Taser Torture In America - A Call For Congressional Hearings

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  1. Sat., Mar. 6, 2010 12:24 AM    link danielle s. | Mckinney, TX

  2. Mon., Mar. 1, 2010 2:58 AM    link Ben M. | Noblesville, IN

    I have not personally been in the line of fire of one of these tools of terror, but it does not take a philosopher to see that the potential for abuse (and widespread instances of it) far outweigh any possible positive benefit that these weapons could present. If these things can KILL, read that again, KILL someone, who has not done anything to warrant lethal force (if so, why is the cop not using his Glock), then why take that chance? The police do not know the medial state or history of a person- and that's forgetting that some deaths have been perfectly healthy people. This insanity must be stopped, the police need better training, not to carry 4 means of subduing and killing the people they are sworn to protect!
    I am disgusted watching youtube videos and reading news articles about victims of police indiscretion and brutality, but the most disturbing part is that the mainstream media has made this matter a joke. Tasers are a comedic device now in the media, and not enough people have challenged this unconstitutional tool.
    Their widespread usage is a prime example of money interest. Police departments are approached by a corporation who wishes to make money by selling these things. This corporation convinces the department that they will have lower liability and other such perks if they just adopt this "wonderful invention" to preserve the lives of their officers and the "criminals." In reality, it is about control, money, and the police valuing their lives more highly than those they are trying to protect, rather then THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
    I knew a cop who was in training at the time and about to join a force, and he got his newly issued taser out at a party and was asking who wanted to get zapped! Here was a classic gung-ho trigger happy demented guy who couldn't wait to use this thing on ANYBODY. Do I want a man with that low of a concern for human life to be fully authorized to use this possibly lethal weapon for kicks and have the law behind him? ABSOLUTELY NOT. I acknowledge that not all cops are like him, however as I said, any such officer can get his thrills with no restraint, knowing he is above accountability.

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  4. Sat., Feb. 27, 2010 9:18 PM    link Michael D. | Kill Devil Hills, NC

    I got tasered by police for not responding to verbal commands. I am deaf. I hadn't done anything wrong except refusing to leave the beach due to town pet code. The dog with me was my assistance animal which I had a right to be with me anywhere.

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  6. Thu., Feb. 25, 2010 12:34 PM    link Karen S. | Fair Grove, MO

  7. Tue., Feb. 23, 2010 2:29 AM    link Name not displayed | Minneapolis, MN

  8. Thu., Feb. 18, 2010 11:34 PM    link John S. | Oakland, CA

    Tasers should be illegal.

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  10. Thu., Feb. 18, 2010 3:50 PM    link Syreeta B. | Canoga Park, CA

  11. Wed., Feb. 17, 2010 9:45 AM    link Name not displayed | Tampa, FL

  12. Tue., Feb. 16, 2010 2:47 PM    link annette k. | Cleveland, OH

  13. Wed., Feb. 10, 2010 8:47 PM    link greg h. | Marshfield, MO

  14. Mon., Feb. 8, 2010 7:22 PM    link Name not displayed | Tampa, FL

  15. Thu., Feb. 4, 2010 1:39 AM    link Jeff M. | Forks, WA

    Forget tasers. Stick with bullets.

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  17. Thu., Feb. 4, 2010 1:39 AM    link Jeff M. | Forks, WA

  18. Wed., Feb. 3, 2010 11:16 PM    link Barbara C. | Charleston, SC

  19. Wed., Feb. 3, 2010 10:17 AM    link Hugh E. R. | Augusta, GA

  20. Sat., Jan. 30, 2010 10:03 PM    link Margaret S. | Carrboro, NC

  21. Thu., Jan. 28, 2010 11:43 AM    link RJ M. | Greensboro, NC

    We are against tasers we continue to have deaths in North Carolina and cases with lawsuits won for families of tasered victims

    Now we have law enforcement officers who say it does not matter it a seven year old is tasered or a seventy year old

    TASERS SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED

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  23. Wed., Jan. 27, 2010 12:51 PM    link Name not displayed | Colfax, WI

  24. Tue., Jan. 26, 2010 1:52 AM    link Name not displayed | Fairdealing, MO

    im a disabled man with a pacemaker if i was tazered it would kill me

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  26. Thu., Jan. 14, 2010 11:21 PM    link Name not displayed | Columbus, MI

