Apple has come in for heavy criticism after a woman was allegedly tasered by police at one of its stores after refusing to leave when told she would not be allowed to buy more than two iPhones.

Xiaojie Li of Newton in Massachusetts bought two iPhone 5s at the store in Nashua New Hampshire last week, which were apparently intended as gifts for relatives in China.

When returning to buy a further iPhone this week Li was told by Apple sales staff that she had exceeded a two phones per customer limit designed to foil profit-seeking Internet resellers.

After refusing or failing to understand their request to leave - Li is reported to speak poor English - amateur footage posted on YouTube shows her being dragged from the store by police officers who are accused of tasering her while prone.

A police spokesperson later described the arrest as "a criminal trespass incident and fairly routine here."

Police claim Li had $16,000 (APS10,000) in her purse at the time of her arrest. Her fiance claimed the phones were meant for the woman's sister and denied she intended to resell them.

Regardless of Li's intention in buying the phones, reaction on social media has been near-universally critical of the heavy-handed response by police and, by extension, Apple.

'Tasered for buying too many iPhones,' is probably not a headline that will be well-received in china itself, the country in which the iPhone is manufactured.

Man what a shocking experience that must have been for her huh ?



Poor lady...

It may sound drastic to taser a woman, but the article is awfully light on details of her behavior beyond her refusal to leave and poor communication skills.

I have no other evidence, but if she's like a lot of woman I've seen, then she probably had the tasering coming. Not leaving a store is a pretty bitchy move to begin with. Add police officers, and the situation was clearly escalated. She was probably never going to leave without either a beating, pepper spray or tasering. So must it be.

OMG Johnny Bravo


as far as the OP it would probably been sufficient to escort her to the exit and not allow her to re enter....tasered...good grief

whatever rock you crawled out from under? well, your fellow vermin are waiting your return ad by all means don't let us keep u

So shooting volts of electricity into humans (regardless of ethnicity) is commonplace in Nashua, NH?

I understand the prevention of resell, but tasering?? Seems like the police force may be barking up the wrong tree.

A foreign affairs nightmare!

Gosh! Not fair.. Tsk. Harsh world

what about the Communication-Skills of the Sales-Staff and the Policeofficers?

BTW,have you ever received an electric Shock,if not,try it sometime?
Not a very pleasant experience,just ask any Electrician!