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On Friday, October 23rd Taser International held a demo day at the Alameda Sheriff's Office Regional Training Center in Dublin, California, to show off some of the latest in electronic control devices. Ranging from the Taser X3 and Taser Shockwave, which allow you to target 3 and 26 people respectively. To the XREP (Extended Range Electronic Projectile) that is "deployed" from a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, firing up to 100 feet and attaches itself to the target before it zapping with "Neuromuscular Incapacitation" technology.On Friday, October 23rd Taser International held a demo day at the Alameda... more
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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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the debate continues... but even a UN Committee concluded "...these weapons cause(s) acute pain, constituting a form of torture"... how many dead civilians is it going to take?
"Human rights group Amnesty International is renewing its call for a moratorium on Taser use after recent tests commissioned by CBC News and Radio-Canada found some of the stun guns deliver a higher level of electricity than the manufacturer promises."
The posts on current alone, related to this subject, are grim:
- "video captues police repeatedly shocking UCLA student"
- "hospital security guard tasers man with baby
- "An Orlando police officer Tasered an autistic middle school student"
- "Michigan police taser newlyweds during wedding reception"
- "Missouri police taser injured boy 19 times"
- "Lieutenant in deadly taser case commits suicide"
- "man tasered, causing him to fall to his death"
- "Virginia cops taser autistic man for arguing"
- "Police taser a blind woman with cancer"
- "police punched teen 13 times in face, then taser him "
- "Police officer tasers black youth to death"
- "Minnesota state troopers killed a healthy 27 year old by taser"the debate continues... but even a UN Committee concluded "...these weapons... more
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A handy new holster from Taser International Inc. holds not only your stun gun but a music player too.A handy new holster from Taser International Inc. holds not only your stun gun but a... more
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And you thought it was scary now?
Introducing the TASER XREP the eXtended Range Electronic Projectile. XREP is a self-contained, wireless projectile that fires from a standard 12-gauge shotgun. It delivers the same Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as our handheld TASER X26, but can be delivered to a distance of up to 100 feet, combining blunt impact with field proven TASER NMI.
http://www.taser.com/products/law/Pages/XREP.aspx
Tasers? No problem:
http://www.taser.com/pages/VideoDetails.aspx?videoid=61
And you thought it was scary now?
Introducing the TASER XREP the eXtended Range... more
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