Tasers
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Brickbat: My Bad
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NYPD Cop Caught on Video Punching, Tasing 85-Pound Man With Health Problems
It's pretty obvious that the 4'8" William Colon didn't pose a serious threat to any of the 8 cops on-scene.
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Fight Fizzles Before Police Arrive; Cops Start Tasing and Arresting People Anyway
Cops were greeted by a calm scene, but the situation quickly erupted into chaos.
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Brickbat: Rise and Shine
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Cincinnati Cop Tased 11-Year Old Girl, Told Her 'This Is Why There Aren't Any Grocery Stores in the Black Community'
The girl was in tears as firefighters removed taser barbs from her body.
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A Georgia Police Chief Is Convinced His Department Was Right to Tase a Grandmother
The 87-year-old woman was cutting dandelions with a kitchen knife.
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Cincinnati Police Are Allowed to Tase Suspects as Young as 7 Years Old
The tasing of an 11-year-old girl highlights a police department's policies.
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Pennsylvania Officer Tases Suspect in the Back Because He Didn't Cross His Ankles Quickly Enough
"Oh come on, bruh. You’re really going to tase him? He was sitting down. That's crazy. That's why I record everything."
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Tennessee Deputy Charged After Videos Show Him Tasing Teen Tied to Chair
In one surveillance video, the victim is tased four times for a total of 50 seconds.
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Brickbats: Stunned
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Brickbat: Child's Play
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Fatal Police Shooting of Georgia Tech Student Should Have Been Avoidable
Lack of stun guns meets the typically poor handling of people having mental health crises.
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Brickbat: Walking Tall
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Brickbat: Our Bad
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Watch NYPD Officer Use Taser on an Unarmed Pregnant 17-Year-Old
Even though she was surrounded by police officers who could have subdued her, the girl was tased for resisting arrest.
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Brickbat: Better Relations
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Police Taser Report Watered Down By NYPD Civilian Complaint Review Board
Among the recommendations removed from the final report, a ban on police using Tasers on unarmed people.
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Texas Deputies Tase Wheelchair-Bound Woman Who Had Been Recording Them
Sheketha Holman was tased while in her wheelchair after video recording officers arresting her daughter. She claims she was tased again while handcuffed.
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Tasers Are Bad For Your Brain, Especially When Being Interrogated By Police
Are Miranda warnings valid if a person is experiencing dementia?
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Court Says Cops Who Protected a Mental Patient to Death Violated His Rights
The 4th Circuit rules that police should tase people only when they pose "an immediate safety risk."