Shocking

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(Note: This post represents an archive that I began several years ago. Many of the articles may have been removed from the cited URLs. I will update this page as time permits.)

"One-third of people shot by Taser need medical attention: probe," 

cbc.ca 

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080617/canada/canada_taser_injuries

Tasers a form of torture, says UN

Agence France-Presse | From correspondents in Geneva | November 24, 2007

 

TASER electronic stun guns are a form of torture that can kill, a UN committee has

declared after several recent deaths in North America.

 

"The use of these weapons causes acute pain, constituting a form of torture,'' the UN's

Committee against Torture said.

 

"In certain cases, they can even cause death, as has been shown by reliable studies and

recent real-life events,'' the committee of 10 experts said.

 

Three men, all in their early 20s, were reported to have died in the United States this

week, days after a Polish man died at Vancouver airport after being Tasered by Canadian

police.

 

The man, Robert Dziekanski, 40, fell to the ground and died after the police officers

piled on top of him.

 

There have been three deaths in Canada after the use of Tasers over the past five weeks.

...

 

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22814674-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss

 

See, also:

 

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ON TASERS 

http://www.amnestyusa.org/Domestic_Human_Rights/TASER_Abuse__News/page.do?id=1108134&n1=3&n2=850

532 Taser-Related Deaths in the United States Since 2001
September 14, 2012
http://electronicvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/taser-related-deaths-in-united-states.html

cf.:

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/10205-police-taser-death-toll-reaches-500-in-us

http://rt.com/usa/news/500-taser-law-enforcement-503/

Amnesty International Urges Stricter Limits on Police Taser Use 

as U.S. Death Toll Reaches 500
http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/amnesty-international-urges-stricter-limits-on-police-taser-use-as-us-death-toll-reaches-500

 

and:

 

Torture by Taser

http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=770

 

"Taser jolt can cause fatal heart rhythm," 

Terri Theodore | The Toronto Star; THE CANADIAN PRESS | May 09, 2008 

http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/423950

 

and:

 

"Heart experts warn Tasers deadly,"  

Suzanne Fournier | The Province | Tuesday, May 20, 2008,  

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=032125dd-c177-43e7-9de7-61d18518e40b

American Heart Association: Tasers can cause death
By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Janice Morse, The Cincinnati Enquirer
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-02/taser-study-deaths/54688110/1

 

But, despite the warnings, dangers, and UN-designation of "torture device", police around the world are being told that tasers are safe enough even to use of children.

 

Now police are told they can use Taser guns on children

By JASON LEWIS | Last updated at 15:27pm on 2nd September 2007

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=479341&in_pageid=1770

Students and children:

 

Police Taser 6-Year-Old

http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/taser_6yrold.htm

 

Officer's Taser is used on girl, 9

http://www.fox11az.com/news/local/stories/KMSB-20040525-dsbp-taser.1f8073c21.html

 

Cops Taser UCLA Student

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2662158

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=2662158&page=2

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=2662158&page=3

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2662158

 

Florida Student Is Shocked at Kerry Forum

Washington Post

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/offbeat/2007/09/university_of_florida_student_1.html

 

Retired NYPD officer says cops used Taser on his teenage Son

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--sonbeaten0917sep17,0,7485170.story

 

Superior police, district say using Tasers on students is OK

Maria Lockwood | Superior Daily Telegram | Published Friday, February 08, 2008

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=59850

Cached at: http://www.infowars.com/?p=141

 

Second student shot with Taser

Charlotte Observer/Melissa Manware | September 27 2005

Cached at: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2005/270905studentshot.htm

 

Sixth Grader Tasered At Middle School

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/10424467/detail.html

 

The elderly:

 

No justification for using Taser on grandmaChicago cop's actions against mentally ill woman probed

By Mary Mitchell, Sun-Times Columnist | November 6, 2007

http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/636574,CST-NWS-mitch06.article

 

Police taser 75-year-old at nursing home

http://www.heraldonline.com/local/story/4124708p-3890580c.html

 

Pregnant women:

 

Stun Gun Used on Pregnant Woman in Ohio

Associated Press | November 29, 2007

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8T7ELUG0&show_article=1

 

Pregnant woman tasered

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=62268

 

Police Taser Pregnant Driver

By HECTOR CASTRO | SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER | Friday, May 13, 2005

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/224099_vmalaika13.html

 

FBI Investigates After Officer Uses Taser On Pregnant Woman

Jill Del Greco, Reporter | POSTED: November 28, 2007 | UPDATED: November 29, 2007

http://www.whiotv.com/news/14719706/detail.html

 

The disabled/restrained:

Diabetic Cleburne Teen Hit With Taser After Crash
CBSDFW.COM | October 24, 2012

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/10/24/diabetic-cleburne-teen-hit-with-taser-after-crash/ 

 

Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times 

(Local6.com)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20070919/lo_wkmg/14147512

 

Police use Taser in arresting autistic man

DailyPress | May 17, 2008

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/williamsburg/dp-local_localbrfs_05172may17,0,1199509.story

 

Handcuffed Woman Tased in Police Station

Kurt Nimmo | TruthNews | December 2, 2007

http://www.truthnews.us/?p=1086

 

Man Tasered In Hospital Bed

Forced To Give Urine Sample

Associated Press | March 10 2005

http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/11086873.htm

 

And, yet:

 

St. Louis police plan wider use of Tasers

By Jeremy Kohler | ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH | 06/19/2008

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/sciencemedicine/story/101CE6A906EEB0728625746D000DD3F4?OpenDocument

Cf.

