'He shouldn't have ever been Tased in the first place.' 'He was agitated, but he wasn't hurting anyone - he didn't touch them,' she recalled. Minutes later, Catskill police officer Mark Nazi fired a stun gun at Jones, causing him to catch fire and sustain third-degree burns. Security footage publicly released by the AG's office shows Jones, who was unarmed, pacing around the station lobby for several minutes before removing his clothes and dousing himself with hand sanitizer in the presence of three officers. Mary Jo Snyder, Jones' biological mother, says mental health issues led her son to the Catskill Police station Oct. Read and view the first part here.Īn ongoing investigation into the Taser-involved death of 29-year-old Jason Jones is giving rise to a conversation among state lawmakers about the proper emergency response protocols when an incident involves a person with a mental health issue or substance-use disorder.Īfter almost 20 months, Jones' family doesn't understand why the attorney general's office hasn't completed its probe into his 2021 death after an encounter with Catskill Village police. EDITOR'S NOTE: This concludes a two-part series on the ongoing state investigation into the death of Jason Jones and potential legislative action related to local policing policies in New York.
