It all began with a call for an assault at Michael Clark's apartment building. Clark's next-door neighbor said Clark attacked her, though there's no evidence he ever left his apartment that night.
The police report states that two Idaho Springs police officers spoke with Clark's neighbor and noticed she may have been drunk. Body camera video shows the officers then knocked on Clark's door without announcing themselves as police.
Not knowing who it was, Clark said he grabbed a small novelty sword -- a long ago gift from his brother-in-law -- and answered the door.
The officers told him to put the sword down. He did, but 19 seconds later and without any warning, Officer Nicholas Hanning tasered Clark, setting off a chain of medical events from which Clark is still recovering: A heart attack, a stroke, several seizures, and months in the hospital and physical rehabilitation facilities.
Soon after the incident, Idaho Springs Police fired Hanning. He was initially charged with felony assault but later took a plea to a misdemeanor and faced up to two years in jail. A few weeks ago, a judge sentenced Hanning to two years probation.
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