When a Taser failed, the NYPD started shooting. Why does this keep happening?
A police shooting in Brooklyn has raised questions about the dangers of Tasers failing at crucial moments, Richard Hall ...
Tasers are failing when police need them most. So why do they still carry them?
The incident has raised questions about the use of deadly force by police for a petty crime, but also of the usefulness of ...
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Video: Driver Throws Ark. Trooper's TASER into Traffic During Stop
An Arkansas State Police trooper shot and wounded an accused drunken driver during a speeding stop in Rogers when the suspect ...
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NYPD’s handling of subway ‘fare evader’ under scrutiny after shooting injures bystanders
A witness says the alleged fare-evader walked away from police, who shot and critically injured him, along with two ...
Man in costume armed with knife Tased and arrested in Canton Township
A knife-wielding man wearing a costume was arrested after running onto U.S. 30 Tuesday morning, according to the Stark County ...
‘16 years old, vulnerable, in handcuffs’: Police held Taser to teenager’s neck, hearing told
When asked to clarify his meaning of “people like us”, Mr Williams-Kabasomi said: “Black people”. “We’re 16 years old, ...
Farebeater in NYPD subway shooting had earlier run-in with the same officers
Cops revealed in an afternoon presser that there were two different interactions between Derrell Mickles and the two police officers, who would open fire on Mickles after he threatened them with a ...
ASP release dashcam footage of I-49 arrest, deadly force deemed justified by prosecutor
ROGERS, Ark. — On Sept. 18, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) announced that a trooper was cleared of wrongdoing in the July 27 ...
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Man suffers severe bite wounds in attack by pit bulls
A 61-year-old city man suffered severe bite wounds to his left finger, hand and elbow Monday afternoon when attacked by two ...
Girl, 4, mauled by ‘XL Bullies’ while playing in park with mum as she’s rushed to hospital with bite wounds
A FOUR-year-old girl has been attacked by what are thought to be two XL Bully dogs while she was playing in a park with her ...
ASP release dashcam footage of I-49 arrest, prosecutor will not pursue charges
ROGERS, Ark. — On Sept. 18, the Arkansas State Police (ASP) announced that a trooper was cleared of wrongdoing in the July 27 shooting of a man who allegedly resisted arrest and assaulted her during a ...
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When a Taser failed, the NYPD started shooting. Why does this keep happening?
and that its own study of 1,201 field cases show that the use of a Taser results in no direct serious injuries from the weapon more than 99 per cent of the time. But that study likely does not ...