Two More Deaths from the “Non-Lethal” Taser
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008One in North Carolina of a man arrested for shoplifting. Another in Louisiana of a man arrested for drug possession.
Archive for the 'taser' Category
Justice, truth and accountability for Robert Dziekański #2
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Short answer: not gonna happen. Police pardon selves; move along, nothing to see here.
From The Globe and Mail:
No charges called for in report on taser death
17 June 2008
Vancouver — Police have finished their investigation into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski and forwarded a report to the Crown that does not call for any [...]
Taser manufacturer in hot water, murderous cops absolved again
Monday, June 9th, 2008
There’s an interesting story here in that Taser International’s wall of mendacious claims about the safety of its cute little electrocution weapons is beginning to crumble.
Even so, holding the company responsible for the actions of its customers who use its products to kill is as ridiculous as holding knife manufacturers responsible for stab wounds. One [...]
Taser tribulation
Friday, May 30th, 2008
I was going to post yet another taser death article today, but I kinda can’t stand looking at the fine details of the subject right now.
Instead, some commentary and some links.
Despite that the taser’s manufacturer, Taser International, claims with all sorts of paid experts and government shills to back them up that the device isn’t [...]
Mouthy to cops in BC? You’re in for a whupping.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Don’t go getting all mouthy with the state’s goons now. Least of all in British Columbia, where the RCMP just last year killed a distraught immigrant with taser shocks less than one minute after engaging with him. At least in this case the charges against the victim are being dropped, and I saw speculation in [...]
Instant justice, Mississippi style
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
As is so often the case, there is no underlying charge here. Concerned that uniformed thugs are brutalizing someone and dare to make noise about it? Well, that’s “interfering with police duties”. Twitch a little when 50,000 volts is zapped through your body and when you’re already incapacitated by pepper spray? “Resisting arrest”. Moss Point [...]
UK: Cops run down, kill 16 year old girl, taser distraught boyfriend
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Lunatic killer cop “sent off duty”, stone-cold Police Superintendent tells outraged public: “We cannot tolerate that emotion spilling over into violence and disorder.” Clown suit defense to follow.
From The Daily Mirror:
Schoolgirl killed by ’speeding police patrol car’
Sixteen-year-old killed by ‘100 mph patrol car’, then police Taser distraught boyfriend.
A witness yesterday claimed a police car that [...]
Justice, truth and accountability for Robert Dziekański
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Robert Dziekański was killed seven months ago at Vancouver International Airport.
After waiting around in immigration and customs hell for some ten hours, unable to speak or understand English and clearly disturbed, Dziekański was tasered to death within a minute of police arriving on the scene.
Yesterday, Dziekański’s mother, Zofia Cisowski, appeared at the public inquiry into [...]
Electroshock torture new penalty for expired tag?
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Ah it’s great how a victimless status crime such as driving with an expired license plate can lead to electroshock torture these days. Didn’t pay your tax on time? Ride the taser. Sure, the officer wasn’t “adequately trained in the use of the taser”… they know what it does. They get zapped as part of [...]