Man is zapped with stun gun at mom's NY home, dies

Police say a man who had locked himself and his mother in her Long Island home died after he tussled with officers and was zapped twice with a stun gun.

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Taser tells police to avoid shooting at chest

Stun-gun maker Taser International has started telling police agencies to avoid firing the devices at suspects' chests, explaining that there's an "extremely low" risk of ill effects on the heart and that doing so will make defending lawsuits easier.

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Man dies after police in Calif. use Taser on him

Police say a 19-year-old man has died in Southern California after officers used a Taser to subdue him at a board-and-care facility.

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Officer not disciplined in deadly Taser incident

The police officer who used a Taser on a mentally ill man who died as a result of the two high-voltage shocks will not be disciplined and remains on patrol, the Fort Worth police chief said Friday.

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Great-grandma Tasered by cop admits: ‘I lost it’

Great-grandma Kathryn “Sue” Winkfein comes across as an awfully nice, polite woman. So just how did this 4-foot-11 72-year-old wind up getting Tasered by a cop?

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Tasered woman says next time she'll `say nothing'

A 72-year-old Texas woman who was Tasered during a traffic stop when she dared a deputy constable to use the stun gun said Tuesday that if she got pulled over again she would say nothing.

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Tasered woman takes Texas county's settlement bid

A 72-year-old woman whose Tasering by a deputy constable was captured on video and shown nationwide has accepted a $40,000 settlement offer from a Texas county.

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Utah officers use Tasers to subdue escaped bull

Police in South Jordan had to use Tasers to tame a bull that escaped from its owner and knocked over an 80-year-old man. South Jordan police Lt. Dan Starks said a bull escaped from its owner Wednesday in the Salt Lake City suburb and that others in the area tried to help corral it. The bull knocked over an 80-year-old man who was trying to help.

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Man dies after being Tasered at LA subway station

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a man has died after a deputy shocked him three times with an electric stun gun at a subway station.

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No charges in Taser use on Wyoming tractor driver

Prosecutors say they won't file any charges after police used a Taser to try to subdue a 76-year-old man driving an antique tractor during a parade in Glenrock.

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Mom Tasered in front of kids ‘posed no threat’

Audra Harmon, who was Tasered twice in front of her children by a cop who thought she was using her cell phone while driving, said, “I posed no threat to him.” She has filed a lawsuit on charges including police brutality and false arrest.

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Chief: Tasing 76-year-old probably not 'best way'

Glenrock Police Chief Tom Sweet said two officers "probably didn't do things the best way" when they used a Taser on a 76-year-old man driving an antique tractor in a parade. Sweet spoke at a packed town hall meeting Monday, nine days after Bud Grose was hit with a Taser during the town's annual Deer Creek Days.

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New Taser device can shock 3 people without reload

Taser International has introduced its first new stun gun since 2003: a device capable of shocking three people without being reloaded.

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Report says police taunted, Tasered handcuffed man

Boise police officers used excessive force when they taunted and threatened a handcuffed man and then Tasered him in the buttocks, a report from the city's police ombudsman said.

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Deputy Tasers woman, 72, during traffic stop

Cursing and belligerent, the great-grandmother refused to sign her speeding ticket, got out of her truck and dared a deputy to shock her with a Taser.

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Great-grandma dared cop to Tase her — so he did

First there was the college student who gave the language the immortal phrase “Don’t Tase me, bro!” before being zapped by police. Now, there’s the 72-year-old great-grandmother who told a cop, “Go ahead. Tase me” — and got what she asked for.

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Deputy Tasers woman, 72, during traffic stop

She dared a deputy constable to shock her with a Taser.

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No charges for police in death of Mich. teen

A prosecutor in Michigan says Bay City police will not be charged in the death of a 15-year-old who died after an officer used a Taser on him.

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Amnesty International: Death shows Taser's risks

Amnesty International criticized police in Michigan on Tuesday for using a Taser to subdue a 15-year-old boy who died shortly afterward, saying it illustrates the dangers of the electroshock weapon.

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Canadian officer defends fatal stun gun incident

A police officer who repeatedly zapped an unruly traveler with a stun gun before the man died on the floor of the Vancouver airport said he believed the man intended to attack officers with a stapler.

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Canada officer regrets fatal Taser case

Police whose efforts to subdue an unruly traveler with stun-gun shocks left the man dead acted properly at the time, one of the officers involved testified Tuesday.

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Canada cops won't face charges in Taser death case

Four federal police officers will not face charges for using a Taser gun on an agitated Polish traveler in a confrontation that ended with the man dying at a Canadian airport, prosecutors said Friday.

