Niagara County, New York Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza, in her infinite wisdom, has decreed that TASING an uncooperative suspect in order to obtain a DNA sample (and without notifying the suspect's already-retained legal counsel of the subpoena, to boot) is a perfectly legal and r …

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Complying 'voluntarily' after being tasered is like the confessions gotten during the inquisition.

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This man was confused trying to get help. Instead he got tasered and wrestled to the ground and faces multiple charges (usual protective reaction of the police).

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OZARK, Mo. -- Christian County Prosecuting Attorney Ron Cleek says he has asked the Missouri State Highway Patrol to conduct an independent investigation into the actions that Ozark police took against 16-year-old boy last month.

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Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday in a Tukwila man's lawsuit against five Seattle police officers, whom he accuses of using excessive force when they used a stun gun on him during an arrest three years ago in Pioneer Square.

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BRANSON, Mo. -- A teenager from Branson who was hit with an electric stun gun 19 times by police has recovered enough to do an interview with a reporter.

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A family wants answers about what happened to their son that left him hospitalized. Early Saturday morning, police found Mace Hutchinson, 16, underneath the Highway F overpass over U.S. 65. Mace ended up in intensive care at a hospital.

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Deputy suspended for allegedly Tasering wife BRANDON - A Hillsborough County deputy has been suspended without pay after he allegedly Tasered his wife and put a gun to her head.

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Increasingly when I'm covering court cases, the word Taser is finding its way onto the official record.

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police should scale back use of stun guns and improve training, a federal watchdog's report said. Paul Kennedy, chairman of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, issued the report with 12 recommendations on the electronic devices, the  …

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The RCMP has repeatedly zapped people with Tasers in a steadily rising percentage of multiple-stun cases despite an internal policy that warns numerous jolts may be hazardous.

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The family of the late Jarrel Gray has filed a $145 million lawsuit against Frederick County, Sheriff Chuck Jenkins and Corp. Rudy Torres for the Taser-related death of the 20-year-old in November.

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A Woodland man has died after police officers fired on him with a Taser stun gun. Police in Woodland, about 20 miles north of Sacramento, say the man became increasingly agitated as they tried to talk to him Wednesday morning.

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The article states that this is the fifth death following taser use in San Jose since 2004. So much for being "safe"

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He's a big man who has done jail time, and Shane William Spaargaren of Halifax admits to swearing and being agitated with Halifax Regional Police last month. But he thinks officers went too far when they used a Taser on him.

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Police must only use Tasers when a gun would otherwise be needed, B.C.'s top civil-liberties watchdog said yesterday at an inquiry into use of the 50,000-volt weapons. There has been "an utter failure" by government to control Taser use by police, said Murray Mollard, executive  …

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A Moss Point man said he was the victim of police brutality when a police officer repeatedly used a Taser gun to subdue him. Otis Ashford, 48, said he was hospitalized for two days after the April 18 incident at his sister's home on Westpine Street.

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Heart surgeon tells inquiry the stun gun's consequences are not trivial

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The politician who first approved Tasers for use in B.C. in 'combative situations' says the weapon is now being used as a substitute for good old fashioned police work. Former B.C.

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Until late last year only specialist firearms officers were able to carry Taser stun guns but now some police are being given them after just two days' training. BBC News has been given exclusive access to officers taking part in a pilot scheme to widen their use in England and  …

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West Shore RCMP officers twice used a Taser on a handcuffed 15-year-old boy while he sat in the back seat of their cruiser after being arrested for violating his curfew last month. Lawyer Tom Morino, who is representing the teen, said his client told him one officer acted like i …

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A man whom officers shocked with a stun gun while he fought them in a Northwestside restaurant Friday night died a short time later, police said. Henry O. Bryant, 35, 3000 block of Cluster Pine Drive, died after the incident around 10:30 p.m.

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The RCMP is stripping crucial details about Taser firings from public reports as use of the controversial stun guns skyrockets across the country.

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A Deerfield Beach man who violently resisted arrest died in a hospital after officers zapped him with a Taser on Friday morning, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

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A teenager died after police used a Taser on him inside a grocery store in northeast Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police homicide detectives said they will investigate why police used the Taser on 17-year-old Darryl Turner Thursday afternoon. His mother, Tammi Fontenot, tol …

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