Police accused of firing Taser into head of innocent man
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Police fired a 50,000-volt Taser into the head of a 45-year-old company director who later proved to be unarmed and innocent
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Taser electric stun guns are being used by police officers to routinely shock people who are mentally disturbed or who simply refuse to obey commands, according to an Amnesty International report released today.
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BELLE VERNON, Pa. - A man accused of pointing a loaded handgun at a police officer says he's only guilty of wearing tight jeans. Sean Eldon Duvall, 36, was arrested Tuesday on charges including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment for the June 18 incident.
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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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A man wanted for the killing of a civilian police employee in a dispute over a stolen can of Spam has been arrested, nearly 30 years after the shooting.
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A man is charged in connection with a shooting in which a two-year-old twin boy was hurt.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Stun-gun maker Taser International said Saturday it was concerned that an upcoming report in the Miami Herald would &quot;mischaracterize&quot; the basis for its safety claims.
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Sheriff's officials defended their use of a Taser stun gun to subdue an autistic teenager who left a social services center where he was being treated.
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A city police officer was attacked by a man with a baseball bat early this morning in the 115th precinct in Queens, police said. The uniformed police officer, who is on an impact post, was patrolling on foot at about 1:20 a.m. at 102nd Street and 39th Ave., about a mile west of Shea Stadium in the Corona neighborhood. He was approached by a man with a baseball bat, who struck the officer in the head with the bat and stole his gun. A second police officer saw the commotion from a distance, unaware that it was a fellow officer who had been attacked, police said. He chased the bat-wielding man, capturing him and recovering the gun before making an arrest.
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Advocates for the mentally ill are questioning Houston police officers' use of stun guns on suspects with mental problems, many of whom were unarmed and then never charged with a crime.
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Police arrested a weapons suspect early Thursday after using tear gas to end a 20-hour standoff in which a police officer and a hostage were shot.
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Police were investigating the death of a man who was struck by officers during his arrest and then collapsed in a holding cell. A family attorney accused the officers of "excessive use of force."
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Prosecutors say a man used fake badges and a car outfitted with lights and a siren to convince people he was a police officer and get them to pay "fines."
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Jurors decide a man shot dead by police while carrying a lighter shaped like a gun was lawfully killed.
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Taser stun guns, used by police to subdue people with an electric shock, are being abused and should be further studied to determine whether they are safe, a human rights group says in a report being released today.
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By Michael J. Feeney  BOONTON  A Lincoln Park man, wanted by authorities for allegedly threatening on a Web site to kill a town police officer, turned himself in Tuesday morning.  Keith Rios, 19, was charged with making terroristic threats for his Facebook.com posting, police Capt.
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'Aagh - bloody hell': top cop zap vid shocker Video A top Welsh cop has posted video of himself being zapped with a Taser cattleprod stun gun. With a strangled cry of "Aagh - bloody hell," North Wales chief constable Richard Brunstrom tastes electric justice and pitches to the deck, towards the end of this Flash vid:â¦