popularmechanics.com — At first blush, it sounds like Big Brother," a Taser VP says. "But if we're not doing it, it's the kid next door recording it with his cellphone. And what if he didn't flip it open in time, and he doesn't catch his buddy making verbal threats or attacking the officers first? What happens then?"
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edstittleJul 1, 2008
Don't tase me sis.
mbraynardJul 1, 2008
So missing videos in questionable cases? Just how many times do you think this can happen in a non-ghetto dominated city with social activists/lawyers/investigative reporters? The population of Detroit or New Orleans might put up with it, but probably not too many others.
prebanJul 1, 2008
Or you could google the number of medical treatments people need after getting tased. Or you can believe what the police tell you.<a class="user" href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/17/taser-injuries.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/17/taser-in ...</a>
miggieJul 1, 2008
I saw that tape. l That man deserved to be tasered. He was a jerk and disrespectful I would have tasered him too.
linuxpenguinJul 1, 2008
Umm. . . what? I don't think so. . .
fryguy1013Jul 2, 2008
That, and a tape means nothing legally: <a class="user" href="http://www.hackaday.com/2008/06/16/dont-talk-to-the-police/">http://www.hackaday.com/2008/06/16/dont-talk-to-th ...</a>
opticwindJul 2, 2008
I was referring to quantity, not the medical aspect. That's why I added that "often" in there. I said that this product is proof that people think it's common.
catbellerJul 2, 2008
we're saying it won't matter. cops who do good taze will have a video to back them up; fine. bad cops will destroy the camera and concoct a story to cover themselves. it covers cops, not the public.
wolferzJul 5, 2008
@catbeller... it WOULD be a straw man if the complaints were about some cops, but according to these people its ALL cops. According to what is being said cops are inherently evil and can not be a force for good.If I got put in the hospital by a cop for no reason whatsoever my problem would be with that cop... not all cops.