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Supreme Court Won't Review Case Of Pregnant Teen Tased 3 Times For Speeding

AP | Posted 05.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has decided that it will not review the appropriateness of stun guns used by police on suspects. The high court on Tu...

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Family Say Police Fatally Beat Son On LSD

Posted 04.17.2012

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The family of a man who died last week after being tasered by police suspects officers may have contributed to his death with a violent beating. M...

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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Cops Taser Man To Death Over Cookie Theft

Posted 03.21.2012

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Cops Tasered and killed an Australian resident on Sunday over what may have been a stolen packet of cookies. The unidentified victim apparently wen...

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Police Department Shut Down After Cop Allegedly Shocks 9-Year-Old

Posted 03.12.2012

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A small-town Ohio police department was shut down Friday after a cop allegedly used a taser on a 9-year-old boy, and the police chief kept quiet abou...

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NUDE ON TAPE: 300-Pound Man Strips, Steals Socks At Walmart

AP | Posted 02.17.2012

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EXTON, Pa. -- A hefty southeastern Pennsylvania man is behind bars after police say he walked naked into a Walmart and stole a pair of socks. Thirty-...

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Pregnant Woman Shocked By Stun Gun In Road Rage Assault: Cops

AP | Posted 02.03.2012

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CONCORD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire jury has convicted a 23-year-old woman of assault for using a stun gun on a pregnant woman during a road-rage inciden...

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Wild, Naked Man Dies After Police Use Force And Taser

Posted 02.08.2012

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A man who jumped naked from the roof of a North Miami nursing home Sunday died in custody of unknown causes after a struggle with police. The bizar...

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Dog Walker Tased By Park Ranger

AP | SUDHIN THANAWALA | Posted 04.01.2012

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MONTARA, Calif. — A man walking his dogs in a federal park was hit with a stun gun and arrested by a park ranger who accused him of not putting ...

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Cop Fires Stun Gun, Striking Female Student In Groin

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.15.2011

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After an Allentown, Pa. police officer fired a stun gun at the groin of Keshana Wilson, a 14-year-old student, outside Dieruff High School in Septembe...

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'Bored' With Girlfriend, Man Tased Her And Buried Her Alive: Cops

Posted 12.07.2011

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A woman survived being stunned with a Taser and buried alive in a brutal attack perpetrated by her boyfriend, according to authorities in England. ...

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Man Falls From Balcony After Being Tasered By Police

CBC | Posted 11.19.2011

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A tense standoff involving Toronto police ended with a man being shot by a Taser before plummeting from a balcony to the concrete below. ...

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FBI Investigates Taped Beating By Tennessee Police

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.01.2011

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The FBI has launched a criminal probe into a January incident where Tennessee police stripped a man naked, then kicked and beat him while he lay handc...

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Police: Man Claimed To Be God, Was Unaffected By Two Taser Shocks

Posted 05.25.2011

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A Colorado Springs resident believed to be on hallucinogens claimed divine status as he attacked police officers early Thursday morning. According ...

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Suspect Zaps Cop With His Own Taser During Arrest

Southtown Star | Islam in Europe | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the police station, Abramowicz congratulated himself for his actions, telling police, "at least I had the (guts) to try to get the Taser from the o...

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Australian Man Shocked With Taser Gun 13 Times (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Graphic CCTV footage of Perth police zapping an unarmed man with a Taser has sparked fresh debate over Australian authorities' use of stun guns, the A...

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You're Not Properly Licensed to Use the Malfunctioning, Eye-Scalding Gun

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's interesting that police are using tasers that haven't even been cleared properly by scientists. It should concern people who aren't gun-wielding psychopaths, and may one day be at the receiving end of 50,000 volts of state sanctioned torture.

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Marvin Booker Was Killed After Being restrained, Shocked By Prison Guards, Inmates Say

The Denver Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marvin Booker just wanted to get his shoes. But deputies at the new Denver jail told him to stop. When Booker, who was being processed on a charge ...

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Peter McFarland Tased By Sheriff's Deputies In His Own Home

Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter McFarland of Marin County, Calif. is suing the county sheriff's office for tasing him in his own home while his wife pleaded with them to stop. ...

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Boulder Daily Camera | Erica Meltzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Boulder officer used a stun gun to shock a man last weekend after he threw a frying pan at her, police said. Boulder police said the officer resp...

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Blinding DAZER LASER To Replace Police Tasers? (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police in the Northwest are considering a new tool for law enforcement. It's called the "Dazer Laser" and is being hailed as a relatively safe method ...

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Memorial Hospital In Springs Investigated For Using Taser On A Patient

Colorado Springs Gazette | BILL REED | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Colorado Department of Health is investigating Memorial Health System for using a Taser to subdue a patient earlier this year. A statement from...

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Three Teens STABBED Near Taste Of Chicago, One Man Tased By Police

Posted 05.25.2011

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Violence erupted near the city's popular Taste of Chicago festival Thursday night, leaving three teens stabbed and one man Tasered by police. The Chi...

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Woman Meets Cop's Taser Outside Wrigleyville Bar

MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some post-baseball shenanigans got a woman shocked with a cop's Taser outside a Wrigleyville bar Wednesday evening. A dance-off between two guys tu...

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Cops Getting Caught On Camera Increases Scrutiny

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Minutes after a suburban Chicago police officer was charged with striking a motorist with his baton, prosecutors handed out copies of ...

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UPDATE: Deputy Who Tasered 30 Colorado Students Charged With Child Abuse

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Former Deputy John Ortega is facing 11 counts of child abuse for his role in tazing 30 high school students, and nine counts of reckless endan...

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