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KBCraig wrote:

SlowDave wrote:Tasers: I don't think the med examiner's report is ever going to say: "Cause of death: taser."

Taster International has sued bloggers and medical examiners who have attributed cause of death to a Taser.

But back to its purpose: Taser is an alternative to physical force, whether deadly or otherwise. More specifically, it's an alternative to beating someone with a club, or being even more directly hands-on. It lets officers apply the subject's own muscle strength against him, while minimizing the risk to the officer(s) or others, and stopping the force continuum before it escalates to deadly force because of the officer starting to lose the fight.

If someone really needs to be shot, the Taser is seldom used as an alternative.

In addition to the google search mentioned above, here is another good search:

http://www.theagitator.com/?s=taser" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Especially this, this, this, or this.

Odin wrote:

Liberty wrote:

Odin wrote:
A Taser has never been the cause of death of any person and should not be considered deadly force.

I guess it depends on who you choose to believe.

http://www.google.com/search?q=taser+de ... =firefox-a" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The company that makes them still stubbornly claims they haven't killed anyone. Seems like lots of people believe otherwise. Baytown in particular has had a rash of people dying after getting tazed.

Lots of people die after watching movies with Chevy Chase in them also, but that doesn't make Chevy Chase lethal. Can you direct me to an incident where the medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was specifically the Taser? Not excited delirium, cardiac arrest, suffocation, etc...

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Plenty of police officers have been Tased and none of them has suffered any ill effects. It's a 5 second painful ride in which you are unable to control your muscle function, followed by an immediate recovery. It's much less likely to cause injury to officers or suspects than batons, hand to hand fighting, or OC spray. The Taser has undoubtedly saved many lives of both police and suspects.

Odin wrote:
A Taser has never been the cause of death of any person and should not be considered deadly force.