Tag: taser

December 9, 2009

Kennedy Slams RCMP (And Another Public Servant Gets Skewered)

Paul Kennedy, chairman of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP, issued a report yesterday concerning his opinion of what happened on the night that Robert Dziekanski died in Vancouver. Full story here. Among his observations were the following: “Use of the (stun gun) against Mr. Dziekanski was premature and inappropriate,” Kennedy said, dismissing police claims that Dziekanski posed a serious threat. He sharply […]

November 24, 2008

British Police Make Massive Taser Purchase

In an odd way, I almost support this action, mainly because UK police officers have worked without guns for so long. However, I’m still a little anxious about any deal made by public authorities that support Taser International, the maker of the taser.  Giving them more money just makes the machine go on and on and on. Full story here from the BBC .

January 15, 2008

TASER to visit Toronto

Arizona-based Taser International will be in Toronto hawking their latest products (maybe even the ones with the MP3s?) to the Toronto Police Force. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/01/15/tto-tasers.html?ref=rss It amazes me how easy it has become for companies like this to sell fear to all levels of government. I wonder if their timing has anything to do with the Falconer Report on Toronto Schools. Maybe it was all one […]

January 12, 2008

Taser Death – Miami

A man who resisted arrest on Friday, January 11, 2008 was subdued and later tasered by officers. He became unresponsive, so was taken in to the Doctor’s Hospital in Coral Gables, where he was pronounced dead. More here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/375399.html

January 10, 2008

Taser with MP3 Player

I can’t think of a more surreal way to introduce my new blog “Excited Delirium” than with this story: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/10/music-gets-shock-treatment I look forward to covering more stories about the bizarre world of “Excited Delirium”.