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The children, who were all hit by a Taser or stun gun by school-based police officers, also called school resource officers, were 12 to 19 years old when the incidents occurred. They were shocked by a Taser or stun gun for mouthing off to a police officer. For trying to run from the principal’s office.
“TASER use as a pain compliance tool against a resisting subject is prohibited by the Fourth Amendment unless the police can articulate ‘immediate danger’ to the officer apart from the fact ...
According to a press report, the jury "found that Arizona-based stun-gun manufacturer Taser International should have more effectively warned police that Taser shocks were potentially dangerous." [82] July 22, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a 17-year old aboriginal teen died after being tasered during a standoff. The teen was carrying a ...
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In a sign of the continuing unrest gripping the United States after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, two Atlanta police officers recently lost their jobs after tasing two students from ...
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The police authority report that normally police will threaten to use their weapon but do not discharge it; this happens about 200 times per year. In a typical year the police shoot 20 warning shots aimed at people or vehicles. [43] An investigation reviewing the use of weapons by police details the firearm use from 2003 to 2014. [44]
Police deployed tasers on 24 people in 2021, according to the Raleigh Police Department’s 2021 Professional Standards Report. Police tased 21 people in 2020 and 46 people in 2019.