Taser used on Wentzville student
By Kalen Ponche | St. Louis Suburban Journal | Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:14 AM CDT
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2009/09/29/stcharles/news/0930stc-taze0.txt

"Man's death by Taser prompts concern"
Joel Currier | ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH | 05/09/2008, http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/special/srlinks.nsf/story/D0460CD98406F1A1862574430078F9CF?OpenDocument 

According to the article entitled "Police Officers From Five States Sue Taser International for Serious Injuries Suffered During Stun Gun Training Classes," from August 25 2005, "among those who now warn of the dangers of tasers and other "energy devices" is a "a Missouri police chief" who "alleges that he suffered heart damage and two strokes after he volunteered to be shocked with a Taser in April 2004, while hooked up to a cardiac monitor that was supposed to show the Taser was safe. The officer also claims he suffered hearing and vision loss as well as neurological damage." Other officers allege injuries ranging from burns to fractures and dislocations. A cache of the original article can be viewed here:

 

http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/tasers_police_sue_for_injuries.htm .

St. Louis is not alone.

 

Tasered Man Dies

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/ NY Times | June 11, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/nyregion/11taser.html

 

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Alton Man Dies after Being Tasered

By Casey Nolen | KSDK / News Channel 5 | Created: 5/7/2008 10:51:42 AM

Last updated: 5/7/2008 10:15:52 PM

http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=145730

 

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N.C. Teen Dies After Police Shock Him With Taser at Grocery Store

Friday, March 21, 2008

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340315,00.html

 

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Man Dies After Police Use Stun Gun on Him

 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-stun-gun-death,0,1305487.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines    

 

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Another Meaningless Taser Death: Police Use Of Stun Guns Out Of Control

Confused? Distressed? Need Help? Get tasered

Infowars.net | November 15 , 2007  | Steve Watson

http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/tasers_another_meaningless_death_police_out_of_contr ol.htm

 

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Suspect dies in police custody

Posted at: 11/18/2007 07:18:54 PM | By: Eyewitness News 4

A man died in police custody after being subdued with a Taser. ... Police transported

the man to the detention center. But when they arrived, he was dead. State police say an

autopsy is pending.

http://kob.com/article/stories/S260961.shtml?cat=500

 

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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times 

(Local6.com)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/wkmg/20070919/lo_wkmg/14147512

 

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Phoenix Man Dies After Being Tasered

Associated Press | May 4, 2005

(Original URL removed, cached at: http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/tasers_phoenix_man_dies_after_taser.htm)  

Police accused of firing Taser into head of innocent man

Robert Booth | Tuesday December 18, 2007 | The Guardian (UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2229041,00.html

 

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Houston Man Dies After Shocked By Taser Gun

POSTED: 7:18 am CDT July 14, 2008

http://www.click2houston.com/news/16874769/detail.html

Man's death spurs more questions on police Taser use
Arelis R. Hernández | Orlando Sentinel | 7:53 p.m. EST, June 2, 2012
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-02/news/os-taser-death-orlando-police-20120602_1_stun-orlando-police-law-enforcement

Man who died after being tasered by police in Sydney Australia 

may have lost his life over a packet of biscuits
CARLEEN FROST | The Daily Telegraph | March 19, 2012 12:00AM
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/man-who-died-after-being-tasered-by-police-in-sydney-australia-may-have-lost-his-life-over-a-packet-of-biscuits/story-e6freuy9-1226303311976

Sledge Hammer, Porn Star, Dies After Being Tasered By Police
The Huffington Post  |  By Kathleen Miles Posted: 04/16/2012 3:48 pm Updated: 04/17/2012 4:34 pm
"...tased to the point of cardiac arrest by police"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/sledge-hammer-tasered-_n_1429287.html

Man dies after police shock him with Taser
By Dale Lezon | Wednesday, August 1, 2012 | Updated: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 10:32am
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Man-dies-after-police-shock-him-with-Taser-3753153.php

Man dies after being tasered by police
Jeremy Foster | KTAR | Originally published: Feb 8, 2010 - 4:06 pm
http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1261267
Phoenix Suspect Dies After Three Taser Hits
Robert Anglen | The Arizona Republic | 7/18/2005
(Original URL removed, cahced at: http://rense.com/general67/taser.htm)

"Man hit with police Tasers dies"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The article was previously viewable at http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/0/e50c8b0900405d078625748300100b5b
but it has since been removed. 

See the list, here:

532 Taser-Related Deaths in the United States Since 2001
September 14, 2012
http://electronicvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/taser-related-deaths-in-united-states.html

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