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Give An Idiot A Stun Gun And Guess What

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Opera Employee VS Taser X26 Stun Gun

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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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Stun guns used on kids visiting Fla. prisons

More than 40 children shocked with stun guns while visiting prisons in April may not have been the first ones zapped, according to a report released Tuesday.

A corrections officer told investigators she saw a similar demonstration at a prison about five years ago.

The report included hundreds of pages of documents gathered during probes ordered after the Department of Corrections learned children ages 5 to 17 had been shocked at three Florida prisons on April 23, "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day." Three employees were fired and two resigned. More than a dozen others were disciplined.

No children were seriously hurt or taken to hospitals. At one prison, those who had been shocked were told they could be first to get hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch, according to the report. Some asked to be shocked and laughed afterward.

Shock passed around
Some children were shocked individually while others were part of a circle where children and officers held hands so the shock would be passed around.

Despite an officer's recollection of a similar demonstration in 2003 or 2004 at a Florida Panhandle prison, this year was the first time anyone reported one, spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said.

Officials learned about one demonstration from a parent, then held a conference call to find out if there had been others. Plessinger said children may have been shocked in past years, but the department is taking steps to ensure it does not happen again.

The department cannot investigate the earlier demonstration mentioned in the report because the officer could not remember exactly when it happened or who was involved.

The report also confirmed what officials had said earlier — that some children's parents were asked for permission but others were not. Department of Corrections Secretary Walter McNeil has said previously that even though some parents had given permission that did not excuse officers.

The documents released Tuesday included a resignation letter from Lt. P.J. Weisner, who was involved in one of the demonstrations.More than 40 children shocked with stun guns while visiting prisons in April may not... 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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Jack Cover, inventor of Taser stun gun, dies at 88

Jack Cover derived its name from a fictional weapon in a favorite childhood book,... more

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Amnesty International urges moratorium on taser use

the debate continues... but even a UN Committee concluded "...these weapons... more

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STUN-GUN DEATH INVESTIGATED

The NYPD officer who ordered that a nude, emotionally disturbed man be shot with a... more

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Pittsburgh couple uses stun gun as child disciplinary tool

Monsters!!!

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Tampon security system can save the day

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Deceased taser victim's mother wonders why

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Don't blend me bro!

Will it blend a stun gun? You bet!

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School Officer Tasers Parent In High School

A school resource officer in Jacksonville, FL used a taser to subdue and arrest a... more

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Man bursts into flames after being shot by a taser gun

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Give An Idiot A Stun Gun And Guess What

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

Stun guns used on kids visiting Fla. prisons

Oscar Grant’s Family Sues BART for $50 Million

Jack Cover, inventor of Taser stun gun, dies at 88

Amnesty International urges moratorium on taser use

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