[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Some eight years later, disciplinary charges will be laid against a constable who arrested lawyer Brian Fish during the 2006 Stanley Cup celebrations. Brian Fish showed up, when he was called by his son who said the police were getting “out of control”. Mr Fish started taking pictures. One officer pulled him […]
[[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 :MarketResearch.com (of Maryland) publishes a new market research report on “Defense: the Non-Lethal Weapons Market (2013 – 2018)”. The global market is estimated to be $880.5 million in 2013 and is expected to register a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.42% to reach $1,146.2 million by 2018; this reflects the change […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : (This is an edited google-translation; the original Portuguese text is below, in italics.) Note the section in both texts in bold – the only reference to tasers. Independence Day – 7 September – became a day of protest. In Belo Horizonte , the police used taser non-lethal stun guns on protester, […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : (Edited translation from Portuguese; the original text appears below the translation, in italics. A long post. The Rio de Janerio military police are undergoing $7.7 million training in non-lerthal weapons in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, particularly “Crowd Control and Civil Disorders”, taught by Spanish officers, including tasers – […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : A somewhat questionable site reports – with photographic evidence (see at the URL at the end) – the use of tasers against protesters during the Pope’s visit to Rio de Janeiro. ]] RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (VaticanCrimes.com) – July 28, 2013-Thousands of Brazilians take the streets to protest the Papal […]
[[Summary / Comments: Tasers are being introduced to protect senior politicians – apparently to ne used against protesters attempting to slap or throw ink or shoes at major politicians, «This is something that immobilises the body for a few minutes, giving us time to react,” we are told, as if the taser were not an […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: The Interior Ministry is planning to spend 60 million rubles ($2,000,000) – about $400 a unit – to buy 7,000 AIR-107U electric-shock batons, which will be issued to police officers for self-defense and for use during football matches or mass protests. We read rather illogically: “It makes no sense to issue firearms […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: A member of the Democratic Alliance (DA) opposition party is attacked by a bodyguard (ex- police office) of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU) – close to the governing ANC – with a taser. She says: “… The guy with the Taser first tried to push it into my face, […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: In what appears to be a relatively non-violent confrontation between four police officers and several youth in the town of Donetsk, in the Ukraine, one hears the distinctive crackling of the taser as youths are forced into the back of the police vehicle. No accompanying text, no direct link to the European […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : The US Marines as TASER International salesmen? Marines in a cooperative exercise with Moroccan military provided training in non-lethal techniques – including tasers – to prevent an escalation of force during crowd uprisings. Peacekeepers are often faced with problems in delivering humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Non-lethal arms may be essential. […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: Do the Brazilian security forces use tasers? Unconfirmed use of a Taser against a young woman. In all, 52 police officers – Military police and a Riot Police – responding to a demonstration to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the March 31st, 1964 military coup in Brazil. A police spokesman denied that […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: TASERS were used to evict travellers from their campsite, it is confirmed in an official report. Was this justified? Police fired twice as police secured Dale Farm Travellers site for eviction. The same man, who was threatening officers with a plank of wood with a nail through it, was targeted both times. Seven […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : [ Our translation: the original Portuguese follows this brief report] Corumbá (pop. 100,000) in western Brazil is training its police (military police in Brazil) in using tasers to “target criminals” at this year’s Carnival. The tasers are, predictably, described as “non-lethal” and harmless to by-standers. Note the term “electric waves” to […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: This is the first reported use of tasers in South Africa – to quell an angry crowd of students in long line-ups, waiting to register. The South African Broadcasting Service (SABC) reported, according to this article, that “students started pushing each other, causing security guards to intervene with batons, pepper spray and […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS: In a highly disturbing report “Al Ahram”– long regarded as Agypt’s leading daily newspaper – in its English online edition reports that a controversial hardliner group in Egypt announces that it purchased 1000 tasers to help its cadre defend themselves as they ‘promote virtue’ and ‘combat vice’ on the country’s streets. (Note: […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS – Despite the clear evidence on CCTV video – you can hear the rattle of the taser on the video – the London police deny using a taser to handle an ugly gang violence scene in which one gang-member was stabbed to death that erupted on Oxford Street on Boxing Day – […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Police intervened in a stabbing and murder scene on London’s main shopping street – Oxford St. – on the busiest shopping day of the year: Boxing Day (Dec. 26). Police used a taser on at least pone youth – as can be seen clearly on a tape (along with the characteristic […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : Police use a taser in the aftermath of what appears to be a gangland murder in the busiest place in the United Kingdom on the busiest shopping day: Oxford Street in London on Boxing Day (26 December). The “rattlesnake” firing can be heard distinctly on the video available on this site […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENTS : In an official statement, London Metropolitan Police denydischarging the taser in the crowded 26 December murder of an 18-year-old man in Oxford Street in what appears a gang slaying. This is contradicted by the distinct rattle-snake sound audible on the Daily Mail video posted earlier. That sound can only be the […]