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2nd Taser death in TX ruled correctly by coroner
15:23 Apr-27
NYC cops used covert tactics, `proactive arrests' at protests
12:15 Mar-17
News Reporters Update / 01/22/06
10:56 Jan-22
Illegal Search and Siezure
21:03 Jan-09
goverment stole my Identity
05:03 Jan-03 (2 comments)
Workplace Mobbing / Gang Stalking / Web Links
10:57 Dec-04
Taser changes marketing language
19:38 Oct-01
PROOF THAT THE BRUTAL "MIAMI MODEL" IS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR PROTEST POLICING
10:15 Aug-29
Counter-Recruitment demonstrators shot with Tasers, bitten by dogs (video)
06:10 Aug-22
Police in 5 states suing taser over injuries (multiple articles)
14:10 Aug-20
Workplace Mobbing / Gang Stalking
10:08 Aug-14
National class action suit against TASER, Int.
16:15 Aug-04
UK: Jane's 8th Annual Less-Lethal Weapons Conference 2005
19:57 Jul-29
Officer rehired after firing for shocking handcuffed man
23:43 Jul-18
Il. Taser will req. Firearm Owner’s Identification Card
23:25 Jul-18
6th Taser Death in Texas
16:40 Jul-13 (2 comments)
SF: Newsom vows more aggression towards anarchists
04:41 Jul-10
SF/ West Coast G8 Arrest Video
04:37 Jul-10
West Coast G8 Legal
04:26 Jul-10
Police Target Medics at G8 - Part of Larger Trend
10:56 Jul-08

Weapons

22-Aug-05 06:10

Counter-Recruitment demonstrators shot with Tasers, bitten by dogs (video)

The Pittsburgh Police Department displayed an excessive use of force at a demonstration yesterday outside a military recruitment station located near the University of Pittsburgh. Five were arrested, two were hospitalized and several others received injuries as a result of police unwarranted use of Tasers, pepper spray, retracting batons and K-9 units. Two others were issued citations when they complained about police misconduct.

less-lethel weapons

04-May-05 01:47

City of Boston pays $5 million to pepperball victim's family

The City of Boston announced yesterday that it will pay the biggest wrongful death settlement in its history, $5 million, to the family of Victoria Snelgrove, the college student killed in October by police trying to control a crowd outside Fenway Park.

less-lethal weapons industrial complex

28-Apr-05 03:31

Police on weapon company payrolls

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of police officers nationwide also are on payrolls of companies that supply weapons, riot gear and other equipment to the officers' departments, creating possible conflicts of interest.

TASERS in schools

27-Mar-05 20:11

Records: Cops used Tasers against 24 students since 2003

At least 24 Central Florida students have been zapped by Tasers in the past 18 months as police officers working at public schools turned the controversial stun guns on children as young as 12.

less-lethel weapons

04-Mar-05 01:13

Maximum Pain is Aim of New US Weapon

THE US military is funding development of a weapon that delivers a bout of excruciating pain from up to 2 kilometres away. Intended for use against rioters, it is meant to leave victims unharmed. But pain researchers are furious that work aimed at controlling pain has been used to develop a weapon. And they fear that the technology will be used for torture.