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43 stun-gunned at prisons' Take Your Kids to Work Day
" TALLAHASSEE -- A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous ''Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day'' events gone wrong at three state prisons, according to new information provided Friday by the Florida... 
Five-figure bonuses stun employees
"CHICAGO - Dave Tiderman wondered if the decimal point was in the wrong place when he opened his $35,000 company bonus. Jose Rojas saw his $10,000 check and thought, "That can't be right.""The company shared $6.6... 
Thai Protesters Trap Legislators
After a period of calm, events in Thailand are heating up again, with protestors renewing their push to unseat the government."Thousands of anti-government protesters surrounded Parliament on Tuesday, trapping... 
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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151 views | 14 recommendations | 5 comments
RCMP should end use of Tasers: Zaccardelli
While much of the former RCMP commisioner's interview with CBC apparently focused on the denying of information to CSIS and the RCMP during the Arar investigation, Guiliano Zaccardelli also said it was time to... 
Yet another man dies after Taser incident
More than 20 people in Canada have died after Taser incidents now, raising some obvious questions about the weapon's safety. At what point can the police no longer ignore such a crucial safety issue?Check out a...
Police Taser 82 year old man three times - while lying in a hospital bed
Only days after a major British Columbia public inquiry into Taser use by police (read the story here), another scandal has hit the headlines after an 82-year-old man recovering from heart bypass surgery was...
Taser shock triggers fire in man's pants
This gives a whole new meaning to "Is there a fire in your pants or are you just glad to see me?""A Hamilton man Tasered by police is in hospital after the stun gun ignited a "flammable object" in his pants,...
Lipstick Stun Gun
"A powerful rechargeable stun gun with safety cord now in the size and shape of an ordinary lipstick. It does not get any better than this. Womens self defense in the 21st century.You have to see this to realize...
Taser party- chips, dips and stunguns
I wish I could make this sort of thing up."“I think the other thing that we can’t lose sight of is the fact that we’re putting these on the street in an effort to protect women and individuals — not to...
Cyclist Tasered for poor lighting
Yep, Taser use is still controversial, and a recent study has the traumatized pigs to prove it."HAMILTON CITY, Calif. (Map, News) - A Glenn County sheriff's deputy shot a man with a Taser gun for allegedly riding...
Police Taser man at event attended by Gov. Gen.
Yet more Taser turmoil in Vancouver, this time at a high profile event attended by our head of state. There are so many police in the Downtown Eastside, it seems odd they couldn't handle one guy without...
U.N.: Tasers Are A Form Of Torture
The United Nations has added a new chapter to the ongoing controversy surrounding the use of tasers as law enforcement tools. The UN Committee Against Torture said on Friday that the use of a taser can be... 
All I got for Christmas is... a pink Taser?
There's been so much press about Tasers lately--looks like the company that makes them is deciding to capitalize. I wonder if the metallic pink Taser would match my pink iPod. "As the RCMP launches a fresh...
Man Dies in Nova Scotia Jail After Taser Hit
Just as the international uproar over the polish man who was videotaped being tasered and then dying at a Vancouver Airport is reaching its peak, another story comes out about someone dying after being hit by a...
created by Rob Walker | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2707 views | 15 recommendations | 7 comments
Second Taser-Related Death In Canada This Week
Yet more fuel on the fire that is the taser debate: another person died this week after being tasered by Canadian police, this time a 39-year-old Quebec man. "A 39-year-old man who was tasered by Montreal police...
created by Rob Walker | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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421 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
