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Police brutality
Excessive force, abuse of power, and efforts to reform our law enforcement system.
Warren -- An unarmed and exhausted Robert Mitchell was facing at least six Warren and Detroit police officers inside an abandoned house when an officer fired the Taser shock from which the 16-year-old never recovered, a Detroit attorney said Wednesday.
- Man tasered after scuffle at Boise bar (ktvb.com)
- TASER International Receives Order for 400 TASER X26 ECDs for Cleveland... (globenewswire.com)
Over the weekend, a Sacramento man joined the growing tally of people who have died after police attempted to subdue them with Tasers.
While the manufacturer denies Tasers can be fatal, debates churn over whether the stun guns are being used in the way they were intended as an alternative to lethal force and whether police policies reflect the most recent scientific conclusions on the weapons' safety.
Because Paul Martinez Jr. was...
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- Police Taser Mental Patient at Parkridge Hospital (newschannel9.com)
- Arkansas officer who Tasered girl is fired (feedburner.com)
- Cop who Tasered 10-year-old is fired (abclocal.go.com)
Palo Alto police zapped an allegedly bellicose man with a Taser outside a bar early Saturday morning, two days after a police auditors' report was submitted recommending the department do an overall review of its Taser policies and training.
Read the full story here http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news/show_story.php?id=14926 posted Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 3:16 AM
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- Arrested officer out of a job, police say (news.google.com)
Previous post: [TX] Police Chief Ivy who brutalized, tasered girlfriend was on his EIGHTH cop job & had domestic priors - ...[IN COURT, LEON COUNTY VICTIM SERVICES TANYA] FOSTER POINTED TO SEVERAL PICTURES SHOWING A WOMAN WITH A BLACK EYE, BRUISED ARM, AND WHAT FOSTER SAID WERE TASER BURN MARKS NEAR THE EYE AND ON THE WOMAN'S SIDE... ANOTHER LEON COUNTY OFFICER TIPPED IVY OFF THAT A WARRANT HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST...JAIL TIME POSSIBLE...
From behindthebluewall.blogspot.com
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- Taser Death: Darryl Bain (feedburner.com)
p2pnet news view P2P | Crime:- ‘Dziekanski tasered 5 times in 31 seconds’ was a p2pnet headline almost exactly a year ago.
‘ “Atrocious” RCMP police work in taser death’ was another this March.
When you taser someone, “you use a gun to fire a sharp barb attached by a wire carrying a powerful electric charge,” [...]
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- Taser report blasts the Mounties (thestar.com)
A man died after being shot with a Taser during a confrontation Sunday night with Mason police officers, according to police. Police said Douglas Boucher, 39, of Mason died at a local hospital after he was shot by the Taser following a disturbance around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Speedway gas station, 711 Reading Road. Two Mason police officers stopped at the Speedway at the corner of Tylersville and Reading Road for a drink when a...
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- Texas police find woman, 45, living with corpse (news.google.com)
A medical investigator has ruled the death of an East Grand Rapids man who was Tasered by police "natural."
Dr. David Start of the Kent County Medical Examiner's Office says Matthew Bolick died of acute exhaustive mania, which is also known as excited delirium syndrome. Start said the death was brought on by a psychiatric disorder.
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From clipsyndicate.com
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Today we added Eddie Buckner (Chattanooga TN) as the 51st victim on our list.America's police force is killing people on a weekly basis with taser guns. There are not many states in the nation who have not been involved in a taser-related death this year. Tasers are now deployed in law enforcement agencies in 29 of the 33 largest U.S. cities.Perhaps the idea of an electric rifle made sense when it was first invented. However, we now see too...
From feedburner.com
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- James Degorski is called a victim of physical, sexual abuse (news.google.com)
- Vicino named Pasadena's interim police chief (news.google.com)
Matthew Bolick, 30, died after being tasered multiple times by Sgt. Brian Davis and Ofc. Gary Parker. Villagers may recall that these police officers felt that they couldn't restrain 5'6" Bolick ... despite his slight 150-pound frame. They jolted him with their taser guns ... and they are still on suspension.However, Davis and Parker received good news this week. A medical investigator has ruled the death of an East Grand Rapids man who was...
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NORWALK
By CHASE WRIGHT
Hour Staff Writer
A New Canaan man, who refused to pay his bar tab, had to be Tasered by police on Sunday after he allegedly punched an officer in the face and threatened to put a bouncer through a meat grinder.
Police stationed on Washington Street responded to Black . . .Full Story
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