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On AlterNet: tasers

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

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.