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- veriix, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10909-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0
...oh wait, we're doing tasers now? - FBMGriever, on 10/10/2007, -3/+109I think Digg needs a "Tasered" section.
- synth7, on 10/10/2007, -22/+122DONT TASE HER, BRO
- prosayik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7470's: Wearing bellbottoms and disco
80's: Lycra and cassettes
90's: Khaki cargo pants and grunge
00's: iPhone, and getting tasered - bightchee, on 10/10/2007, -3/+65It's all taser news all the taser time here on Digg!
- gumby05, on 10/10/2007, -2/+63If Ron Paul ever gets tasered, Digg might explode.
- Serenikill, on 10/10/2007, -8/+69So he tasers someone over and over again and he gets a paid vacation. I don't quite follow.
- theworldisflat, on 10/10/2007, -4/+60BREAKING: Nuns carrying autistic kittens tasered by police.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+58the trouble is that the police force has an element of moral hazard associated with it... those who crave torturing want to become police officers.
what a shame. - bpapa, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37I saw the video of this on TV earlier today, it was pretty disgusting. The woman kept falling and hitting her head. Sure, she was being unruly, but that was a pretty ***** cop.
- notque, on 10/10/2007, -3/+34http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engamr5113920 ...
More than 5,000 US law enforcement agencies are currently deploying tasers, dart-firing electro-shock weapons designed to cause instant incapacitation by delivering a 50,000 volt shock. Tasers are hand-held electronic stun guns which fire two barbed darts up to a distance of 21 feet, which remain attached to the gun by wires. The fish-hook like darts are designed to penetrate up to two inches of the target’s clothing or skin and deliver a high-voltage, low amperage, electro-shock along insulated copper wires. Although they were first introduced in the 1970s, the take-up rate for tasers has increased enormously in recent years, with the marketing of powerful "new generation" models such as the M26 Advanced Taser and the Taser X26. Both fire darts which strike the subject from a distance or, as in James Borden’s case, can be applied directly to the skin as a stun gun.
The manufacturers and law enforcement agencies deploying tasers maintain that they are a safer alternative to many conventional weapons in controlling dangerous or combative individuals. Some police departments claim that injuries to officers and suspects, as well as deaths from police firearms, have fallen since their introduction.
Amnesty International acknowledges the importance of developing non-lethal or "less than lethal" force options to decrease the risk of death or injury inherent in the use of firearms or other impact weapons such as batons. However, the use of stun technology in law enforcement raises a number of concerns for the protection of human rights. Portable and easy to use, with the capacity to inflict severe pain at the push of a button without leaving substantial marks, electro-shock weapons are particularly open to abuse by unscrupulous officials, as the organization has documented in numerous cases around the world.(2)
Although US law enforcement agencies stress that training and in-built product safeguards (such as chips which can record the time and date of each taser firing) minimize the potential for abuse, Amnesty International believes that these safeguards do not go far enough. There have been disturbing reports of inappropriate or abusive use of tasers in various US jurisdictions, sometimes involving repeated cycles of electro-shocks.
There is also evidence to suggest that, far from being used to avoid lethal force, many US police agencies are deploying tasers as a routine force option to subdue non-compliant or disturbed individuals who do not pose a serious danger to themselves or others. In some departments, tasers have become the most prevalent force tool. They have been used against unruly schoolchildren; unarmed mentally disturbed or intoxicated individuals; suspects fleeing minor crime scenes and people who argue with police or fail to comply immediately with a command. Cases described in this report include the stunning of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Florida, following a dispute on a bus, and a 13- year-old girl in Arizona, who threw a book in a public library.
In many such instances, the use of electro-shock weapons appears to have violated international standards prohibiting torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment as well as standards set out under the United Nations (UN) Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. These require that force should be used as a last resort and that officers must apply only the minimum amount of force necessary to obtain a lawful objective. They also provide that all use of force must be proportionate to the threat posed as well as designed to avoid unwarranted pain or injury. - bightchee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28I almost feel like I should find some way of getting myself tasered just to get it over with.
