[[ SUMMARY / COMMENTS : In 2012, Alex Martin died after his car exploded. A US Border Patrol agent who fired a Taser at Mr Martin’s car, possibly sparking the deadly explosion. He was returning from San Diego to Texas, was driving through an area where illegal immigrants pass … He drove off, was chased […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Nothing directly about tasers here, but … State and local law enforcement are watching you with high-tech federally-owned drones … Homeland Security has released an updated list of “times the agency has flown its Predator drones on behalf of other agencies — 500 flights in total over a three-year period.” The drone […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Anastacio Hernandez Rojas died in May 2010 at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in a death that has sparked national attention. His struggle with border security was captured on several cellphone cameras. His lawyers say he was brutalized and the Taser dart triggered a heart attack. This article is mainly […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : The family of a 25-year-old Texas man, Alex Martin, who died in a fiery explosion more than a year ago – March 15, 2012 – after the car he was driving was stopped by the Border Patrol near Pine Valley has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the government. Mr Martin was driving […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: Previously undisclosed footage, shown by PBS, shows a clear case of excessive force and abuse of power by the U.S. Border Patrol and its parent agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, that has been swept under the rug by federal prosecutors. The family’s lawyer says: “They applied 3,000 volts (sic.) of electricity […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS – in this poorly translated article from a Brazilian source, … The Amazon State Government in Brazil foresees investments of R $ 45 millionin newmilitary hardware.including tasers. ]] Manaus – The National Security Strategic Plan, released in June by the Federal Government in order to enhance protection at the borders, will cover […]
[[ SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Israeli police use of tasers is becoming increasingly normalized, particularly in the context of identifying so-called illegal aliens … A police officer is being investigated for allegedly using excessive force, including multiple tasings of a man who only asked why he needed to show identification. The man who filed the […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : The Prime Minister has been slammed by a lawyers group for giving the Australian Federal Police “carte blanche” in the use of “potential lethal force” to herd asylum seekers onto aircraft as part of the Government’s so-called Malaysian solution. The Australian Lawyers Alliance says the AFP should not have the power […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : ]] Tarsers used against Malaysian asylum seekers in AustraliaWrithing in agony on the floor of the Christmas Island detention facility is a 45 year old man from Afghanistan. His wife and two young children stand screaming and sobbing helplessly as they watch their husband and father being Tasered by AFP officers.The […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Australian lawyers comdemn use of tasers against asylum seekes. The Australian Lawyers Alliance says the AFP should not have the power to use Tasers to compel asylum seekers onto planes bound for Kuala Lumpur detention centres.]] Jeremy Thompson The Government has pledged to put asylum seekers on aircraft bound […]
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[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Gearing up for possible riots in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and inside Israel following the Palestinian plan to seek UN membership. Defense Ministry invests NIS 75 million in purchase of non-lethal crowd dispersal means in preparation for riots surrounding UN debate on Palestinian recognition bid. New weapons include gas grenades, […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The details emerge of the killing of the Mexican immigrant in May 2010: “‘At one point, there were approximately 20 to 25 agents taking part in beating, kicking or punching Mr. [Anastacio] Hernandez-Rojas …’ the complaint states. ‘The beating continued for several minutes. At some point, federal officer Doe 3 pulled out […]
[[GlobalShock: A “government report says that tasers have been used 52 times over the past eight years – in 42 of the cases the Taser was fired at a person, and in the other ten the person gave themselves up to the police when threatened with the weapon. Tasers have been part of the arsenal […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — An autopsy report says it’s unclear how a heart condition and methamphetamine use may have caused the death of a Mexican man who was shot with a stun gun by a U.S. agent in San Diego. The death of 42-year-old Anastasio Hernandez on May 29 sparked outrage in Mexico. The Mexican […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “Amnesty International calls for restrictions on Taser use by US border police following death of Mexican migrant … Anastasio Hernandez was detained on 28 May after re-entering the USA illegally through the US border with Mexico. He had reportedly been deported two months earlier. Customs and Border Patrol police reportedly hit him […]
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT (AI Index: AMR 51/049/2010) Amnesty International is calling for a review of the US border patrol’s policy on use of electroshock weapons following the death of Mexican national Anastasio Hernandez earlier this week. According to police sources, Anastasio Hernandez was detained on 28 May after re-entering the USA illegally through the […]
KPBS, Amy Isackson … Family members of a 42-year-old man tasered by Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Border Crossing last Friday night said he is brain dead. The Mexican Consulate in San Diego said it appears federal agents used excessive force. The family of Anastasio Hernandez said he and his brother tried to […]
One Pakistan News … Srinagar, In occupied Kashmir, Indian police and other paramilitary forces are all set to introduce Taser guns which will be used against peaceful pro-liberation protestors. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian authorities have ordered for Taser, an electro-shock gun considered to be safer and less lethal in controlling violence. In […]