[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Re: [Imc] Taser strategy and Champaign City Council

[Morton K.Brussel]

FYI:

Quotation from the Denver Post, Feb. 4, 2004:

"…according to Mark Silverstein, legal director of the Colorado 
American Civil Liberties Union.

  Not only is being shocked with a Taser unpleasant, but it also can be 
deadly, Silverstein said. He notes that Taser International, which 
makes and markets the devices to law enforcement, calls them 
"less-lethal" weapons. Although statistics are hard to come by, the 
ACLU has uncovered several fatalities involving people who died shortly 
after being shot by police with a Taser. There were at least four 
deaths in 2001, seven in 2002, and 11 in 2003.

  International human-rights groups oppose the use of Tasers, he said."

Clearly, the number of related fatalities will rise as the use of these 
weapons rises.
MKB

>> Forty people have already died as a result of being shot with
>> Tasers, yet this is   supposed to be a "non lethal" weapon.
>
>    That's 40 since 1974.  1 1/3 per year worldwide, right?  
> Unfortunately,
> stuffed animals are probably killing more people.
>
>> What are the dangers of sending a 50,000 watt voltage dart into a
>> person with a heart condition or epilepsy?
>
>    It's 50,000 volts.  And the same watts as a battery.  Carpet static
> sparks are around 10-20,000 volts.   -cmb
>
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