In another entry into the abuse of tasers, this video shows police using a taser to the neck of a pregnant mother after throwing her on her stomach to the ground. The woman clearly needed to be restrained, but it is hard to seriously suggest that a taser was needed given her condition. Once again, this widely available technology is being used freely by officers as an alternative to physical restraining techniques. This officer was clearly capable to restraining this upset woman without the use of a taser, but took the increasingly common approach of a taser hit. For the video, click here
Shock Video: Police Taser Pregnant Mother
Published 1, November 29, 2007 Bizarre , Criminal law , Justice 3 Comments3 Responses to “Shock Video: Police Taser Pregnant Mother”
- 1 Trackback on 1, May 31, 2009 at 9:34 am
Proffesor it seems that French Prez Sarkozy likes tasers….alot. The company is now pursuing a device that fires shock bolts into a crowd from a kind of flying robot. Uh and Oh! See the last paragraph in this article: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i_qln4UXVmKbqgq42Tcis4BRjxuw
Thanks, I will take a look!