  27. Wed., Jan. 13, 2010 12:28 AM    link benjamin p. | Snow Camp, NC

    I can't believe we still call thia AMERICA!! I have been targeted since 2004(i pissed off the sheriff,told him get of his tail and follow up on leads i had given them,TO MY EXTREME CASE OF IDENTITY THEFT) i had a whole box of checks stolen from my mailbox,two weeks after pissing off the sheriff,had 5 frivolous warrants! I have called FBI,SBI,CONGRESS,YOU NAME IT,WHAT DO I GET,A RUN AROUND AND MORE HARASSMENT(AS IF THEY JUST NOTIFY EACH OTHER I MIGHT SOMEHOW GET VIRAL WITH MY INFORMATION,AND I HAVE MANY RECORDINGS) BUT MY LATEST BOUT HAS BEEN THE WORST BY FAR!!!OCTOBER 5TH MY AUNT DIED SUDDENLY, OCTOBER 16TH,MY WIFE HAD TO BE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL(WAS MY DAUGHTER'S 13TH BIRTHDAY,SO I HAD TO WORRY AND ENTERTAIN MY CHILD,GUESTS,ETC.)HER MOTHER WENT WITH HER AND ENDED UP ADMITTED(SHIPPED TO WESLEY LONG,THERE FOR ALMOST A MONTH) THEN OCTOBER 23RD I GOT A CALL FROM MY COUSIN(MY FORMER AUNT'S SON,MY MOTHER HAD BEEN STAYING OUT THERE AND HADN'T YET WENT BACK TO HER OWN LONELY HOME) ANYWAY,MY MOTHER LOOKED TERRIBLE AND HE THOUGHT I NEEDED TO CHECK HER OUT(I WAS DOG DIRTY,BEEN WORKING ON ONE OF MY HOT-RODS) I HURRIED THERE AND CALLED AMBULANCE!!! I THEN HURRIED TO HOSPITAL,EVERYTIME SHE GETS ADMITTED,THEY TRY TO JACK UP HER OXYGEN,AND IT CAN'T GO PAST 2 LITRES BECAUSE HER CARBON DIOXIDE WILL GET OVER 100(NEARING BRAINDEAD) TWO TIMES WE HAVE ALMOST(MY SISTER AND I)LOST OUR MOTHER BECAUSE THEY JACKED UP HER OXYGEN,SHE WAS PUT ON A VENTILATOR(AND EXSPECIALLY WITH HER EXTREME COPD,HER LUNGS ARE LIKELY NOT TO WORK ON THEIR OWN, AFTER DEPENDING ON THE MACHINE)SO I GOT THERE AS DID THE AMBULANCE,I HAD TO ENTER REGULAR ENTRANCE,BUT EXPECTED TO GO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THE RECEPTIONIST,OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THA T PERSON AT THE DESK,AT ALAMANCE REGIONAL ER ENTRANCE,SHE WAS CHECKING WITH THE NURSE ABOUT ME COMING BACK(MEANWHILE,THERE WAS AN OFFICER SITTING BESIDE HER,MAYBE BECAUSE I LOOKED LIKE A TOTAL BUM,A NO-BODY,MAYBE TO IMPRESS THE STAFF,HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I **** IN HIS FACE!!! I ASKED THE LADY,"WHY'S HE LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT"? HE GOT UP.WALKED AROUND THE DESK,GOT IN MY FACE AND SAID; "IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL I AM LOOKING AT,ASK ME"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO I DID,THEN HE SAID,YOU WALK,GO SIT DOWN NOW!!!! WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ACOUPLE OF TIMES THEN I DECIDED TO TURN TOWARD THE LADY AND IGNORE HIM,HE ATTACKED ME,IMMEDIATELY TASERED ME,AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE INTO THE STRUGGLE(HE WAS TRYING TO SLAM ME TO THE FLOOR) HE FINALLY TOLD ME I WAS UNDER ARREST!!!!!!!!!! TWO OTHER COPS JOINED IN,AND EVEN AFTER THEY GOT ME IN CUFFS(FOR 5 MINUTES THEY TORTURED ME,TASERED ME IN THE NECK,FACE,CHEST,SIDE AND KEPT PULLING MY HEAD BACK UNTIL I COULDN'T BREATHE,THEN SLAMMED MY HEAD INTO THE FLOOR!!! EXCEPT FOR THE INITIAL PROBLEM,WITH HIM LOOKING AT ME TERRIBLY THEN GETTING IN MY FACE,I HAVE THE REST ON RECORDING,INCLUDING MUCH OF THE STAFF LAUGHING ABOUT THE EVENT,AND THREE(TWO WOMEN AND ONE MAN) RECORDED TRYING TO DELETE MY RECORDING AFTER THEY TOOK POS

