Stun guns, pepper spray and more: What you must know about self-defense tools and legal status
TASER devices can be deployed at a distance, but a stun gun must come in direct contact with its target. The personal safety ...
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Tasers soften the blow of police power, but lawyers see evidence of misuse in NC
“Taser use is unreasonable force in response ... used in response to “active resistance,” defined as the “use of personal weapons or other weapons to assault to gain a positional advantage ...
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Where the Police Used a Taser on a Bible-Reading Great-Grandmother
A lack of state standards leaves Mississippi police and sheriff’s departments on their own to decide when to use stun guns, and many give officers a free hand. By Nate Rosenfield Brian Howey and ...
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In Taser Logs, a Practice That Long Went Unnoticed Is Revealed
Hidden in the logs, we found a story of excessive Taser use in Mississippi that had gone unnoticed for years. Officers are supposed to avoid shocking anyone for longer than 15 seconds during an ...
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Investigation finds Allegheny County Jail leads state in Taser use
YOU DON’T USE A WEAPON ON SOMEBODY IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE, NOT A TASER AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE. IT JUST WRONG. STATE RECORDS SHOW IT’S NOT UNUSUAL FOR ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL OFFICERS TO USE TASERS ...
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Officer tases man who raised hands in surrender in Hawaii, feds say. He’s fired
A former police officer was indicted in connection with a taser incident in Hawaii, prosecutors said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A longtime Maui police officer is accused of tasing a man “without ...