Brattleboro settles with man over Taser

Seeded on Sat May 10, 2008 3:22 PM EDT (Time Argus)

BRATTLEBORO (AP) — The town has settled with a former Brattleboro resident who accused police of violating his civil rights when they stunned him with a stun gun in 2004.

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Lubbock settles Taser death suit for $49,000

Seeded on Sat May 10, 2008 12:21 PM EDT (The Dallas Morning News)

City officials agreed to pay $49,000 to the family of domestic violence suspect who died after a police officer stunned him in the chest several times with a Taser stun gun.

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Taser rushed into use, competitor tells inquiry

Seeded on Sat May 10, 2008 12:07 PM EDT (Toronto Star)

VANCOUVER–Taser International rushed its product to market with faulty safety and medical research, claims the head of a company that plans to market a device to compete with the Taser.

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Man dies after police use Taser to subdue him

Seeded on Sun May 4, 2008 10:03 PM EDT (The St. Paul Pioneer Press)

A suicidal 21-year-old St. Paul man died early Sunday after police used a Taser to subdue him after he attacked and bit two officers, St. Paul police said.

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Tasering could affect heartbeat, Toronto researcher find.

Seeded on Sat May 3, 2008 12:49 PM EDT (Canada.com)

More evidence that tasers influence heart function.

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Commissioner: Once stunned by Taser, felines could be spayed, neutered

Seeded on Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:36 PM EDT (The Chronicle-Telegram)

Um wow:ELYRIA — County Commissioner Betty Blair wants to catch feral cats in a novel way: Taser them.

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Taser Usage In Upstate NY

Seeded on Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:14 AM EDT (PostStar)

An interesting look into taser usage in an area of upstate NY. It gives some insight into how police want to use, and are using, tasers. An excerpt: Glens Falls Police use the policy recommended by stun gun maker Taser International to guide when and how the Tasers are used.

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Taser Victim Acquitted

Seeded on Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:09 AM EDT (Southtown Star)

An excerpt: "The police were just trying to cover up for what they did to him," juror Maud Powell told the SouthtownStar after the verdict was announced, "It was obvious from what the officers said in court that they were lying."

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NC Teen Dead After Tasing

Seeded on Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:03 AM EDT (The Charlotte Observer)

An excerpt:Turner's mother, Tammy Fontenot, said her son told her earlier in the day that he had stolen Hot Pockets from the store and feared disciplinary action. Fontenot said she told him to go back to the store to face what happened.

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RCMP Throw Down, Taser Disabled Man

Seeded on Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:54 AM EDT (CTV)

A video has surfaced showing a 45-year-old disabled man being jolted by a Taser inside a Kamloops, B.C. RCMP detachment.

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Vancouver Police Department releases report on Taser use

Seeded on Sat Mar 8, 2008 9:26 AM EST (Canada.com)

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department has publicly released details on the roughly 150 times it has used the Taser over the past six years - records that show the device is most often used against those who are mentally ill or armed with a weapon.

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Taser Int'l Director Exercises Options

Seeded on Wed Mar 5, 2008 11:08 AM EST (CNN)

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A director of Taser International Inc. exercised options for 25,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday.

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Tasers use has increased, N.S. report says

Seeded on Wed Mar 5, 2008 11:05 AM EST (Canada.com)

HALIFAX - A new report on Taser use in Nova Scotia says application of the weapon has increased substantially over the past three years, to 182 times in 2007 from 101 times in 2005, an 80 per cent increase.

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Syracuse Man, 37, Dies After Being Tasered By Cop

Seeded on Tue Mar 4, 2008 8:46 PM EST (WCBSTV.com)

From the article:CLAY, N.Y. (AP) ― A 37-year-old Syracuse-area man died of cardiac arrest after a police officer used a Taser on him during a domestic disturbance, police said Tuesday. ...

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Ex-Taser worker alleges she was threatened

Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 10:22 PM EST (National Post)

Pam Schreiner, who worked for the Arizona-based maker of the electric-shock weapons in 2004, says she was threatened and intimidated, including her home being shot at, after she saw company officials intentionally shredding Taser injury reports during a legal proceeding, accordin …

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Alabama Middle School Child is Tased

Seeded on Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:53 PM EST (The Montgomery Advertiser)

An officer with the Montgomery Police Department shocked a middle school student with a stun gun Thursday after the student got into an altercation with a school administrator.

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Kentucky Police Tase Teen in Feet Shackles

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:09 AM EST (The Louisville Courier-Journal)

From the link: Russell said the teenager was shackled by his feet at the time, but was refusing to be handcuffed and "he had grabbed a pencil and was threatening to stab the deputy and security officer."

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More Tasing Teens In The Back

Seeded on Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:07 AM EST (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

In another example of brave, brave police work, officers in Pembroke Pines tased two high school adolescents in the back last Thursday for running away after a high school brawl. This isn't the first time tasing children for Pembroke Pines police. From the article:

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Man Tasered by deputies dies

Seeded on Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:42 AM EST (msnbc.com)

A CA man dies hours after being tased for resisting arrest. Country officials are claiming that the death isn't taser-related, but I'm not going to believe too much from them. The Kern County sheriff is also the coroner.

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High school police tase 16-year old in the back.

Seeded on Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:07 AM EST (NBC11)

VALLEJO, Calif. -- Controversy has erupted over a police officer's decision to us a Taser to stun a 16-year-old Vallejo student during a schoolyard brawl. 16-year-old Jarvis Porter said the incident happened Feb. 8 at Vallejo's Hogan High School.

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St. Paul orders tasers for every police officer in time for the RNC

Seeded on Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:39 PM EST (Fox Twin Cities)

St. Paul, Minnesota has just ordered 230 tasers. That will give them a total of 370, one for every officer. This year's RNC is in St. Paul. The tasers will be delivered in time for it.

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