Why are cops tasering grandmothers, pregnant women and kids?
AlterNet
by Scott Thill
08/17/09
Thanks to the taser’s wildfire deployment, classification as non-lethal weaponry and pop-cultural appeal in films, television, comics and even cartoons, cops have nearly lost their minds using it on everyone from children, the elderly, and pregnant mothers to the mentally unstable and physically disabled. Or have their lost their spines? After all, the police are public servants, and were even once referred to as peace officers, charged with resolving disputes, defusing danger and, when necessary, applying lethal force to keep the public safe. But lately, and thanks partially to the taser’s alleged safety, they have been leaving peace behind in favor of brutalizing innocent civilians with accelerating lunacy...
http://tinyurl.com/lqtpxu
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=taser
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Thill
by Scott Thill
08/17/09
Thanks to the taser’s wildfire deployment, classification as non-lethal weaponry and pop-cultural appeal in films, television, comics and even cartoons, cops have nearly lost their minds using it on everyone from children, the elderly, and pregnant mothers to the mentally unstable and physically disabled. Or have their lost their spines? After all, the police are public servants, and were even once referred to as peace officers, charged with resolving disputes, defusing danger and, when necessary, applying lethal force to keep the public safe. But lately, and thanks partially to the taser’s alleged safety, they have been leaving peace behind in favor of brutalizing innocent civilians with accelerating lunacy...
http://tinyurl.com/lqtpxu
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=taser
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Scott+Thill
rudkla - 18. Aug, 11:03
