Posted by zazenducke on January 23, 2008, at 9:02:14
http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=3220
The Taser is touted as a non-lethal alternative to deal with aggressive suspects without shooting them. No research has been done as to its long-term health effects. As many as 200 people have been killed by Tasers. Police departments are supposed to train officers on when theyre allowed to use this device, which administers a shock of 50,000 volts. Heres what Amnesty International (AI) says:Many U.S. police agencies now ROUTINELY use Tasers to subdue UNARMED, non-compliant individuals who DO NOT POSE A SERIOUS DANGER to themselves or others ... police have used Tasers against unruly school children, mentally disabled and elderly people and people who simply argue with officers ... REPEATEDLY ADMINISTERED SHOCKS, sometimes while IN RESTRAINTS. (Emphasis added)
The City of Minneapolis spent $160,000 on Tasers last year and plans on spending $861,000 this year on more Tasers. The Arizona-based company that supplies thousands of U.S. police departments with the stun guns also sells them across the globe to governments with human rights abuses. AI also notes that these weapons are portable ... easy to use ... inflict severe pain at the push of a button and leave no marks.
That sounds like the perfect torture device for abusing ones authority over others while evading all accountability.
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Horrible
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