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Human rights advocates raise concerns over increased police Taser use
Concern is growing among human rights campaigners and politicians over the widespread and potentially lethal police use of Tasers after an innocent blind man was shot with a stun gun when his white stick was mistaken for a samurai sword. Colin Farmer, 61, was Tasered in the back after police…
Analysis: Taser-related deaths in US accelerating
The rate of deaths in Taser-related incidents is rising as police forces increasingly adapt the conducted energy weapons, a Raw Story analysis finds. A 2008 report (PDF) from Amnesty International found 351 Taser-related deaths in the US between June, 2001 and August, 2008, a rate of just slightly above four…
NC: More freestyle law enforcement death-by-Taser
I’ve been busy and haven’t briefed folks on the Taser-happy crowd for some time; it looks like the Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD is having a whale of a time with its shock-inducing, deadly device. A Statesville man died after being shocked multiple times by Tasers at the Iredell County jail over the…
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