User:Devrit/Taser News



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Apr. 17/08

This section was started.

News from Apr. 15 (SkyTrain) and Apr. 16 (10-year old boy receives taser threat from police):

It was discovered Tues. Apr. 15/08 that Vancouver SkyTrain transit police used the taser 4 times on non-violent people, due to fare dodging.

On Sun. Apr. 13/08, a 10-year old boy was given a taser threat and then arrested by police at his home. His parents has gone out. He and 5 friends were having a noisy swordfight with sticks and playing XBOX with the volume up high.

Check out "Talk:Taser Controversy" for more details.

May 24, 2008

In the news: released Fri May 23, 2008, 10:08

The first phase of the Vancouver Taser inquiry is complete. The safety of the weapon cannot be determined, to date. Dr. Keith Chambers says the prper studies have not been completed. Because the study focuses mainly on sudden death, conditions such as serious injury may be overlooked. Murray Mollard, the executive director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, wants the taser banned completely.

The first phase focused on taser use, deaths, and injuries. Medical experts are concerned about the taser, while the police say they save lives.

The second stage of this inquiry focuses on Dziekanski's death, but cannot begin until all police investigations are complete and any charges dealt with in court. Stay tuned for more info.

Source: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/080523/canada/vancouver_bc_taser_inquiry_finished

September 13, 2008

The RCMP taser review was released last week Friday. Here is the link:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tasers/pdf/taser-review-june08.pdf

Also, they relied too much on manufacturer info. Here is a link to the story: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/12/taser-review.html

In depth info last updated on Sept. 4/08: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tasers/

September 28, 2008

In depth info on "excited delerium" http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tasers/excited-delirium.html

October 8, 2008

In the Metro (Toronto), there is a report about George Lochner, who was tased, and his injuries are pretty scary. See it here. http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=866637

Nov. 4, 2008

Yahoo Canada: a B.C. man has died after a Taser was used on him in Calgary. More info here: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/calgary_taser_calgary_police

In addition, the CBC coverage, which is more descriptive: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/10/29/edm-taser.html

Nov. 15, 2008

Moved Taser News from my user page to this page.

Dec. 9, 2008

Here are some cool videos:

Taser Test: Part 1 and 2

http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/special_feature/a_deadly_landing/the_taser_test_1.html Part 2 must be selected below the video plug-in.

Another taser investigation (in two seperate parts):

http://www.cbc.ca/video/popup.html?http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/news/features/taserdoc080130.wmv

http://www.cbc.ca/video/popup.html?http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/news/features/2taserdoc080130.wmv

Feb. 25/09

Some articles:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/02/24/tasers-police.html

http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/Canada/article/186791

Mar. 25/09

Some more articles:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/02/24/bc-taser-inquiry-rundel.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/02/23/bc-taser-inquiry-dzeikanski-rundel.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/03/25/taser.html

Apr. 15/09

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/04/15/bc-taser-inquiry-basra.html

Oh my my, poor Ms. Cisowski. I feel very sorry for her. If I were her, I wouldn't know how to cope with Dziekanski's death.

Apr. 21/09

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/04/21/taser-rcmp-policy.html

Finally, the RCMP did something. Hooray.

Apr. 27/09

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/04/27/bc-taser-inquiry-lee.html?ref=rss

O_O WHOA the pathologist didn't know? The RCMP fails big-time.

LAST UPDATE Apr. 27/09