TASER NEWS, VIEWS AND COMMENTARY… PLUS
If you still doubt that tasers are widely used as a first response option for increasingly minor infractions, this news report should convince you. A bicyclist was tasered last Wednesday in Hamilton City, California for riding a bicycle with improper lighting equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
Last July 28 Shawn Hicks returned home in North Braddock, PA and forgot to disarm his alarm system. He fell asleep on the couch and was awakened by a taser shot in the back. Now he’s filed suit against borough officials and the police. Will the borough settle or fight? Read the rest of this entry »
Reports of post-taser death sometimes claim that victims die not from the taser shock but from “Excited Delirium.” This is not a diagnosis recognized by either the American Medical or the American Psychological Association. It’s a scientific-sounding term invented to cover the effects of taser use. Read the rest of this entry »
Flood any market with weapons and they’ll soon end up in the hands of the wrong sort of people. The whole third world is awash in AK-47’s; now electroshock weapons have made their way from the hands of law enforcement into the hands of law breakers. Don’t be shocked; it’s a natural progression. Read the rest of this entry »
Taser-hungry PSNI’s Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde finally released a draft EQIA of their proposal to supply tasers to their officers. The Equality Impact Assessment Summary and Equality Impact Assessment for Consultation use careful lies, half-truths, and deceptive wording to manage your perceptions of Tasers. Read the rest of this entry »