Court to Cops: Stop Tasing People into Compliance
wired.com — The use of Tasers has become increasingly controversial over the last year, following high-profile cases such as the Tasering of a ten-tear old girl who had refused to take a shower and video of a 72-year old great-grandmother Tasered after a driving offense. Now a federal appeals court in San Francisco has set down new rules for when ..... (Submitted by LtGenPanda) More...
YATD: Canadian man dies 4 days after being Tasered
cnn.com — VANCOUVER, Canada -- A Canadian man died Saturday, four days after police used a Taser stun-gun on him because he reportedly was acting erratically in a store, police said. He was the third person to die in recent weeks in Canada after being shocked by the hand-held weapon. (Submitted by sockpuppets) More...
Forget the Taser... Introducing the Shockwave!!
news.cnet.com — The Shockwave, a big Taser device that can incapacitate five or six people at a time, which company representatives told us is designed for crowd-control situations and can be triggered remotely via a 100-foot firing wire. (Submitted by NewsFeed) More...
Deputy mistakes pistol for taser, shoots wacko in tree
seattlepi.nwsource.com — One deputy attempted to discharge a Taser at the man, but when it did not work asked another deputy to fire a Taser. Instead of grabbing the Taser, the deputy grabbed and fired the gun. "Ow, that hurt, I'm coming down, I'm coming down," said the wounded man. (Submitted by OBKenobi) More...
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