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A passenger was tasered and removed from a flight after his 'disorderly' behavior caused a plane to divert to a Portuguese island
A passenger was tasered by police and escorted off a flight for his "unruly" behaviour. His antics …
Ella Hopkins
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A 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia is in hospital after being tasered by police for carrying a knife: reports
Reports say that Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother with dementia, is "fighting for her life" after…
Joshua Zitser
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A psychologist explained to jurors how police officers like Kim Potter can mistake their guns for Tasers
Potter has said she meant to grab her Taser and not her gun when she shot Daunte Wright. A psycholo…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Kim Potter trial: Sergeant testifies that he never heard of an officer accidentally drawing their gun instead of a Taser
Sgt. Mike Peterson teaches Brooklyn Center police officers on how to use their Tasers. He said he n…
Charles Davis
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10 ways Tasers and stun guns can damage your body and brain, from twisted testicles to temporary memory loss
How Tasers and stun guns can affect your entire body: The shock can cause muscles to seize up and i…
Kelly Burch
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Taser company nixes idea of using drones as flying stun guns to respond to mass shootings. Controversy caused some ethics-board members to quit.
Axon CEO and founder Rick Smith said his post on drones "was intended to initiate a conversation on…
Áine Cain
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A high school band director was tased by cops at a football game after he refused orders to stop his musicians from playing
Arrest warrants were issued for disorderly conduct, harassment, and resisting arrest following the …
Ella Hopkins
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When fired, Tasers eject tiny paper circles printed with an ID number. The confetti could be key to the CEO Fahim Saleh murder case, and helped cops recover a $5 million Stradivarius.
A tiny ID tag ejected by a Taser is key to the murder-dismemberment case of CEO Fahim Saleh. It als…
Laura Italiano
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Ex-cop Kim Potter didn't test her Taser as required the day she fatally shot Daunte Wright, investigator says
Special agent Sam McGinnis also testified that the gun Potter has said she mistook for her Taser we…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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6 Georgia sheriff's deputies have been indicted for the murder of an inmate whose family alleges they yelled 'Taser Tuesday' and tortured him
The indictments were handed down more than three years after Antonio Mays died in jail in Fulton Co…
Ashley Collman
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Police tased and arrested a woman refusing to wear a mask at a middle school football game
"[The] female was not arrested for failing to wear a mask, she was asked to leave the premises for …
Inyoung Choi
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Patrol dogs are terrorizing and mauling prisoners inside the United States
The US may be the only nation where dogs are set on men inside their cells. The attacks have left m…
Hannah Beckler
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Atlanta police fatally shot a Black man outside a Wendy's after he fell asleep at the drive-thru, then later grabbed an officer's Taser
Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigned less than 24 hours after the fatal police shooting of 2…
Rhea Mahbubani
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WATCH: New bodycam footage shows Minnesota police officer yelled 'Taser!' before firing gun at Daunte Wright
Wright, 20, was fatally shot by police in suburban Minneapolis. Bodycam footage suggests the office…
Hannah Jiang,Havovi Cooper,Ke…
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Video shows NYPD officers using a Taser on a Black man on the subway after accusing him of letting a rider into the station without paying
The NYPD also released bodycam footage of the incident, showing the man - identified as David Crowe…
Ashley Collman
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Daunte Wright's aunt said she doesn't believe the officer who killed him mixed up her gun with her Taser
Daunte Wright was shot by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, during a traffic stop on …
Ashley Collman
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I'm a bikini barista. The tips and customers are almost always great, but I keep tasers nearby just in case
Shay Harmon's job is to serve coffee while wearing a bikini. She's used tip money from the job to b…
Fortesa Latifi
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Police used a Taser and grappled with Jacob Blake before shooting him, witnesses say
Witnesses to Jacob Blake's shooting — including the man who took the widely-shared video — say that…
Mia Jankowicz
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The ex-cop who killed Daunte Wright was released from prison at 4 a.m. because officials were worried for her safety
Kim Potter had said she meant to grab her Taser when she killed Daunte Wright in April 2021. She wa…
Chris Panella
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Brooklyn Center Police Chief says 'we train with our handguns on our dominant side and our Taser on our weak side,' casting doubt on 'accidental discharge' theory
"We train with our handguns on our dominant side and our Taser on our weak side," he said at a pres…