- Sketchcast, on 10/10/2007, -7/+32Look at that fat sack of *****, how is he allowed to maintain his job when his physical incapability is so obvious? You simply don't see RCMP officers who are out of shape like that, unless they're full time desk-workers, and even then they're never obese like this lardsack. *****, if you aren't disciplined enough to keep your disgusting gut from overflowing over your belt, you shouldn't be a police officer; no wonder this twinkie-snarfing greasetrap has to rely on a tazer against a 90 lb. woman.
- mt066, on 10/10/2007, -6/+31Digg: the site with 24/7 taser coverage. And maybe some tech news.
- djSyndrome, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24Which means you've got about nine or ten years before you'll be tasered.
- SilentJay74, on 10/10/2007, -4/+28Meet me in the parking lot tonight and we can fix that!
- nickrct, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26Being a cop sounds like a sweet gig! Play with tasers, and if you do something abusive...hey no biggie!! Take a vacation with your paid administrative leave!!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26I was thinking the same thing. You understand, these aren't real police officers. My Godparents are real police officers. These are CRIMINALS with jobs in law enforcement. There's a lot of them. They've been given too much leeway and have basically become the very thing they swore to do away with. CRIMINALS with serious psychological disorders. You must understand this instead of just saying "another cop gone bad."
- eonblu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24Give them a break. It's "Taser a Helpless Citizen Month", afterall.
- usrlocalbin, on 10/10/2007, -21/+42***** these criminals we call Police.
- DinX, on 10/10/2007, -15/+36digg me down please
- dracostimpy, on 10/10/2007, -10/+28Did she drop any good loot?
- KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -10/+27I'm gonna start copying and pasting the exact same reply every time a taser story gets dugg up.
- theNazz, on 10/10/2007, -8/+25Why do these abusive ***** cops get 'paid' to be investigated for civil violations? FTP!
- FishHammer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+21I'm starting to feel left out. Nobody ever tasers me :(
- moocow1452, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16I'm sorry, that was the first decent laugh I've had all day.
- notque, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17over 150 people have died.
- Matrixsta, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18I'm gonna start up a Pligg site. Instead of "digg it", it'll be called "taser it"
- unicronband, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14***** a pics section, Digg needs a taser section!
- GorfTron, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Someone needs to invent a "hack" that uses taser energy to charge an iphone.
- sweetwood76, on 10/10/2007, -3/+14someone needs to taze his fat ass! $20 bucks says his cholesterol pump can't take it
- UtopiaInTheSky, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13Hey, I still wear khaki cargo pants.
- kurupttek, on 10/10/2007, -4/+14more taser news please
- azprofessional, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11does 50,000 volts sound fun to you??? If you want to try it, go buy a disposable camera, find the electrical connection to the flash, put your finger on an open wire in the circuit it and take a picture of yourself.
- azprofessional, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Autistic Kittens, nicely done
- artsgraphic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12Very disturbing. They were showing it over and over and over and over again last night on cnn.
- rheaume, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Nothing better than a drunken american whore to spruce up your night
- hiphoc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Just walk up to a cop late night and call him a corrupt ***** while you smoke a joint and enjoy your electrocution. Excuse me, I meant "pain compliance".
- FishHammer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9it'll be like pay it forward with tasers...tase it forward?
- FishHammer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9while unlocking his iphone
- 2000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9But Bill O'Reilly says he was tased for a story and the Kerry incident guy is "The biggest wimp in America"!
- MJ03, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12They just see videos of all the other cops doing it and think "damn..I'm gonna have to try that.."
- IamChrisMcCall, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11Why wouldn't you try and escape from the custody of someone who was torturing you?
- notque, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=E ...
- hierophantus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11BREAKING: Ron Paul TASERED by lolcat
- Racerx52, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Or being shot for compliance?
Hell you can just start breathing, I'm sure he`ll see the implied threat. - EVogel, on 10/10/2007, -7/+15***** the police.
- mwalker05, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10the officer could have just let her kick at the window (i would guess police cars have reinforced glass windows that are hard to break through). even if she had broke it it only would have added on to her list of charges. tasers are meant to be a last resort against dangerous criminals, not as a means of control for the drunk
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