Group: Police misuse stun gun
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Police departments throughout the nation are abusing the use of Tasers, firing them on children, the elderly and in situations that do not merit the use of a 50,000-volt jolt, a report
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Stun gun maker Taser International  Inc., responding to a news report that its newest weapon failed  to subdue some suspects, said on Friday it is providing  software that lets stun guns fire at full power for a longer  period.
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Taser stun guns used by British police are potentially deadly and must be strictly controlled, a leading human rights group has warned.
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Police claim to have disrupted one of the biggest gangs smuggling illigal immigrants
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An Indianapolis police officer today emotionally recapped a scary confrontation in which he traded multiple shots with a mentally deranged &quot;gun nut&quot; that led to the man&#39;s death.
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The Southern Christian Leadership  Conference expressed concern on Monday about taser stun guns,  used by police to immobilize suspects with shocks of 50,000  volts, saying 86 deaths have occurred in the past six years.
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Medical examiners have found that Taser electric stun guns may have played a role in at least five deaths, contradicting the manufacturer&#39;s claim that the weapons never killed or injured anyone, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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Two University of Florida police officers have been placed on leave with pay after using an electronic stun gun to subdue a student who was questioning Sen. John Kerry at a campus forum, the school's president said Tuesday.
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Police northwest of Paris used tear gas, rubber pellets and fired a warning shot to disperse a crowd that surrounded their vehicle after they tried to stop a driver for not wearing a seat belt, a police union official said Monday.
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Get ready for the new personal-use stun gun.
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A woman confronted by police outside a homeless shelter is the latest example of someone who died after being shocked with a Taser, an electric stun gun designed to help officers subdue violent suspects without nightsticks or guns.
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Amnesty International criticized Tuesday the growing use of tasers by law-enforcement officers, saying that more than 70 people have died during the last three years
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US police use a stun gun to restrain a student taking part in a debate with former presidential candidate John Kerry.
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Modern police departments have been deploying modified paintball guns like the ones provided by Pepperball, Inc. to help police officers balance the American people's First Amendment right of free assembly against the demands of politicians. The "less than lethal" designation of these weapons was highlighted recently by the shooting death of Victoria Snelgrove, a baseball fan, by Pepperball equipped police near Fenway Park in Boston.
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Civil rights advocates angry over the death of a student hit by a pepper-spray pellet are seeking at least a temporary ban on the Boston Police Department's use of so-called "less-lethal" weapons to control crowds.
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Protesters say police tactics are too aggressive; police say they're just doing their best to keep the city calm.
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Concerns are raised as more police officers, including those from two Welsh forces, start to carry Taser stun guns.