Aussie Police Tasers Used on "Mentally Ill"
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11522650
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Australian police are using Taser guns against people with mental illness in a disproportionately high number of cases, a five-year study says.
Specialist forces in Victoria used Tasers in 83 incidents - 85% of cases involved a person with a mental illness and 28% of those targeted were unarmed.
The Federation of Community Legal Centres, which commissioned the study, said it showed "systemic problems".
The use of Tasers by police in Australia provoked public anger earlier this month when a video was released of a man being receiving 13 Taser shocks from police in Western Australia.
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Specialist forces in Victoria used Tasers in 83 incidents - 85% of cases involved a person with a mental illness and 28% of those targeted were unarmed.
The Federation of Community Legal Centres, which commissioned the study, said it showed "systemic problems".
The use of Tasers by police in Australia provoked public anger earlier this month when a video was released of a man being receiving 13 Taser shocks from police in Western Australia.
more at link...
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