Police on Long Island say a man has died after being shocked twice with an officer's Taser stun gun while trying to swallow a bag of drugs.

Suffolk County police say an officer saw the 26-year-old Brooklyn man trying to swallow a bag of cocaine on Monday. They say the officer shocked the man twice to try to stop him.



Comment: Because there isn't an alternative way to stop him, you know. Gosh, how did all those police officers survive before taser guns came along?



Police say the man spat out a white powder and remnants of a plastic bag. They say he was taken to a Riverhead hospital, where he died that evening.

The announcement of the man's death comes a day before thousands of New York City police sergeants are due to begin carrying Tasers on their belts.