Re: Taser has low probability of causing death: expert
Tracy101
>> There too many people have died after being stunned
>> by a Taser who have never consumed cocaine in their
>> entire lives. And there are a majority of cocaine users,
>> who did not die of "acute intoxication," - to rule-out the
>> possibility of death from being stunned by 50000 volts.
>>
>> On the other hand, long before invention of the Tasers
>> in the capacity of the weapons, there were quite a few
>> deaths occurred from electric shock significantly lower
>> than 50000 v, that's contradicting to "expert's" opinion....
>> --
Agree with what you said. Saw one report from a doctor that said that it
puts out twice what a heart shocker puts out. How many people did they say
have died from it so far? 300? When they start to fall like flies,
something has to be wrong. Also saw somewhere that one of the closest
advisors to Harper owns a Taser company although I can't attest to these
things because I don't know. One guy claimed that while the current seemed
small, when the mathmatics were done correctly it was twice the power of a
defibrillator. Unfortunately a lot of people die when their heart rhythms
are changed.
This article is pretty neat too:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/02/20080502taser0503.html
Judge Rules for Taser in Cause-of-death Decisions
In other words, shut up challengers to the Taser, or else!
I see a drunken woman was tasered at the Stampede for punching a cop in the
mouth.
Then there's the 17 year old that was killed the other day when he had a
knife in his hand and was tasered.
Hey, they're dropping like flies! I say, like the kid's mother, "shoot 'em
instead!" Since cops think a little longer before using a gun, likely a lot
more lives would be saved if they were allowed to use guns instead.
Not that I have any sympathy for a 17-year old with a knife (Were was it
anyway? In his jacket? Was he running away or toward them? None of that
was in the news for some reason. Was it "deliberately left out? If so,
why?) And I do understand some of the situations cops run ino but I also
understand that these things can be quite "FUN" to operate, especially if
you're a little peed off at someone.