Police taser woman in wheelchair. She dies after being zapped 10 times.
Police taser man while he's having a diabetic seizure. If that isn't bad enough, police claim they smelled alcohol on his breath. Test later reveals he had no trace of alcohol in his system. And if that isn't horrifically bad enough, instead of taking the man in for medical care, he was hauled off to jail.
Police taser 82 year old woman.
Police taser autistic boy. Note how the LA Times uses the word "subdue".
Police taser man sleeping on his couch, in his own home. Guy gets zapped while sleeping, then zapped again after he woke up.
Police taser each other during a volunteer taser demonstration. Officer seriously injured. Months later, still feeling the effects.
After reading these articles, I decided to google "police" and "taser" to see what else I could come up with. Such stories are, sadly and unfortunately, not lacking. Here are just a few of what I found.
Police taser 8 month pregnant woman.
Police taser man while tied to a hospital bed. This article has a large number of similar taser stories.
105 Americans Killed By Tasers in First Quarter of 2005.
2 comments:
Those stories seem like they come at us on a daily basis. I see that some provinces in Canada are so aghast at that guy dying in Vancouver that they're outlawing taser use. Good on them, I hope they set a trend.
It's only a matter of time until they're used frequently on political demonstrators and protesters.
They need to be outlawed, period. 50,000 volts isn't safe under any conditions for anyone.
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