#Protesters arrested, shocked with #Tasers at U.S. Rep. #MarjorieTaylorGreene’s #TownHall
By: Ross Williams - April 15, 2025
"Most of the questions were friendly, though a few more hostile queries made their way into the program, including 'Why are you such a coward in the face of an obvious #fascist takeover?' "
#Tasers & Excited Delirium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ
#JohnOliver discusses whether Tasers are as safe and effective as the company that makes them claims, the broader effect Tasers have had on #policing, and why you shouldn’t test Tasers out on any of your family members. You’d think that goes without saying, but clearly it doesn’t.
John Oliver on #Tasers the less lethal (but still lethal) police electrification guns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ
John Oliver on #Tasers the less lethal (but still lethal) police electrification guns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ
Lethal in Disguise 2 contains updated descriptions, case studies and fact sheets on #kineticimpactprojectiles (KIPs) - #chemicalirritants - #watercannons - #disorientationdevices - #acousticweapons and batons.
Other devices such as #drones - #electricshockweapons aka #tasers - #heatrays - #blindinglasers are also analysed in order to understand their mechanisms, deployment and potential effects.
"Among other findings, the Justice Department says that Phoenix police use #tasers “unreasonably,” and against people exhibiting signs they're experiencing a #mentalhealth crisis. You want to reward the violence with $22 million dollars,” Christian said". https://www.courthousenews.com/phoenix-approves-22-million-for-new-police-tasers/
As #tasers come to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, community members question if the professionalization of police #oversight is leaving the concerns of people in the community in the dust. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/07/07/who-is-police-oversight-serving-taser-issue-fuels-ideological-rift-in-santa-clara-county/
"Frankel was diagnosed with epilepsy and was having a seizure when police entered his bedroom on Aug. 29, 2022. The tasing of someone who has just had a neurological event is extremely dangerous," #Tasers https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-anselmo-man-tased-by-police-during-seizure-alleges-cover-up
"#Axon ran a whole advertising campaign based on the murder of my son,” Todd’s father John Bogers said in an interview, recalling feelings of bereavement that the ads triggered. “They profited off that, and they didn’t ask for permission.“He’s making money off of being a great liar,” Todd’s sister Shelby Bogers said of Smith.” #Tasers https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/axon-taser-corporate-governance/
OpenVallejo pries open records that show four people were tasered to death by the #Vallejo Police Department - and all 4 deaths were deemed "accidents". #Tasers #ExcitedDelirium https://openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/vallejo-police-concealed-violent-deaths-for-years-open-vallejo-lawsuit-reveals/
