Digby: This video is so awful, it will make you sick to watch it. An officer appears to have violated police department guidelines when he used a Taser stun gun on a naked, distraught man teetering on a building ledge, officials said Thursday. Inman Morales, 35, was pronounced dead at a hospital after his nearly […]
The reaction of some allegedly liberal bloggers to the tasering of a student at a Kerry event speaks volumes to me about the normalisation of torture. For the writers it’s not an issue of whether tasers should be used on citizens in a free state at all and whether police should be allowed to render […]
Jesus’ General, whose indefatigable heretosexuality we salute, has an excellent post up on one of my favourite subjects, tasers, and the misuse thereof, as does Martin over at his own personal blog Wis[s]e Words. ( See also this description of the reporting of apolice tasering in Vermont from Blazing Indiscretions and many YouTube tasering videos, […]
Word to the wise: don’t be a diabetic in Texas and call for an ambulance. Lester Haines in The Register: Texas cops taser diabetic seizure man ‘We just took care of him’ By Lester Haines A Texas man who called 911 to request medical assistance for a diabetic seizure earned a tasering from local cops […]
Thin skinned, thick as shit police. From the description of the video: Here’s the scene: We were enjoying the nice spring weather from our balcony. A friend was visiting on his bike, and he rode up on the sidewalk from the street to our front door. In NYC this is illegal. You are supposed to […]