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  29. Mon., Jan. 11, 2010 12:09 PM    link johnny g. | Osceola, IN

    i am a friend of delano smith, the latest taser torture victim

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  31. Thu., Jan. 7, 2010 8:50 PM    link Name not displayed | Vineyard Haven, MA

  32. Thu., Jan. 7, 2010 6:37 PM    link Karen W. | Alpharetta, GA

    Too many people could have been sudued without tasers and they would still be alive. Any police officer using one should be investigated and should be considered for for possible assault charges.
    70 people died from police asters in 2004 alone.
    http://mydeathspace.com/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=18308.0

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  34. Mon., Jan. 4, 2010 2:24 PM    link Animal Rights C. | Cuyahoga Falls, OH

    deaths, injuries and profiteering from
    tasers must stop

    We ask God who answers to all names to
    answer this prayer

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  36. Sun., Jan. 3, 2010 4:07 PM    link Name not displayed | Lexington, KY

  37. Sun., Jan. 3, 2010 3:27 AM    link jean claude g. | Seattle, WA

    I had never heard of a taser until the Bremerton Police used it to repeatedly torture kedra bryant on 12/25/2009 during an arrest on suspicions of DUI.

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  39. Fri., Jan. 1, 2010 9:19 PM    link Christie S. | Dallas City, IL

  40. Sun., Dec. 27, 2009 8:09 AM    link delisa p. | Brookings, OR

  41. Sat., Dec. 26, 2009 4:04 AM    link Name not displayed | Chicago, IL

    This happens too many times! Very Very Sad commentary on our very violent American Way of Life!!!

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  43. Wed., Dec. 23, 2009 5:24 PM    link Aimee S. | Rocky Point, NC

  44. Tue., Dec. 22, 2009 6:58 PM    link Joyce Ledbetter S. | Gordo, AL

    Sometimes deadly, when will the police learn this?

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  46. Tue., Dec. 22, 2009 12:20 AM    link eric h. | Peoria, IL

    i was choked, slammed against my car and theirs, tooth knocked out, tased 5 times, not too mention tased when already cuffed, all for a traffic warrant. I did not resist which was their reason for tasing, i was found not guilty, the judge even said i didnt resist, this is crap they do this to people, and its has affected my life in several negative ways because of this. Here is a link of my video and what happened to me. Its shortened in content so I could get it on certain sites but here it is: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=106414699370263&ref=mf

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  48. Mon., Dec. 21, 2009 5:58 PM    link andrew g. | Haines City, FL

    I fear being tortured and killed by tazer.And my murder being dismissed as an unpreventable accident.

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  50. Mon., Dec. 21, 2009 2:15 PM    link Name not displayed | Peoria, IL

    I have never been tazed but from what I've heard it sounds "cruel and unusual." Outlaw these cruel weapons that are being used way to often.

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  52. Mon., Dec. 21, 2009 4:03 AM    link Name not displayed | Vancouver, WA

  53. Fri., Dec. 18, 2009 11:37 PM    link William H S. | Cincinnati, OH

    We worry about torture of terrorist when our children are being electrocuted everyday. The police are cowards so instead of letting them shoot people in the streets, they now electrocute them. If faced with the same threat on the street I would have to face it bare handed. I don't have a right to electrocute anyone that doesn't do what I say on command.

