A traffic stop for speeding in Travis County, Texas, led to the Tasering of a 72-year-old great-grandmother by a deputy.

18

28

Dr.

2

2

Five of the 11 people shot and killed by Inglewood police since 2003 were unarmed. They include a man who fled when officers tried to stop him for riding his bicycle on a sidewalk.

4

7

ROBERT Dziekanski did raise a stapler and scream, just as the Mounties testifying at the Braidwood inquiry in British Columbia have claimed. That inquiry is investigating the death of the Polish immigrant after he was Tasered by the RCMP at the Vancouver airport in October 2007.

1

1

It was only one sentence in the middle of RCMP Commissioner Doug Elliott's three-page address to the Commons' standing committee on public safety and national security, but it rightly made headlines across the country:

2

2

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

2

1

The first independent study on the safety of tasers. The results should not be surprising.

2

9

Cops has two unruly suspects. He pulls his taser to shock one. The other attacks him. He shoots.

1

1

The 'suspect' did not raise his hands fast enough, The cop tried to taser him, it did not work so a fight ensued.

1

2

The RCMP know some of the tasers have an output higher than the manufacturer says is possible. They test the weapons secretly.

2

2

Now you can be tasered for not paying a train fare.

1

1

"RCMP spokesman Sergeant Tim Shields says they haven't seen studies making the connection, and carrying defibrillators may not be practical because of the cost and training involved"

1

1

Sloppy police work allows woman to slip handcuffs.

1

3

Cops seem to be trying to keep a secret. Why?

1

1

"...would it be cruel to shock someone and then shoot them? Best of both worlds."

5

30

The teen's thought it would be 'funny' to see their friend tasered. When he died, they had to reconsider.

3

7

The police are choosing not to carry them because of the controversy. I wish they would track the problems officers with and without the weapons have. Our protests seem to be working!

6

12

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).

3

5

Another death from the 'safe' device.

3

10

Industry claims that Taser stun guns are safe do not stand up to scrutiny and tougher controls over their use are needed, says Amnesty International.

2

3

Tasers, once upon a time, were coined as 'Non Lethal' but after an almost law suit, Taser International began billing the Taser [tm] as 'Less than Lethal.' Unfortunately, this is still not accurate. It's not accurate for the people who have died as a result of taserings.

5

1

The article does say that they took 24 tasers out of service after determining that they discharge an "unacceptable" level of current.

4

3

He had ordered officer to shock crazed man and apologized after incident NEW YORK - The man was naked, teetering on a building ledge and jabbing at police with an 8-foot-long fluorescent light bulb as a crowd gathered below.

11

15

This is barely scratching the surface. There will be more...lots more

4

2

The cop tasered the man 9 times in a 15 minute time span. He is being tried for manslaughter.

2

0