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Is Taser Abuse out of Control?
January 7, 2011. By Jane Mundy.
Washington, DC Since 2004, Amnesty International has stated that taser electro-shock weapons are contributing to widespread human rights abuses and that tasers are being used as tools of routine force instead of their original purpose—an alternative to firearms.
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Police Taser 10-Year-Old Boy
April 3, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.
Martinsville, IN In the same week that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP in Canada apologized to the mother of a 40-year-old man who died after being repeatedly Tasered, two police officers from Indiana were suspended for using the Taser stun gun on a 10-year-old boy.
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Taser Abuse Investigation Leads to Domestic Violence Charges
February 20, 2010. By Charles Benson.
Merced, CA A county judge will allow a legless man to go to trial on charges of domestic violence after an investigation into alleged Taser abuse provided ample evidence against him.
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Legless Man Tasered by Police, Alleges Abuse
January 25, 2010. By Gordon Gibb.
Merced, CA An allegation of police abuse emerged late last year in Merced, California when a legless man in a wheelchair was stunned with a Taser stun gun.
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