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  55. Thu., Dec. 17, 2009 12:40 PM    link James J. | Perrysburg, OH

    I had a diabetic seizure in my home and my 18 year granddaughter called 911. The police arrived first and tried to get me to do things which I couldn't do or even knew what they wanted. I was tased and jumped on, breaking 2 ribs. I was shackled and still have marks from the unnessary abuse I recieved. thankfully the medical people arrived and I was taken to the hospital

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  57. Thu., Dec. 17, 2009 12:02 PM    link Mark M. | Columbia, SC

    I had a seizure and a car accident when in a post ictal state i refused to go to the hospital i was already in my home , when i said "I will not go to the hospital agist my will," from what i recall , the cop freaked out got all demanding moving towards me and threatening me to tase me , then zap I was tased and i have an electrical device inside of me to control seizures that goes directly to the brian that was extremely dangerous to tase me and i am glad to be alive.


    Stop the tasing get them out of the idiot cops hands put someting else in your hand.

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  59. Wed., Dec. 16, 2009 9:05 PM    link Karen W. | Alpharetta, GA

    In most instances the use of tasers is assault and the policaman should be arrested.

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  61. Wed., Dec. 16, 2009 7:38 PM    link Name not displayed | Trenton, NJ

  62. Tue., Dec. 15, 2009 9:12 PM    link Al C. | Marion, IN

    Doug Boucher, a very talented Marion Indiana musician, was murdered by Mason Ohio cops using tasers...Doug posed no serious threat to the public or law enforcement.

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  64. Tue., Dec. 15, 2009 9:05 PM    link Al C. | Marion, IN

    Doug Boucher, a talented musician, was murdered by Mason Ohio cops.

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  66. Tue., Dec. 15, 2009 8:37 AM    link Bill S. | Waukegan, IL

  67. Mon., Dec. 14, 2009 4:36 AM    link amber m. | Moberly, MO

  68. Sun., Dec. 13, 2009 11:52 PM    link Name not displayed | Sacramento, CA

  69. Fri., Dec. 11, 2009 9:24 AM    link Mike O. | Merced, CA

  70. Thu., Dec. 10, 2009 12:06 AM    link Irene H. | Grants Pass, OR

  71. Wed., Dec. 9, 2009 10:50 PM    link Deborah S. | Blue Springs, MO

  72. Wed., Dec. 9, 2009 10:20 PM    link Name not displayed | Grants Pass, OR

    Please, please stop the use of tasers!! I had a good friend who was INNOCENT be tortured by a police officer with a taser, this is NOT acceptable! Please help!

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  74. Wed., Dec. 9, 2009 2:27 PM    link Jami C. | Orangevale, CA

  75. Tue., Dec. 8, 2009 5:39 PM    link Donna F. | Moberly, MO

    My best friends son was murdered in front of her & in front of their family home, by a police officer after that officer used a Taser on him. The taser should have never been used. To this date, NO ONE has been charged with the murder of this innocent young man killed by a Taser. Please do the right thing, BAN these things and do a study on them like any other product introduced into our society.

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  77. Tue., Dec. 8, 2009 7:43 AM    link Kip L. | Richmond, KY

  78. Mon., Dec. 7, 2009 11:36 AM    link Rachel S. | Chino Valley, AZ

    I am outraged more and more every day by the treatment of our citizens by the police force. No longer is the ideal "to protect and serve" carried out. They have become the enemy they fight, i.e. gangs.

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  80. Mon., Dec. 7, 2009 10:00 AM    link Tommy D. | Guilford, CT

    I was a victim of overzealous State Police enforcement while blacked out on prescription drugs, I was tasered and when I didn't comply fast enough (I hit my head on a rock while falling from the first spark up) on the officers order to stand up. I remember asking for some time to clear my head when I heard "hit him again" and got tasered a second time by these "brave" officers. N fighting, backtalking, just pleading for some time to clear my head. Then the good officer places the cuffs across my wrist bones so tight I bled from the wounds and lost feeling in one hand for over 4 months. I, and the hospital I was treated at, I needed 2 taser barbs removed from my back, have pictures of my injuries.

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  82. Sun., Dec. 6, 2009 3:08 PM    link norma C r. | Saint Paul, MN

    How much different is this as cardio-version? Oh, yeah it's the police doing this, not medical personal......

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  84. Sun., Dec. 6, 2009 2:25 PM    link Name not displayed | Pueblo, CO

  85. Sat., Dec. 5, 2009 9:43 PM    link Name not displayed | Slidell, LA

    What will it take for congress to listen, the taser death or permanent injury of a white billionaire's child?

