Excited Delirium

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US Court Ruling on Tasers Worries Canadian Doctors

In the US, Taser International has won a court order in Ohio that forces a medical examiner to change autopsy reports.

Dr. Matthew Stanbrook of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) says the decision doesn’t take into account the difficulty of determining an exact cause of death in almost every case.

“If we were required to have at the level of scientific and medical certainty that something was the cause of death, before we were permitted to declare it, most of the people who died in North America would have died of unknown causes,” Stanbrook said.

“It is a physician making their best judgment given all the facts available.”

Stanbrook is deputy editor of the CMA Journal, which last week carried an editorial that expressed discontent with the current research into the effects of Taser use on suspects. The editorial said most of that work was done at the behest of Taser International and needed to be verified by independent researchers.

Medical Panel Calls for Review of Safety of Tasers

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Quote:

The opinion piece released on Thursday argues that Taser use is a public health issue, and Canadian officials should not be relying on the manufacturer, Taser International, or its paid research to determine if stun guns are safe.

It also questions the assertion by Taser International that the weapon does not adversely affect the heart, and its explanation that people who die after being shocked by a Taser were killed by excited delirium rather than the effects of the stun gun.

Taser International Wins Lawsuit to Change Cause of Death

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“Taser International recently started a legal campaign against medical examiners who claimed tasers contributed to the cause of death for several people. On Friday, an Ohio judge ruled in favor of the stun gun manufacturer (free registration may be required). While they do have a number of scientific studies on which they establish their claims, it’s interesting that the alternate cause of death they champion — excited delirium — appears only in police reports on the deaths of difficult or drug-addled inmates, not in medical textbooks. Of course, that may change soon — Taser is funding and promoting research on the subject. Coroner reports such as the ones in this case contributed to the UN’s opinion that taser use is torture.”

Man Dies After Taser Use

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“This situation is so alarming, so disturbing and so troubling,” Piper said. “I don’t think the police officer ever anticipated causing any significant injury to this young man. I know Oxford police are deeply troubled.”

Will The Militarized Police Shock You Into Submission?

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Lamperd Video Here.

This video is pretty creepy. From a propaganda standpoint, I was interested in how they do the “… and then this happens … and this happens …” It’s the classic “nothing works because we’ve refuted it by making blanket statements” so let’s bring in something much more severe.

“Yes … there is a very viable workable solution …”

America The Police State

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… it is no coincidence that the culture of fear, hate, prejudice, perversion and violence unleashed by the evil administration of one George W. Bush is largely to blame. The endemically corrupt GOP has ‘stunk up the place’ and no one is safe –not in your home, your car, your property! This is what it means to live in a police state.

Vancouver Taser Probe Awaits Funding

I found this article a little hard to believe:
http://www.thestar.com/article/297655

No mention is made of the cost of the investigation, but shouldn’t the judge/jury/whoever just watch what transpires on Youtube? I’ll try to save you a few million in legal fees. Just click below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gziQB6HkOY
(Or search “Vancouver Airport Taser”)

Here’s another idea: how about you just take the City of Toronto budget and use that? I think the total was $8.7 million, but we all know that price will double as costs come in much higher than planned. That should pay for a hell of a review, shouldn’t it?