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Fair Haven Police Chief: Okay to Taser Intoxicated Asthma Attack Sufferer
Source: The Boston Globe

FAIR HAVEN, Vt.—After an internal review, Fair Haven Police Chief William Humphries says he is satisfied with officers' decision to use a Taser to subdue a man who was charged with disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer during a medical call.

North Carolina Man Dies while in Police Custody
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North Carolina Man Dies while in Police Custody Man was Tasered while in Police Custody & Never made it to Booking

Coroner: Taser did not cause man's death
Source: LJWorld

Not the Tasering but the Handcuffing claims Coroner The Shawnee County Coroner's Office on Tuesday called the recent death of a Lawrence man accidental and said it was not caused by use of a Taser stun gun.

Chicago Man Dies after Tasering - Autopsy Inconclusive
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

An autopsy Wednesday proved inconclusive for a 24-year-old man who died after being Tasered by police on the Southwest Side.

TASER Abuse in the U.S.
Source: Amnesty USA

Since June 2001, more than 280 individuals in the United States have died after being struck by police TASERs. Amnesty International is concerned that TASERs are being used as tools of routine force--rather than as weapons of last resort.

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