City officer fires Taser, fatally injuring woman who had attacked him - baltimoresun.com
The headline reads that the woman Tasered attacked the police. But in the article it clearly says that she attacked the crack addict that the police were chasing.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Woman dies after hit by cop stun gun - Examiner.com
Woman dies after hit by cop stun gun - Examiner.com
A woman dies in the Baltimore Taser trial period. The police consider the trial a success.
In March, Baltimore County police reported that Ryan Lee Meyers, 40, of Middle River, died after being shocked with the device.
His family said he suffered from bipolar disorder. The police said he refused to drop a baseball bat in the house he shared with his parents.
A woman dies in the Baltimore Taser trial period. The police consider the trial a success.
In March, Baltimore County police reported that Ryan Lee Meyers, 40, of Middle River, died after being shocked with the device.
His family said he suffered from bipolar disorder. The police said he refused to drop a baseball bat in the house he shared with his parents.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
School Taser Incident Under Review
School Taser Incident Under Review - Local News Story - WRTV Indianapolis
A sixteen year old special needs student was Tasered by police to subdue him.
A sixteen year old special needs student was Tasered by police to subdue him.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Father hit with Taser while holding baby
A Houston father is angry. He was hit with a Taser by police while he was holding his newborn daughter. It's the first time he's talked publicly and you'll only hear from him on Eyewitness News.
Taser incident during huricane Ivan
A former Pinellas County sheriff's deputy was sentenced to a year in federal prison Monday after a jury said he used excessive force while responding to a 2004 hurricane in the Florida Panhandle.
Richard G. Farnham received the maximum sentence for his role in an altercation days after Hurricane Ivan hammered the small coastal town of Navarre.
Farnham, 35, kicked and Tasered a 56-year-old resident who thought Farnham was looting a nearby house, authorities said. Farnham also hit the man's wife, leaving her partially blind in one eye, the man said from his home Monday.
"It was an absolute nightmare," said the resident, Daniel Thompson, a former New York City corrections captain.
Richard G. Farnham received the maximum sentence for his role in an altercation days after Hurricane Ivan hammered the small coastal town of Navarre.
Farnham, 35, kicked and Tasered a 56-year-old resident who thought Farnham was looting a nearby house, authorities said. Farnham also hit the man's wife, leaving her partially blind in one eye, the man said from his home Monday.
"It was an absolute nightmare," said the resident, Daniel Thompson, a former New York City corrections captain.
Suspect dies after HPD officers use Taser on him | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Suspect dies after HPD officers use Taser on him | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Another death, by Taser stun gun. This one died overnight, later on, proving that the damage of a Taser may cause death as a suspect is languishing in a cell, overnight. Hardly the basis of a fair justice system for all.
Another death, by Taser stun gun. This one died overnight, later on, proving that the damage of a Taser may cause death as a suspect is languishing in a cell, overnight. Hardly the basis of a fair justice system for all.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Elderly Man Beaten and Tasered in Road Rage Attack
Elderly Man Beaten and Tasered in Road Rage Attack | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
Civilian use of Tasers is a concern. Read about a man in Florida who was Tasered in a case of road rage. The offender was arrested but as the elderly victim points out, he has a pacemaker and if he had turned in the other direction, it could have electrocuted his chest and instantly killed him.
Meantime, Taser is bringing out consumer versions of their stun gun in four colours. Police show some concern about facing Taser weilding criminals, but the use of Tasers by civilians is dangerous as is illustrated in the above case.
Civilian use of Tasers is a concern. Read about a man in Florida who was Tasered in a case of road rage. The offender was arrested but as the elderly victim points out, he has a pacemaker and if he had turned in the other direction, it could have electrocuted his chest and instantly killed him.
Meantime, Taser is bringing out consumer versions of their stun gun in four colours. Police show some concern about facing Taser weilding criminals, but the use of Tasers by civilians is dangerous as is illustrated in the above case.
Chillicothe Gazette -
Chillicothe Gazette - www.chillicothegazette.com - Chillicothe, OH
A man was Tasered four times and still resisted arrest in Chillicothe, Central Ohio. He was finally subdued and handcuffed but fought again at that station and was tasered a fifth time after being taken to jail.
He was charged with criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct intoxication and resisting arrest. He had visible burns on his back and marks on his face.
A man was Tasered four times and still resisted arrest in Chillicothe, Central Ohio. He was finally subdued and handcuffed but fought again at that station and was tasered a fifth time after being taken to jail.
He was charged with criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct intoxication and resisting arrest. He had visible burns on his back and marks on his face.
Man subdued by stun gun, dies
Man subdued by stun gun, dies - Boston.com
Another report of a Taser death - a 26 year old man speaking incoherently told police he was on drugs. He fought with a friend and when police tried to separate them he kicked and bit police officers. So they Tasered him.
He died.
Another report of a Taser death - a 26 year old man speaking incoherently told police he was on drugs. He fought with a friend and when police tried to separate them he kicked and bit police officers. So they Tasered him.
He died.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Full Public Disclosure
Anti Taser campaigner Marie Dyhrberg has claimed that the public are not being given all the information on tasers in the police trials of the weapon. The latest police report on the taser stun gun trial shows it has been discharged 13 times since the trial began in September last year.
Marie Dyhrberg said the report does not include vital information, including whether any injuries were sustained in many of the incidents and is seeking publication under the Official Information Act.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Police taser trials
Taser incidents are not always harmless - being given 50K volts via a taser would give anyone a nasty shock and risks fatality in 1 of 870 cases. Being tasered a few seconds later increases the odds by squaring it, this becomes 1 in 30.
The 1 in 870 ratio must be considered acceptable by the police trialing the taser device. Triggering heart attacks seems the most likely reason a large shock causes fatality. Using the weapon twice magnifies the risk. How can that be acceptable? What about damage to internal organs or other possible long term results? How can they justify the introduction of 50,000 volts to the nervous system of those they have not even had the decency to arrest yet?
This is indescriminate murder insofar as the propensity the police have had on occassions to go for the wrong target. Recent examples of demonizing their own victims highlighted in recent police rape trials where juries had to balance the careers of "good men" against the possibility of ruin. In fact two of the three accused were already serving eight year sentences and this was hidden from the juries in accordance with our laws about name supression. It may seem a questionable path to justice, but it is there to ensure that each case is judged on its own merits of its own presented evidence.
Does that mean that you can be tried for the same crime twice, so long as there is more than one victim? That would seem to be an effect of name supression. If you are found guilty twice from independent crimes, it may be that you are considered twice as guilty?
Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
The 1 in 870 ratio must be considered acceptable by the police trialing the taser device. Triggering heart attacks seems the most likely reason a large shock causes fatality. Using the weapon twice magnifies the risk. How can that be acceptable? What about damage to internal organs or other possible long term results? How can they justify the introduction of 50,000 volts to the nervous system of those they have not even had the decency to arrest yet?
This is indescriminate murder insofar as the propensity the police have had on occassions to go for the wrong target. Recent examples of demonizing their own victims highlighted in recent police rape trials where juries had to balance the careers of "good men" against the possibility of ruin. In fact two of the three accused were already serving eight year sentences and this was hidden from the juries in accordance with our laws about name supression. It may seem a questionable path to justice, but it is there to ensure that each case is judged on its own merits of its own presented evidence.
Does that mean that you can be tried for the same crime twice, so long as there is more than one victim? That would seem to be an effect of name supression. If you are found guilty twice from independent crimes, it may be that you are considered twice as guilty?
Leave a comment if you have an opinion.
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