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10Th Death By Police Taser.
// Eye-witness Lee Wilkie, 25, who lives nearby on Mount Road, said: "Three Transit vans came storming up to the house then they bashed his door down and you could hear all sorts of shouting and banging.
"I think he's been Tasered inside and then the ambulance came outside his house. A bit later he came into the street but something happened again and they started giving him CPR in the road.
"He was a good lad, a quiet lad, and he was very well-liked. People around here are just in total shock and really angry as well, why did they have to Taser him?" //
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What are your views on Tasers?
Are Tasers safe?
Are they being properly used?
Are they being over used?
Are they being used as first resort instead of last resort?
Is 10 deaths acceptable?
"I think he's been Tasered inside and then the ambulance came outside his house. A bit later he came into the street but something happened again and they started giving him CPR in the road.
"He was a good lad, a quiet lad, and he was very well-liked. People around here are just in total shock and really angry as well, why did they have to Taser him?" //
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What are your views on Tasers?
Are Tasers safe?
Are they being properly used?
Are they being over used?
Are they being used as first resort instead of last resort?
Is 10 deaths acceptable?
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I seem to remember when Tasers were first being muted that we were assured that they would only be used in situations where a firearm would otherwise be the only alternative.
Since then, as far as I can see, over the years there has been a kind of "mission creep" to the extent they are now being used in cases where firearms wouldn't have ever been considered. For example restraint, DUI and failure to stop etc.
Since then, as far as I can see, over the years there has been a kind of "mission creep" to the extent they are now being used in cases where firearms wouldn't have ever been considered. For example restraint, DUI and failure to stop etc.
// In total, at least 194 children aged 16 or under have had Tasers deployed on them in the last three years.
More than 20 young children hit with the weapons despite concerns they can lead to fatal heart attacks.
They include six children aged only 14, four youngsters aged 15, and 13 teenagers aged 16. Scores of other children as young as 11 have been threatened by officers with the weapons. //
More than 20 young children hit with the weapons despite concerns they can lead to fatal heart attacks.
They include six children aged only 14, four youngsters aged 15, and 13 teenagers aged 16. Scores of other children as young as 11 have been threatened by officers with the weapons. //
From the BBC site
The BBC's Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the man's death was the tenth to have occurred in England and Wales after police used a Taser.
He said in eight of those cases it was found the Taser had not caused death, and in the other two - the latest death in Manchester and that of a Plymouth man in April - investigations were ongoing.
The BBC's Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the man's death was the tenth to have occurred in England and Wales after police used a Taser.
He said in eight of those cases it was found the Taser had not caused death, and in the other two - the latest death in Manchester and that of a Plymouth man in April - investigations were ongoing.
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// A man who had doused himself in petrol turned into a human fireball when police shot him with a Taser. //
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I supposed he died by fire, not the electric shock then.
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I supposed he died by fire, not the electric shock then.
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