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The Taserification of America

Will Bunch, AlterNet. May 5, 2010.

The whole justification for police to get tasers in the first place was to subdue potentially violent suspects -- but it's gone way, way, past that.

Oakland Residents Rise Up to Protest Brutal Murder By Police

Adrienne Maree Brown Brown, ColorLines. January 8, 2009.

"As I write this, rumors are flying and media is fanning the riot flames."

Cop Shoots Helpless Man ... Did He Mistake His Gun for His Taser?

Digby, Hullabaloo. 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.

Cops Get Their Kicks, Tasering

Digby, Hullabaloo. December 1, 2008.

The police have no right to shoot people with electricity for having a "bad attitude."

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