tasers

  • A brief history of the Taser, and its quick acceptance as a tool of "pain compliance."
    The fact is a Taser will not kill a normal, healthy person under controlled circumstances. The problem is that Tasers are rarely used against normal, healthy people in controlled circumstances.
    (via andrew sullivan) (2) #
    12/11/2007
  • The UN Committee Against Torture concluded last week that the use of Taser guns constitutes a "form of torture" and also recognized its lethal capabilities. I feel like the tide is beginning to turn on this issue, although I'm not convinced that there isn't an ethical and legal way for police departments to use tasers -- but I am convinced that whatever that way is, it's not yet a matter of policy. (thx, flea) (0) #
    11/27/2007
  • Yet another story, this one at the Vancouver airport, about an innocent man being killed by police misuse of Tasers. I hope there's an uproar in Canada about this, and that police everywhere begin to treat Tasers more like guns. (via bb) (10) #
    10/26/2007
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