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  87. Sat., Dec. 5, 2009 8:25 PM    link Name not displayed | Boston, MA

  88. Sat., Dec. 5, 2009 12:58 PM    link Michael C. P. | Wasilla, AK

    Upon miss identification at the time of admitance at Providence Hospital in Seward, Alaska, my brother was tased. He came in with heart problems, they thought he was a mental patient. He tried to tell them they made a mistake, that he wasn't the person they thought he was. They declared him combative, police were called. He was tased three times putting him into cardiac arrest.

    The police officer or the hospital wouldn't even give an apology for their error.

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  90. Sat., Dec. 5, 2009 1:22 AM    link Name not displayed | Palmer, AK

    Please sign this petition. My son was tasered in the ER at a Providence Hospital in Seward. My grandson who has Cerebral Palsy was with him and observed the treatment his father received in an environment where everyone goes to receive help when they are ill. My son is a respected teacher from Oregon who was here on vacation with his children. They had been out on a fishing boat all day. Tourism brings a a lot of money to our state. Is this the way we show our appreciation when a tourist becomes ill? Everyone has a right to know what medication a nurse is dispensing. Every parent needs to know that his/her handicapped child (especially when he is in a wheelchair) is being cared for before he is given drugs. Why wasn't a priest or social worker called. Why didn't they call his adult children who were at the campground to care for their brother. Why call a policeman to torture a man by tasing him 5 times. He was not a threat to anyone. They had already given him one medication and he was strapped to the bed. Please help by signing this petition. The next prson they taser may be you or one of your family.

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  92. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 11:00 PM    link Mary O. | El Cerrito, CA

  93. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 9:26 PM    link Kimberly B. | Detroit, MI

  94. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 11:19 AM    link Edward P. | San Dimas, CA

  95. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 10:54 AM    link Frederick P. | Morrisville, PA

  96. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 8:25 AM    link Leah G. | Spring Hill, FL

  97. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 5:57 AM    link Shwana Ruth-Bridges, Esq. a. | Atlanta, GA

    "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!" Selah.

    www.charactercorner.blogspot.com
    "The Blog Where Hip Hop Meets Scripture!!"

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  99. Fri., Dec. 4, 2009 5:14 AM    link Tracy G. | Indian Rocks Beach, FL

    I uinderstand your racial take on this stance but it is not racial unless we've put the police into another racial profile.

    I was tasered 4 times in one attack (2 times after I was done) just for calling a cop a ****ing asshole.

    I'm pretty white. It's not about color. It;s about control and power.

    He wouldn't let me go to the hospital. I can barely stand the pain that the electrocution damaged my feet with, but I have no recourse right now except to keep speaking up.

    Tasering is electrocution. The Docs need to start following the progess of thies folks and see what damage it actually does. I probably would have been better off with a bullett.

    Tracy Garrett

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  101. Tue., Dec. 1, 2009 2:06 AM    link Elizabeth F. | Colorado Springs, CO

  102. Mon., Nov. 30, 2009 7:34 PM    link Jennifer R. | Portland, OR

  103. Sat., Nov. 28, 2009 3:03 PM    link S W. | Herndon, VA

    It is clear that tasers allow for too much misuse and abuse. There is no excuse for all of these deaths of people who often have not even committed crimes, much less ones that would draw the death penalty. If there ever was high-tech lynching, this would be it. Also, still awaiting justice for Otto Zehm, mentally disabled fellow beaten, tasered, hog-tied, put in non-rebreather mask with no oxygen attached, who died in Spokane, WA in 2006 after being erroneously reported as trying to steal from an ATM machine (was actually just getting some money to buy food)!!!!

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  105. Thu., Nov. 26, 2009 8:46 PM    link Gwen J. | Trenton, NJ

    Taser Torture is a National Tragedy. It is 21st Century Lynching.

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  107. Sat., Nov. 21, 2009 8:51 PM    link Keely C. | Huntsville, AL

  108. Fri., Nov. 20, 2009 10:38 AM    link F. K. | Oneonta, NY

    The use of tasers on children, the elderly & the handicapped where no threat of bodily harm is present to the office is egregious force. It's completely unacceptable by those we place the powers to uphold civility & protection in. This torture must stop!

