Tasers

Held Suspect

Terrance Heath | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Louisiana, Tasers, Crime, Police, Police Brutality, Racism, Race, Baron Pikes, Jena 6, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Terrance Heath

I don't remember how old I was the first time it happened. I couldn't have been more than ten years old. We were in Philadelphia -- my mother, my youn...

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Newlyweds Tasered At Reception, Spend Wedding Night In Jail

The Durango Herald | Ted Holteen | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Police Brutality, Newlywed, Tasers, Police, Excessive Force, Home News

The Michigan wedding of Durango newlyweds Andy and Ania Somora came to an abrupt end last weekend after the bride and groom were tasered by local poli...

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Compliance Weapons: One Step Closer to a Police State?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: The Institute for Non-Lethal Weapons Technologies, Tasers, Non-Lethal Weaponry, Protest, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

As technology makes possible availability and acceptance of "non-lethal" weapons, one also has to wonder about their impact on police practices and the exercise of civil liberties.

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Penn State's Frightening Defense

Bryan Farrell | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tasers, The Institute for Non-Lethal Weapons Technologies, Penn State University, Barack Obama, The Daily Collegian, Joe Paterno, The Puke Ray, Department of Homeland Security, Danger Room, Fentanyl, Department of Defense, US Marines, Pennsylvania Primary, Applied Research Laboratories, Hillary Clinton, Wired, US Navy, Sunshine Project, Politics News
Bryan Farrell

Penn State has one of the U.S. Navy's top civilian research facilities, where it's developing non-lethal weapons. But the government may be using the illusion of good intentions to mask its more pressing agenda.

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Police State Tactics: Tasering Pregnant Women and the Elderly

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living

Read More: New World Order, Civil Liberties, Tasers, Constitutional Rights, Police, Living News
John W. Whitehead

Tasers have become a prevalent force tool, often used against individuals who pose no serious danger to themselves, the officers or others.

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Taser Buzz Kill

Nicola Griffith | Posted 04.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Crime Statistics, Self-Defense Tips, How to Use a Taser, Tasers, Self-Defence Tricks, Self-Defense, Living News
Nicola Griffith

There's been a lot of buzz in the press about women's Taser parties. (They're like Tupperware parties, but sell C2 Tasers instead of plastic tubs.) These reports infuriate me.

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Minnesota Police Stock Up On Tasers Before Republican National Convention

Minnesota Monitor | Andy Birkey | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: RNC Tasers, Republican Primary, Republicans Tasers, Tasers, 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, Rnc, Politics News

The St. Paul Police Department is requesting 230 Tasers to outfit the all of the department's officers with the electroshock weapon, Fox 9 News report...

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O'Reilly: Tasered Student "Biggest Wimp In The United States Of America"

Media Matters | Posted 09.19.2007 | Media

Read More: Kerry Tasering, Tasers, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

During the September 18 edition of his Fox News television show, while discussing the recent incident involving University of Florida student Andrew M...

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Tasering Students: A Shocking Disgrace

Zach Marks | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Kerry Tasering, Andrew Meyer, Tasers, College Students Reactions to Tasering, Politics News
Zach Marks

What alarms me and the classmates I spoke with on campus today is the crackdown on students' free speech rights.

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Student Tasered At Kerry Event Was, Naturally, A Journalist

AP/Editor & Publisher | Posted 09.19.2007 | Media

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Video of police Tasering a persistent questioner of Sen. John Kerry became an Internet and TV sensation Tuesday, generating fierce debate about free s...

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A Shocking Moment for Society: Tasering at University of Florida

Naomi Wolf | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Meyer, Tasers, Politics News
Naomi Wolf

When people start to be hurt by the state for speaking out, dissent closes quickly and the shock chills opposition very, very fast.

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Mitt Romney Likes A Good Tasering

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.18.2007 | Media

Read More: Mitt Romney, Andrew Meyer, Barry Manilow, Tasers, Media News

Mitt Romney jokes about the tasering of a University of Florida college student — but when it comes to Barry Manilow, he's all business!

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Florida Tasers Away Student Rights

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Andrew Meyer, University of Florida, Tasers, John Kerry, Free Speech Rights, Politics News
Greg Lukianoff

Campus police and administrators can remove audience members who refuse to abide by reasonable rules, like time limitations on questions. But the problem here is obvious.

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Today's Homework: More Talk, Less Taser

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: University of Florida, Students, Police, Protest, Andrew Meyer, Tasers, John Kerry, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

In the shadow of Virginia Tech, it is likely much more difficult on a college campus to make the difficult distinction between threatening actions and angry, but safe expression.

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More Pinter than Python

Jon Robin Baitz | Posted 09.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: University of Forida, Tasers, Town Hall Meetings, Student Protest, John Kerry, Andrew Meyer, Politics News
Jon Robin Baitz

You gotta love the glorious retro good-manners of the undergrad University of Florida crowd -- desperate for order over rancor, photo-ops over discourse . At any cost.

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Police Taser Florida Student After He Asks John Kerry Why No One Has Tried To Impeach Bush

AP | Posted 09.17.2007 | Home

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University of Florida, John Kerry, Excessive Force, Tasers, Home News

A university student with a history of taping his own practical jokes was Tasered by campus police and arrested after loudly and repeatedly trying to ...

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