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Re: Police kill Polish man @ Vancouver Airport
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been used over 100 000 times voluntarily in police training throughout the world without fatality. [/ QUOTE ] While this is somewhat relevant to prove general safety of the product, how many of those policemen had their arms clasped behind them, 4 guys on top of them, and 200lb being supported on their neck? Police are trained on taser use with medical staff five feet away, wearing loose clothing on karate-style gym mats with ample food/water/adrenaline doses/whatever nearby. Give me 100,000 police in distress, surrounded by half a dozen armed men, in an airport, fiending for a smoke and terrified about the safety of their elderly mother, then taser them. We'll see how many fatality's we'll get then. All this taser talk is sort of silly - the weapon itself is obviously less dangerous than a gun, and as such would be a good replacement for those kind of high-risk situations that police procedure ALREADY dictates. These men were NOT following standard procedure, and their incompetence mixed with the airport's apathy has resulted in a tragic incident - it's not their tool's fault. |
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Re: Police kill Polish man @ Vancouver Airport
Have to agree that context is really important. A little anxiety about what a taser is going to feel like can't compete with the drama and fear going on when arrested, especially when swarmed by cops.
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