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  • Opinion:U.S. Exports Insanity -- Dutch Police to Get Tasers

    By Amnesty International March 27, 2009

    Today, Holland starts a one-year trial of arming police with Tasers . This sounds like a familiar story, but here’s the twist: The Dutch police don’t want the them. According to Dutch Public TV , the Federal Police issued a statement documenting their objections to using a...

  • Opinion:15-year-old Boy Dies from Police Taser; More Testing Needed

    By Amnesty International March 23, 2009

    A 15-year-old boy died after he was shocked with a Taser gun in Michigan on Sunday. Amnesty International has said this shows the imperative need for further tests on the safety of the electro-shock weapon. "This case shows, once again, police use of a Taser in what appears to have been a...

  • News:Police Use Taser to Subdue 12-Year-Old Autistic Boy

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff March 02, 2009

    Police in the California town of Hawthorne have launched a misconduct investigation after an officer struck a 12-year-old autistic boy with a 50,000-volt stun gun at a city public school . According to Hawthorne police reports, Officer Vincent Arias was summoned to a local middle school after...

  • Video:Former NBA Star Jayson Williams Zapped with Taser

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 28, 2009

    Former NBA star Jayson Williams was zapped with a stun gun by police in his swank hotel suite Monday after the reportedly suicidal athlete resisted attempts by officers to take him to a hospital. The Associated Press reports:

  • News:Texas Police Chief Arrested for Using Taser on Wife

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 09, 2009

    The Associated Press reports that the chief of a small Central Texas town's police department has been fired and jailed for allegedly using a Taser gun on his wife after an argument.  Check out the AP video:  

  • Video:Cop Fired for Refusing to be Shot with Taser

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff April 21, 2009

    Former Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Ray Robert is suing his police department after he was fired for refusing to be shot with a taser. As a matter of policy, every sheriff in the field is required to tased once in order to understand the weapon's effect, but Robert, who has a medical condition he fears...

  • Video:ACLU Wants Cop Who Kicked Suspect in Head Suspended

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff May 14, 2009

    A police chase in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte ended with the suspect surrendering and laying face down on the ground, until an officer kicked him in the head and apparently high-fived another officer in celebration. The incident, captured on tape, has prompted the ACLU to call for the...

  • Video:72-Year-Old Great Grandmother Gets Tasered After Speeding

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff June 10, 2009

    Dashcam video from the Travis County Precinct 3 Constable's Office in Texas shows a deputy stopping a 72-year-old woman for speeding. She refuses to sign the ticket and a confrontation follows.

  • News:Utah Man Tasered 6 Times at Traffic Stop - You be the Judge

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff November 04, 2009

    A Utah man is expected to file a federal civil rights lawsuit soon against the sheriff's deputies who tasered him six times after being pulled over in May. His initial crime -- his license plate wasn't hanging properly. Police say they tasered him because he was resisting. Immediately after...

  • Video:Officer Tasers Epileptic 14-Year-Old Girl in the Head

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff July 09, 2009

    A New Mexico teenager is recovering in the hospital after she was reportedly shot in the head with a Taser dart by a local police chief. According to the Portales News-Tribune , the 14-year-old girl was hit in the head by one of two darts fired simultaneously as she fled police. The second dart...

  • Video:Police Taser 10-Year-Old Boy; Foster Father Says It's Okay

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff December 04, 2009

    Authorities say an "out of control" 10-year-old boy was shocked with a Taser and arrested by sheriff's deputies in Pueblo West. The boy's foster father says that the deputies were just doing their jobs . The Associated Press reports:

  • Video:Alabama Officers Fired for Beating Suspect After Car Crash

    By Opposing Views Editorial Staff May 21, 2009

    A dramatic 2008 police chase in Birmingham, Ala. -- that ended with officers beating an unconscious suspect who had been flung from his vehicle when it crashed -- has led to the firing of five officers one year later. Police had been questioning 38-year-old Anthony Warren about possible drug...