[[Brian Fish, a 73-yr-old Edmonton lawyer says he’s still looking for justice 7 years after he was wrongfully arrested and tasered at the 2006 Edmonton Stanley Cup celebrations, His son phoned him to says the police were getting out-of-control. He arrived with a camera. When police told him to stop, he refused. Fish said he […]
[[Summary / Comments : Even if they are considered “non-lethal” tasers – and Flashballs – need to be more tightly controlled. The Defender of Rights for the first time takes a position on these “intermediary” weapons – they can only be used when strictly necessary and proportional; to the situation. The Defender of Rights receives […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: This story adds an element to the other posts on the coroner’s report on the Montreal shooting – no taser involved – death of very-disturbed Mario Hamel (shot in the back) and the death of a bystander, Patrick Limoges, from a ricocheting bullet. At the time of the incident, Montreal police had […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Kieran Ahmet, who is 17, describes how he was hit in the chest by a charge from a police taser, as officers foiled an attempted jewel robbery. He was an innocent bystander caught up in the police operation in north-east London on Saturday morning. The Met has said sorry.]] ITV, by Piers […]
ITV [[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Police have apologised after accidentally tasering an innocent bystander following an attempted robbery at a jewellery shop in north-east London. Six men, three of whom were tasered, were arrested and remain in custody at north London police stations.The force said that during the arrests a 17-year-old boy, who was not part […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Police have apologised after accidentally tasering an innocent bystander following an attempted robbery at a jewellery shop in north-east London. Six men, three of whom were tasered, were arrested and remain in custody at north London police stations.The force said that during the arrests a 17-year-old boy, who was not part of […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: An electrician was tasered by armed police because he walked into a shop with a screwdriver in his pocket. Chris Thomas, 45, had been repairing the lights in a nearby pub and still had the tool in his pocket which led to a security scare in central Swansea. He received four bursts […]
[[Summary / Comments : A clear case of taser abuse – a deaf victim of violence is tasered by insensitive police, whom she’s called for assistance. assistance. On April 6th, Lashonn White, a deaf woman, made a desperate call to the police from her home in Tacoma, Washington. With the help of her interpreter, White reached […]
[[Summary / Comments : Conveniently, just 4 days oater the Montreal police kill a man digging through garbage with a knife and an innocent passer-by, here is this Montreal story in which the taser certainly appears a reasonable option … Also information on 42 tasers in the police arsenal]] The Gazette, by MAX HARROLD In a […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “Sambula got one of the Taser and shocked me here. When he shocked me and i felt what it felt like I drew back and he pushed it on me again. It was more than one of them and they crowded me and shocked me all over ” …. Belize City – […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: The main issue here is the immediate use of a taser to take down an eyewitness to a parking-lot crash. Mistaken identity. Just how minor can a “misdemeanour” be to merit being tasered and immediately?]] ARLINGTON — The local branch of the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Southern Christian […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Navy veteran, Jonathan Pierce, said an Arlington police officer mistakenly Tased him inside the pool hall around 1 a.m. Sunday. “‘I just don’t understand,’ Pierce said. ‘I didn’t do anything to nobody.’ According to Pierce, he went inside the bar to get money from an ATM. When he stepped outside to meet […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “Two weeks after Tyson Salmon ended up in jail after being jolted by a Eugene police officer’s Taser, the west university neighborhood resident said he still doesn’t understand why the officer and employees of a bank across the street from his apartment complex suspected him and his roommate of criminal activity.”. They […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “New Orleans police officers and members of the Krewe of Eris, a loosely knit Mardi Gras marching group, clashed late Sunday night in Faubourg Marigny, resulting in some marchers being struck with stun guns and arrested, and at least six officers being injured.” – The use of the taser in crowd situations […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: “The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in Illinois (pop. 40,000) has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a police brutality lawsuit filed after deputies allegedly used a stun gun on three children”. They were all at at a center for troubled youths, aged 11-18 years, and the police accosted the wrong children and […]