Taser News
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A video has just been released showing a Michigan judge removing his robe and helping the lone court officer restrain a struggling defendant. The judge was angry at the man's attitude and the fact he breached an order of protection the judge made.
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Cincinnati -
An interrogation room video shows a 23-year-old man accused of murder attempt to grab a a police officer's gun. Other officers rushed into the room and the man was subdued.
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Chicago -
Chicago's highest-ranking police official went on trial Tuesday on charges that he allegedly assaulted a suspect with his gun while he was on duty.
The trial is happening in the midst of intense public scrutiny over the death of Laquan McDonald.
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London -
Police in London shot and wounded a knife carrying man in London. Initially the police tried to take the man down using a Taser; however the electrical weapon failed to work.
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Vancouver -
A Mountie in British Columbia has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after being convicted of allegedly lying to a public inquiry regarding the death of a Polish immigrant.
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Following the deaths of several unarmed citizens, the majority of them black, police departments across the U.S. have increasingly equipped their officers with body cameras.
Yes, this is good news, but body cameras aren't a panacea.
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When Tom and Rick Smith invented the Taser M26 model, they had every intention of giving police a non-lethal alternative to guns. As 'Tom Swift and His Electrical Rifle' shows, however, those intentions didn't translate to perfect safety.
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Tulsa -
A shocking video released by an Oklahoma sheriff's department shows an unarmed black man, Eric Harris, on the ground with an officer kneeling on his head.
That, however isn't the most shocking part of the video.
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Nashville -
A new research study reveals new details about how the electric eel's electro-shock system works, concluding that it employs exactly the same mechanisms as Tasers and that eels are effectively "swimming Tasers."
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Phoenix -
A man was tasered not once, not twice, but three times, and he still continued to fight with police. The incident was captured on video.
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Miami Beach -
An up-and-coming 18-year-old graffiti artist has died after being Tasered by Miami Beach police for running away from officers.
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Vancouver -
RCMP Const. Bill Bentley is the first of four RCMP officers to be tried for perjury for alleged false testimony made to an inquiry examining the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski in 2007.
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London -
London’s Metropolitan Police have confirmed that a man was disabled with a taser outside the Queen’s residence, Buckingham Palace, in London. The man is reported to have broken through a cordon and held a knife to his throat.
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Bridgeport -
Three Bridgeport, Connecticut police officers have been placed on administrative leave after the release of a video showing them brutally kicking and stomping a chase suspect after immobilizing him with a stun gun.
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Kendal -
A body builder struggled with police as they tried to arrest him. They claim to have feared for their lives, and so they used a Taser gun on him four times.
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Nashua -
New Hampshire police used a stun gun on a Chinese woman who does not speak English after she was told to leave an Apple Store for trying to buy too many iPhones.
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Santa Fe -
A lawsuit has been filed against Police officer Christopher Webb and the New Mexico Department of Public Safety on behalf of a ten-year-old boy who alleges the officer used a Taser on him.
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Cleburne -
Ricky Jones, a 19-year-old diabetic patient, was involved in a traffic accident in the city of Cleburne in April this year, after going into hypoglycemic shock when his blood sugar dropped dangerously low.
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Wake Forest -
A new US study has found that teenagers who are Tasered, don't appear to be at any higher risk of injury than adults. Researchers examined data from "real life" altercations between youth and police.
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Los Angeles -
Police have arrested a man, allegedly carrying a pair of scissors, who had snuck onto the property of the Los Angeles area home of singer Miley Cyrus.
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Tel Aviv -
Tel Aviv police were responding to a call about a fight occurring in a Tel Aviv water park. A man criticized the police for their handling of the situation, and got tasered five times.
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Tel Aviv -
A Palestinian man from East Jerusalem has filed a complaint of police misconduct after he was tasered five times at a Tel Aviv water park this week, in front of his five children.
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Police officers put their lives on the line every time they step outside their front doors, often having to face such dangerous public enemies as dementia patients and pregnant women.
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Almost a year ago, 2 California police officers beat a 37-year-old homeless man, Kelly Thomas to death. Now video footage of the brutal attack has been revealed in court.
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Sydney -
Over the weekend a man who was being arrested for a robbery was shot with a taser and subsequently died.
Now several media outlets are reporting a robbery may not have even been committed.
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London -
City police in London, Ontario, used a Taser on a teenage boy involved in a street brawl Thursday. It is being reported that the boy may have been struck in the face by the prongs of the powerful stun gun.
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Hackensack -
It was a wild scene at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands Sunday when the Dallas Cowboys came to town to play the New York Jets. But Leroy McKelvey of South Carolina did the unheard of. He attacked Jets fans with a stun gun, injuring three people.
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Whitby -
Durham Regional Police officers arrested a Whitby woman, 24, this week who was found in a neighbour's home wielding an axe.
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London -
A Taser and four cartridges went missing after a London police officer drove off with the items on the roof of a police vehicle.
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Port Perry -
Tension was in the air Monday evening when officers with Durham Regional Police Service's North Division were confronted by a distraught armed man in Port Perry.
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A young man lies on the sidewalk after being stunned by a Taser wielded by a London, Ontario, police officer. YouTube Screen Grab
Robert Dziekanski was filmed by Paul Pritchard at the Vancouver airport holding a small table before he was stunned with a Taser by the RCMP. The B.C. Coroner's Service says the death of the Polish immigrant six years ago was a homicide. Paul Pritchard / Screengrab
Dziekanski with his arms at his side and nothing in his hands as RCMP officers first confront him Screen capture from Paul Pritchard's YouTube video
Robert Dziekanski, a landed immigrant from Poland is seen on this framegrab from a video taken by Paul Pritchard, at the arrivals area of the Vancouver airport on October 14, 2007. Paul Pritchard
A 17-year-old teen is Tasered after disrupting a baseball game in Philadelphia YouTube screenshot
Electric eel in an aquarium Stevenj (CC BY-SA 3.0)
man tasered by police in Tel Aviv anamnalqudscom/YouTube
Police issue X26 TASER. Junglecat
Police are only supposed remove their taser when someone is in danger. One officer allegedly used his for a very inappropriate purpose. Andrew
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