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NC undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer

Five sheriff's deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man at his father's funeral, a North Carolina sheriff said Wednesday.

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Officer fired for Tasering teen at Fla. party

A rookie police officer in central Florida has been fired after supervisors learned that he Tasered a teenager at a birthday party that involved underage drinking.

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Tasers in spotlight of alleged French spying plot

A postman-turned-leftist politician who has campaigned against the use of Tasers claims he has been targeted by a shady spy ring — allegedly made up of crooked cops, private eyes and the head of a French company that sells the stun guns.

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An unruly 10-year-old girl has been given a Taser stun gun jolt after she kicked an Arkansas policeman in the groin. Police were called to a home in Ozark, near Little Rock, over a domestic disturbance, according to a report by Officer Dustin Bradshaw.

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10 yr old Girl Tasered for not Going to Bed & Being Unruly

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Now we tase 10 year old girls...where do we draw the line? A father tasered his child and was charged with child abuse. What is the difference?

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For the life of me I can't understand why this had to go down like it did. Poor communication skills? Poor training? "They put themselves at pretty bad risk because the approach to the residence didn't provide them with a whole lot of cover," Holloway said.

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Suspects Hands on Police Car. Tasered Anyway. Rolando Ruiz is tasered by a Minneapolis police officer after being arrested for throwing a brick at a police car.

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Tasered while Complying Suspect had his hands on the police car. Suspect was offering no resistance. He was tasered to the ground.

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Lt. Michael Pigott, a 21-year NYPD veteran, ordered an officer on the ground to fire his stun gun. Morales collapsed and fell 10 feet to the sidewalk, landing on his head. He was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead on Sept. 24, 2008.

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After rescuing all his housemates from the fire and exiting the burning house...

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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona-based Taser International is advising police agencies across the nation not to shoot its stun guns at a suspect's chest, saying it could post an extremely low risk of an "adverse cardiac event."

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Police say three people were going through the car that was parked in a garage. Two escaped when police arrived. A third was immobilized with a taser and taken into custody.

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A man fleeing police was stopped with an electric shock by a Taser gun Saturday after he allegedly gassed up his vehicle without paying at a Novato car wash, police said.

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In the grainy video, one officer can be seen swinging a baton, while another appears to bend down and jolt Ho with a Taser. A sound like handcuffs closing can be heard, and then the officer with the baton hits Ho again.

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The instructions follow an Oct. 12 advisory by Taser International that shooting someone in the chest with the 50,000-volt weapon could pose a low risk of an "adverse cardiac event."

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Oh really, now—how long have I been blogging about this "electrical shock device" and the deaths, maimings and abuse heaped upon the guilty and the innocent, the elderly, the mentally disabled, the bedridden and wheelchair bound, as well as humans minding their own busin …

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The Polish government wants criminal charges laid against the RCMP officers involved in the death of an immigrant at the Vancouver International Airport, the Braidwood inquiry was told Monday.

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An example of a good police officer refusing to use unnecessary force.

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CHEYENNE, WY (September 22) – Two police officers who chased and Tasered a 76-year-old man driving a tractor in a Wyoming town parade have been fired.Bud Grose, who was shocked five times by Officer Michael Kavenius, welcomed the decision announced Tuesday by the Glenrock Polic …

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After spending six days in jail for resisting arrest, charges have been dropped against Greg Williams and there is currently an investigation into the incident where police tasered this double-amputee.

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The Merced Police Department's Internal Affairs Division is investigating whether an officer twice used a Taser on an unarmed, wheelchair-bound man with no legs.

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A request by the Memphis Police Department to implement the use of Taser electronic stun guns as a method of subduing suspected criminals has been turned down by the city council.

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LOS ANGELES - THE Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a man has died after a deputy shocked him three times with an electric stun gun at a subway station.

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A San Bernardino man was shot and killed by police after he attacked an officer and pointed a stun gun at him during a traffic stop, San Bernardino police said Tuesday.

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A man who allegedly charged a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy several times at a San Fernando Valley subway station died after being stunned multiple times with a Taser, a sheriff's spokesman said today.

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A homeless man caught fire after U.S. police shocked him with a Taser gun, it has been revealed. Daniel Wood, 31, was allegedly sniffing gas from an aerosol can as ran through traffic when he was chased by two officers in Lancaster, Ohio.

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Technology is a double-edged sword, the cliche goes. It can save and even extend your life, but it can also kill you in new and unpredictable ways.

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