Nov 20th, 2008 · Authorities in North Carolina apologized for the bad timing of a bust. They wanted to arrest a man. And they found him at his father's funeral. The Star-News of Wilmington, N.C., reports the suspect was helpling to load the coffin into a hearse, when two cops grabbed him. They put a knee in his back. And they tasered him, as his fellow pallbearers tried to steady the coffin. Police admit they could've waited until after the service. In their defense, they were respectful enough to wear coats and ties.
Keywords: services · Funeral · N.C · apologized · North Carolina · Pallbearers · suspect · Wilmington · Tasers · defense · emStar · helpling
May 19th, 2008 · After a security guard put a metal boot on a van he says was improperly parked, he got into a confrontation with its owner that ended with a kind of Western shoot-out. Both men drew — and fired — Tasers. They zapped each other with stun guns.
Keywords: security · confrontation · Colorado · van · Tasers
Feb 29th, 2008 · Taser International is working with independent dealers to market a version of its stun gun -- in metallic pink, among other shades -- to women. The weapon, priced under $400, delivers 50,000 volts of low-current electricity.
Keywords: independent · weapons · electricity · Volt · dealers · Tasers · Taser International · Tupperware
Dec 7th, 2007 · There is a growing call in Canada for restrictions on police use of electric stun guns. The American-made Taser is under scrutiny after the release of a video showing a deadly outcome after it was used on a distraught Polish immigrant at Vancouver airport.
Keywords: Americans · immigration · airports · video · electric · Canada · Vancouver · Tasers · Fatality · Polish · restrictions · Distraught
Nov 26th, 2007 · The United Nations Committee Against Torture declares that electronic stun guns -- or Tasers -- are a form of torture that can kill. Eugene O'Donnell, lecturer of law and police studies and John Jay College, the City University of New York, looks at the decision.
Keywords: law · U.N · electronics · Torture · lecturer · Tasers · City University of New York · Eugene O'Donnell · John Jay College
Feb 27th, 2007 · Excited delirium is a controversial diagnosis increasingly used by medical examiners to explain why people die suddenly in police custody. Taser International has used the diagnosis successfully to defend itself in wrongful-death cases in which its stun guns were also used.
Keywords: deaths · Custody · medical · Examiner · diagnosis · Tasers · Taser International · excited · delirium
Nov 12th, 2005 · About 150 people gathered in Atlanta Saturday to protest the use of taser guns by police. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized the rally. It's one more sign of the growing controversy over tasers.
Keywords: protests · organization · Controversy · Georgia · Atlanta · Tasers
Apr 1st, 2005 · Your body uses electricity to move your muscles. A Taser essentially overwhelms that system, causing temporary paralysis. But few independent studies have been done on the weapons.
Keywords: independent · temporary · weapons · electricity · overwhelming · physicians · muscles · Tasers · paralysis
