Tag: taser
A Shocking Decision For Taser.
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 05:21:39 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Law enforcement experts refer to the Taser as a non-lethal weapon. According to the company which manufactures it, the Taser is "a safer alternative to other uses of force." The device "protects life" and "dramatically reduces injury rates for law enforcement officers and suspects." Since its founding in 1993, Taser International's Electronic Control Devices have been used by law enforcement agencies without the company's words coming back to haunt them. Until now, that is, as a federal jury returned a verdict holding Taser responsible for the death of a person their devices were used to subdue.
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Quotable Quotes of 2007
pO157.
Posted to Media on Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 12:29:27 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The Editor of the Yale Book of Quotations has released a listing of the Top 10 Most Memorable Quotes of 2007.
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Tased And Confused: Won't Show Your ID? That's A Zapping.
pO157.
Posted to Etcetera on Sun Nov 19, 2006 at 10:32:55 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Mostafa (muhs-TAH'-fah) Tabatabainejad (tah-BAH'-tah-BEYE'-nah-jahd), found himself on the wrong end of a UCLA police stun gun Tuesday night (Nov. 14th) after refusing to show ID in the school library. Mr. Tabatabainejad was in the library computer lab when police officers conducted a routine random ID check. He either refused or was unable to show ID, and denied officers' requests to leave the area; according to some accounts going limp as officers attempted to remove him from the library.
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