Lawyer: Pepper-sprayed man posed no threat

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The 550-pound Bel Air man who died after police pepper-sprayed him posed no threat to officers because of a debilitating back injury and poor health, the man?s attorney said.

David Matarazzo, 47, died early Tuesday morning after being pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by state troopers called to his Hillside Drive home, police said. He had been waving a metal chair and holding a rock, police said, while threatening to kill his family and neighbors.

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