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On AlterNet: tasers

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "tasers"

(VIDEO) More Torture by Taser: Cops Zap Man Offering No Resistance

(VIDEO) More Torture by Taser: Cops Zap Man Offering No Resistance

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 7, 2009.
This is part of such a clear pattern.

Did CA Police Use a Taser on an Unarmed, Legless Man In a Wheelchair?

Did CA Police Use a Taser on an Unarmed, Legless Man In a Wheelchair?

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 21, 2009.
Sure looks like it.

A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers

A Recipe for Disaster: School Cops Are Being Armed with 50,000-Volt Tasers

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 16, 2009.
Tasers aren't 'nonlethal'; they've killed hundreds. With younger people being especially vulnerable to the Taser's shock, the risks could be very deadly.

Why Are Cops Tasering Grandmothers, Pregnant Women and Kids?

Why Are Cops Tasering Grandmothers, Pregnant Women and Kids?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 17, 2009.
Police officers are brutalizing innocent civilians with accelerating lunacy. How did this happen? How can we make it stop?

"Don't Do This In Front of My Kids" ...Cop Tasers Mom During Speeding Stop

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 14, 2009.
5 miles an hour over the limit and talking on a cellphone.

Obama's Terror Policies Get Mixed Reviews From Amnesty International

Obama's Terror Policies Get Mixed Reviews From Amnesty International

Agence France PresseMay 28, 2009.
Amnesty lamented Obama's "limited action" on inhumane detention policies, as well as his inaction on seeking accountability for past abuses.

Tasers Are the New Killers: Watch Their Popularity Surge!

Tasers Are the New Killers: Watch Their Popularity Surge!

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.
Watch out: 50,000-volt Tasers are deployed in London this week; meanwhile, a new model can 'instantly incapacitate' multiple people at a time.

Oakland Residents Rise Up to Protest Brutal Murder By Police

Oakland Residents Rise Up to Protest Brutal Murder By Police

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."

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

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

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.

Tasers Are Sold as 'Non-Lethal' -- But They've Killed 400 So Far

Tasers Are Sold as 'Non-Lethal' -- But They've Killed 400 So Far

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 13, 2008.
Taser's marketing coup has convinced consumers that there is such a thing as a gun that won't kill. Taser deaths prove otherwise.

New Study: Tasers Much Stronger than Manufacturers Let On

New Study: Tasers Much Stronger than Manufacturers Let On

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. December 9, 2008.
So much for "zero risk."

Cops Get Their Kicks, Tasering

Cops Get Their Kicks, Tasering

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 1, 2008.
The police have no right to shoot people with electricity for having a "bad attitude."

Tasers and Holding Cells: Denver Prepares for the DNC

Tasers and Holding Cells: Denver Prepares for the DNC

Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 15, 2008.
Sounds more like Gitmo than the Mile High City.

New Orleans Public Housing Defenders Face Terror Charges

New Orleans Public Housing Defenders Face Terror Charges

Bill Weinberg, AlterNet. July 30, 2008.
As activists continue to fight for people's rights to keep their homes in New Orleans, repression by local authorities is brutal.

Teen With Broken Back Tasered 19 Times for Not Standing Up When Ordered

Teen With Broken Back Tasered 19 Times for Not Standing Up When Ordered

Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2008.
More Taser news from the heartland.

Human Rights Report Blasts

Human Rights Report Blasts "Hollowness of U.S. Administration's Call for Democracy Abroad"

Sanjay Suri, IPS News. May 29, 2008.
From police tasers to Gitmo, a recent report by Amnesty International takes the United States to task on human rights.

Why the Police Wouldn't Tase Me When I Asked Them to

Why the Police Wouldn't Tase Me When I Asked Them to

Danielle Egan, The Tyee. May 13, 2008.
Police explain to a journalist who wants to know what being tasered feels like, "we really don't fully understand and know the risks."

17-Year-Old Killed by Taser Over Shoplifted Hot Pockets

17-Year-Old Killed by Taser Over Shoplifted Hot Pockets

Pam Spaulding, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. March 23, 2008.
The mounting incidents of violence being perpetrated by the inappropriate use of Tasers is unnerving.

What Do Illinois, New Mexico and New York Have in Common? Death by Taser

What Do Illinois, New Mexico and New York Have in Common? Death by Taser

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Video. March 20, 2008.
And in the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not department, we’ve got a case of someone in Austrailia being tased for "aggressive language."

January Body Count: Five Men Die After Being Tasered

January Body Count: Five Men Die After Being Tasered

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: PEEK. February 1, 2008.
Yes, the carnage caused by miscreants in the ranks of law enforcement sworn to protect and serve the public continues unabated.

Fox News Host Endorses Tasering Defenseless Female Protesters

Fox News Host Endorses Tasering Defenseless Female Protesters

GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2007.
GottaLaff: What a fine, upstanding paragon of unbiased reporting. What a rational individual! Be proud.