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Aussie Police Tasers Used on "Mentally Ill"

Australian police are using Taser guns against people with mental illness in a... more

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Mentally Disabled Teen Tasered Twice by Philadelphia Police, Dies at Hospital

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) Patrick Johnson's grandmother apparently had her hands full... more

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How Stun Guns and Tasers work to incapacitate violent attacks as shown by Chuck Z. Saysgo

Star Trek had the trusty phaser. But, today, we have the stun gun. Many ordinary... more

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Man Shot and Killed by Oakland (California) BART Police

Oakland transit police involved in fatal shooting Man killed during confrontation... more

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VIDEO…Stupid 17yoPhillies Fan Runs on Field, Get’s Tasered…Always Funny

Phillies Fan TASERED: Teenager SHOCKED On Field (VIDEO) Huffingtonpost.com 05-... more

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Federal Appelate Court rules use of Taser innapropriate if cop is not physically or verbally threatened

As lawsuits have proliferated against police and Taser International, which... more

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Erlanger Taser Death

Federal Agents look into a taser death at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga,Tn.

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Arkansas cop uses taser on 10-year-old girl

Arkansas cop uses Taser on 10-year-old girl By Stephen C. Webster Tuesday,... more

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Cop Taser Non Resisting Man Until He Passes Out Minneapolis

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Taser International creates new increased firepower and new ambush devices.

On Friday, October 23rd Taser International held a demo day at the Alameda... more

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What parents and faculty think about tasers in Syracuse schools

Parents and faculty react to the use of tasers in Syracuse city schools. Tasers were... more

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A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers

Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger... more

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Chicago Issues New ‘Deadly Force’ Policy Allowing Cops to Shoot at Fleeing Vehicles

Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Jody Weis issued a new “deadly force” policy allowing cops to arbitrarily shoot drivers and passengers in vehicles to go into effect after this weekend.

“Effective next Monday, police officers will be able to fire their guns under circumstances where they previously could not,” Mike Krauser reports.

“Now officers will be able to fire upon the driver or passenger in a vehicle if that person is a forcible fleeing felon, someone who has committed a very serious offense resulting in bodily harm or has threatened to commit great bodily harm,” CPD spokesperson Roderick Drew told Mr. Krauser. “It gives department members the option of taking off a dangerous member, someone who has either created or committed a serious offense or could commit a serious offense if he or she is allowed to flee the scene.” (emphasis mine)

Mr. Drew said that whether or not someone “could commit a serious offense” is “up to the discretion” of the CPD “member”. Michael Sneed reports, “Critics claim the new policy is ‘ridiculous’ and the liability to the City of Chicago could be astronomical.”

Who would drive away from ‘CPD members’? Let’s not beat around the bush here. Ethnic minorities — and there are plenty in Chicago — are (in general) absolutely terrified of ‘CPD members’. An immigrant without “proper papers” might drive away. Someone simply uninsured might drive away. An ex-con with two strikes “illegally” talking on his cell phone while driving might drive away. This paragraph could go on forever.

As for the “discretion of the member”, a ‘CPD member’ shocked Lillian Fletcher — an 82-year-old, 5″1′ grandmother — with his Taser, sending 50,000 volts at her in 2007. Less than a year ago, a man fled from a ‘CPD member’ and was killed when the ‘member’ tased him. The man was being apprehended for drinking from an open bottle.

But, the CPD conducts thorough internal investigations for these ‘isolated incidents’, right?...Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Jody Weis issued a new “deadly... more

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New Taser Makes Cops Giddy as a Kid on Christmas

Go to article for video of a cop tasing a 72 year old woman.

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Canada Removes Over Half Of Police Tasers From Use

Canadian police remove over 1,600 tasers because of safety concerns.

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G20 death 'was not heart attack'

A second post-mortem examination has sensationally revealed that the newspaper seller... more

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G20 Police Taser Footage

A video from the G20 protests allegedly shows a police officer pointing a 50,000-volt... more

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Oscar Grant’s Family Sues BART for $50 Million

Family members of Oscar Grant, the unarmed BART rider shot to death by a transit agency police officer early New Year's Day, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday that seeks $50 million from the agency, its chief of police and three officers.

John Burris, an attorney for the family, had asked for $25 million in a legal claim against BART after Officer Johannes Mehserle shot Grant on the platform of the Fruitvale Station in Oakland.

Grant, 22, of Hayward, and several other young men had been pulled off a Dublin-Pleasanton train by police investigating reports of a fight. He was face-down on the station platform when he was shot, an incident that several passengers recorded on cell-phone cameras.

Mehserle, 27, quit the BART force Jan. 7 and was subsequently charged with murder. His attorney said Mehserle had meant to fire his Taser when he fired a single shot with his pistol.

Burris said Monday that the actions by Mehserle and by BART Officer Tony Pirone, who first detained Grant and five of his friends in the aftermath of the fight, were "more egregious than I initially thought."

The lawsuit Burris filed in U.S. District Court in Oakland on the Grant family's behalf also named Pirone's partner, Marysol Domenici, and Police Chief Gary Gee. The attorney suggested that racism had played a role in Grant's detention and death, an accusation that a lawyer for BART said is not supported by evidence.

Burris wrote that an unidentified officer "directed a racial slur at one of the young men" after they were detained. Grant was African American, and the other detained men were black and Latino, Burris said in the suit.

Dale Allen, an attorney representing BART and the officers in civil court, said Monday that Grant's death was "a tragic accident," citing Mehserle's explanation about trying to fire his Taser.

"BART has been discussing mediation with Mr. Burris in an attempt to bring closure to the Grant family, and will continue to do so," Allen said.

Allen said evidence in the case will show that Grant and his friends "had been identified as having been involved in an altercation on the train" and that officers had properly detained them. He said racism was not a factor in the case and that officers had uttered "absolutely no racial slurs."

Burris said Pirone struck Grant without good reason minutes before Grant was shot, and that Domenici threatened to "tase" the young men in the face. Pirone's attorney, Bill Rapoport, has said Grant provoked Pirone's blow by trying to knee the officer in the groin.

Burris filed the lawsuit on behalf of Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, as well as Sophina Mesa, who was Grant's girlfriend and is raising the couple's 4-year-old daughter.

BART spokesman Linton Johnson said Monday that a criminal investigation into the actions of Pirone and the other officers on the platform will soon be turned over to Alameda County prosecutors for a decision on possible charges.Family members of Oscar Grant, the unarmed BART rider shot to death by a transit... more

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Tasers ordered for UK police forces!

What do people think of the proposed increase of 10,000 more tasers to be carried by... more

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Police fire Taser at man, 89, who fled care home

The family of an 89-year-old man shot with a Taser stun gun by police yesterday spoke... more

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