Man left in coma after being tased by East Bay regional park police in knee-deep water

OAKLAND — East Bay Regional Park District police allegedly tased a man who was standing in knee-deep water at an East Oakland shoreline earlier this month, causing him to nearly drown after he fell face-first into the bay, the man’s family alleged in a legal claim this week.

The Park District’s police department acted with a “reckless disregard for human life” during the April 5 encounter with Deontae Faison, a San Francisco father of two, who remained comatose Friday after falling unconscious during the incident...