A serious conversation needs to happen to stop police abuse in this country. A Mom in NY got tasered in front of her kids. Watch "Dash Cam: Mom tasered in front of her kids in New York" in you tube. bmaz from emptywheel commented "hereto is what happens in a society that refuses to address overreaching authoritarianism and unrestrained police projection. Moms with kids in minivans get Tasered and roughed up, in front of their children. Why? Because the cops can with relative impunity. The "Blue LIne" circles" the wagons around their fellow officers, prosecutors need their cooperation for prosecution and trials in actual major cases, and politicians are too cravenly worried about their next election to care."
I think tasers have freed up certain aggressive minded police officers to go for the "gun" a lot quicker, banking on volts being less deadly than lead. They figure that the chances of death from tasering is less than 5% and even if the person dies no officer is going to have to do more than ride the desk for a week or so.
ReplyDeleteIn australia a man burst into flames after been tasered by a policeman.
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