The attorney general’s office says it released the video to be transparent with the public. A man with hand sanitizer on him died after Catskill police tasered him in New York, causing him to catch on fire, the state’s attorney general’s office said.

The OSI looks into every case where a police officer may have caused a person’s death. Police Chief Dave Darling said that officers. The horrible incident took place after the 29-year-old man walked into the police station in Catskill, New York, and got into an altercation with officers. (WHAM) A man is in critical condition after he burst into flames when police used a Taser on him. The Office of Special Investigation (OSI) is conducting the investigation, according to a statement from Attorney General Letitia James’ office. The police station in Catskill, New York. Most effective hand sanitizers used to prevent the spread of germs and viruses contain ethyl alcohol, a highly flammable liquid that “readily evaporates at room temperature into an ignitable vapor,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Īlthough the CDC says the likelihood of hand sanitizer catching on fire is low, the Taser employed by the Catskill police officer likely ignited the hand sanitizer solution that Jones was seen putting on his head and body and set his body on fire. “He was a highly regarded guy and comes from a working-class family,” Luibrand said, adding he was working at a local store where he helped sell and deliver tents for outdoor events at the time of the incident. Jason Jones, 29, of Catskill, was in an intensive care unit at a Syracuse hospital, the Times-Union of Albany reported. Jones was a star athlete at his high school in the Catskills and a sectional champion for shot put and discus, he said. A New York man was hospitalized after he burst into flames when police used a stun gun to subdue him after he doused himself with hand sanitizer, authorities confirmed Friday. The police officers knew Jones because it was a small town, Luibrand said. “He was not harming anyone or threatening anyone.” “Jason was clearly having an emotional issue when he was at the police station lobby,” Luibrand said.

“Jason didn’t like the way the officers handled the situation at the bar so he went down to the police station to talk about it,” Luibrand explained.

Catskill man on fire