m smokin’, baby, baby
Personally, if someone came at me with a gas can and a lighter I would pass up the taser and use a gun.
That made me laugh out loud.
Taser welding Arc welding it’s all the same at a gas station.
Future Proponol addict now.
See Michael Jackson’s hair…
So he was not sniffing glue and had not doused himself with petrol. Yay CNN!
I don’t know why, but this reminds me of when I lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There was a rash of incidents in which a man would charge at a group of several police officers while brandishing a knife. In each case, all of the officers would fire, killing the bullet-riddled man instantly. There was much criticism about not using non-lethal take-down techniques. After all, we’re talking one perp with a knife and several trained officers. But be that as it may, it seems to have become known that if you wanted to commit suicide but were too wimpy to do it yourself, just run at some cops with a knife. That seems to have explained at least a couple of the incidents.
The Liars, “Mister Your on Fire Mister”
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Gas sniffing is a big problem with the aboriginals these days. They have no job prospects, low quality of life … there’s shit all else to do.
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This reminds me of the CSI episode in which the Mythbustrs had a cameo. An officer used a butane based pepper spray to subdue a suspect. He was then tasered. His shirt burst into flame and he was burned to death.
Well, in fairness, if a suspect can’t be subdued using pepper spray or a taser, setting him on fire is probably the only way to go. 
Even though he got a little hot under the collar.
And the Police Officer tried to put the flames out with his bare hands and was stoned by local children as young as 12. This guy was a known violent offender.
The Commissioner said the only alternative for the officer was using a firearm (the guy coming at him with a cannister of petrol (gasoline) with a lighter).
Meh.