Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 24, 2009. Is the government is allowed to shoot citizens with electricity solely because they fail to do what agents of the government tell them to do?
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 8, 2009. He was charged with two counts of damage to property, i.e. graffiti--the art form for which he is best known.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 13, 2009. Here are two stories about the torture of teenagers by police with tasers ... one of whom died.
Adrienne Maree Brown Brown, RaceWire AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 8, 2009. "As I write this, rumors are flying and media is fanning the riot flames."
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. January 6, 2009. See, the problem isn't the form of gun cops use, a stun gun or one with bullets. It's that they use any gun on people who are already down.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 26, 2008. Finally, someone has written a thoughtful argument against tasers in a mainstream newspaper. But for some it is too little too late.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2008. The girl was innocent and did not even fit the description of the alleged criminal the police were looking for.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 10, 2008. In Oklahoma, a driver goes into severe diabetic shock, but instead of getting help, he's tasered and then handcuffed.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 1, 2008. The police have no right to shoot people with electricity for having a "bad attitude."
