'Samurai' Turns Out to be Blind Man with White Cane; Police Tase Him Anyway Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/17/12 09:31AM It was like being "trapped in a nightmare," says 61-year-old Colin Farmer, a blind stroke victim from Chorley in Lancashire, of his recent run-in with police that ended with him being tased and cuffed for no apparent reason.