The Independent1mon
Tasers are failing when police need them most. So why do they still carry them?
A Taser is a compressed-gas-powered device in the shape of a handgun that releases two probes connected to the device by 15ft wires at high speed. The probes pierce the skin and temporarily ...
A Mississippi officer used excessive force against a man he arrested, prosecutors say
A new federal indictment accuses a Mississippi law enforcement officer of using excessive force against a man he arrested in ...
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Judge Dismisses Wrongful-Death Lawsuit Against Border Patrol in Taser Explosion
A Border Patrol agent whose use of a Taser caused a deadly car explosion acted reasonably, a judge ruled in dismissing a wrong-death lawsuit against the agency, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
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Police ID man who fell to his death from I-15 off-ramp after being shocked with Taser, UHP says
SALT LAKE CITY — A man who was running through traffic on I-15 fell from an off-ramp to his death Sunday night after being shocked with a Taser by troopers who were trying to stop him ...
Videos show Troy police clash with ‘sovereign citizens.’ Authorities reviewing incident
Andrew and Aaliyah Mencin, of Troy, posted police body cam footage of the incident over the weekend on TikTok and YouTube, ...
The Boston Globe7d
TASER maker set to expand in Boston
The maker of TASER shock weapons has Boston in its sights. Later this month, Axon Enterprise plans to unveil its new office in the Back Bay that the Scottsdale, Ariz., company hopes to eventually ...
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Video: Woman Says Border Patrol Threatened Her with Knife, Taser at Random Stop
Border Patrol agents threatened a woman with a Taser and knife after she questioned why she was stopped 40 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, she claims in a video distributed by the ...