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  110. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 7:26 PM    link Debbie F. | Schaller, IA

    I'm pleased to see that the public is rising up against the use of tasers. Thanks to all!

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  112. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 4:10 PM    link Catherine R. | Aptos, CA

    A taser should be considered a potentially lethal weapon and treated as such. My good friend (age 32) was killed in front of his pregnant wife and two year old daughter by a taser. He was unarmed and posed no threat to the officer who tased him.

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  114. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 9:00 AM    link Name not displayed | Albany, GA

    Tasers are like the modern day whip.i cant beleive that the U.S. allows cops to walk around with these things

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  116. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 8:37 AM    link Name not displayed | Lake Worth, FL

  117. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 1:15 AM    link Name not displayed | Grants Pass, OR

    As a tourist & Oregon Teacher I was tasered four times by a Seward, Alaska Police Officer while laying on my back in an ER hospital bed. I had refused medicaiton and didn't cooperate when nursing staff tried to restrain me without any explaination at the Providence Seward Medical and Care Center in Seward, Alaska. I am a single parent of a boy with cerebral palsy and state that we were both treated with a total lack of dignity, compassion, and respect by the Providence medical staff.

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  119. Thu., Nov. 19, 2009 1:12 AM    link Name not displayed | Grants Pass, OR

    A tourist & Oregon Teacher was tasered four times by a Seward, Alaska Police Officer while laying on his back in an ER hospital bed. The man had refused medicaiton and didn't cooperate when nursing staff tried to restrain him without any explaination at the Providence Seward Medical and Care Center in Seward, Alaska. The man a single parent of a boy with cerebral palsy stated that they were both treated with a total lack of dignity, compassion, and respect by the Providence medical staff.

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  121. Sun., Nov. 15, 2009 1:27 PM    link Name not displayed | Woodway, TX

    There is no more Cruel & Unusual punishment than electrocution torture via current carrying conductors that use sharp flesh-hooking probes darted into your body a half inch or more (wherever they may happen to randomly hit on your body & puncture into your flesh?!)-
    With 50,000 volts applied from this electronic torture device (E.T.D.), which has a current wave that is specifically designed & engineered with this SOLE (1) purpose: 
    To torture the Human electrical system for time frames that FAR exceed the CURRENTLY DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL TORTURE which is proven to occur before death row electric chair sentencing of violent criminals (who were given Due Process).
     

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  123. Sun., Nov. 15, 2009 1:20 PM    link Name not displayed | Woodway, TX

    There is no more Cruel & Unusual punishment than electrocution torture via current carrying conductors that use sharp flesh-hooking probes darted into your body a half inch or more (wherever they may happen to randomly hit on your body & puncture into your flesh?!)-
    With 50,000 volts applied from this electronic torture device (E.T.D.), which has a current wave that is specifically designed & engineered with this SOLE (1) purpose: 
    To torture the Human electrical system for time frames that FAR exceed the CURRENTLY DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL TORTURE which is proven to occur before death row electric chair sentencing of violent criminals (who were given Due Process).
     

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  130. Mon., Nov. 9, 2009 9:32 PM    link michael b. | Fort Myers, FL

  131. Sun., Nov. 8, 2009 6:08 PM    link Name not displayed | Monroe, NY

    I was hooked up to an electric shock device for allegedly faking chest pains so I would not have to cold turkey off methidone in county jail. an EMT ambulance was called by the police they were dressed in civillian clothes they hooked the inverter, tazer or something to the IV and also conected my ankles the shock was so severe that I lost conchiousness on the way to hospital I woke up as they were slapping my face and I felt the shock subside at the the same time.they have no fear no one believes me.

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  133. Sun., Nov. 8, 2009 1:23 PM    link M H. | ,

  134. Sun., Nov. 8, 2009 12:59 PM    link Leilani H. | Modesto, CA

  135. Sat., Nov. 7, 2009 10:54 AM    link Nancy T. | Lenexa, KS

  136. Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 10:37 PM    link Name not displayed | Marydel, DE

  137. Fri., Nov. 6, 2009 8:27 PM    link Shelby W. | Estero, FL

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