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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 ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz continues his analysis of cases involving the use of Tasers. He writes: The critical Fourth Amendment issue is whether, under the totality ...
U.S. District Court Judge William E. Smith rejected arguments that stun guns are capable of being mistaken by children for other harmless items.
A TASER device, with cartridge removed, making an electric spark between its two electrodes Police issue X26 TASER device with cartridge installed. TASER (also variously "Taser" or "taser") is a brand of conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people by delivering an intense electric shock that briefly disrupts voluntary control of the muscles, allowing the person to be ...
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.
Bloomington officers are among the few in Indiana who don't have electronic-control weapons to use in confrontations
A bunch of guns. America’s love of guns is not new, but this love only turned into in obsession in recent years. Young people today have only ever known a world in which the worship of guns and ...