Official defends stunning Hula Hoop lady

NORFOLK, Va., Jan 7, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — A Norfolk, Va., police officer had no choice but to use a stun gun on a brain-injured woman twirling a Hula Hoop in a street median, a city official said. Norfolk... 

Taser Daily News Update: December 10, 2007

UCLA’s Daily Bruin has an article about the new taser-use policy on campus. The article states, and I agree, that this may be the “best” taser use policy enacted to date: Though The Bruin could not... 

Taser Daily News Update, December 6, 2007

From The London Free Press: “Dr. James Cairns, the provincial deputy chief coroner who appeared at the 2005 probe of the death of Londoner Peter Lamonday, is facing criticism for having Taser International... 

London considers taser moratorium

According to the Gazette, London may be considering a moratorium on the use of tasers by the cops: “I didn’t want it on my conscience that I hadn’t spoken out about the risk that tasers pose to human... 

Rome puts pressure on Canada over taser death

Concerned with the lack of information they have received about an Italian-Canadian who was shot with a Taser and died while in police custody in September, the Italian government summoned Canada’s ambassador...