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Search Results for: taser

Criminal law July 24, 2015July 23, 2015

Video: LAPD Under Fire For Tasering Suspect In Wheelchair

A new video shows 10 officers with the LAPD surrounding Christopher Zareck, 43, who is confined to a wheelchair. In…

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Criminal law, Society December 12, 2014December 12, 2014

Lawsuit: Baltimore Police Taser Woman Videotaping Them In Public and Then Erase The Videotape On Her Cellphone And Arrest Her On Later Dropped Charges

There is another disturbing video of a citizen being arrested after trying to videotape police in public. Kianga Mwamba, 36,…

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Criminal law, Society September 18, 2014September 18, 2014

Seventeen Year Old Missouri Teen in Coma After Being Tasered By Police

There is another disturbing case involving police tasering a suspect who ended up with a serious, life-threatening injury after a…

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Criminal law, Uncategorized May 16, 2014May 16, 2014

Police Accused of Tasering Washington Man Four Times Before He Collapsed and Died

We have discussed a long litany of taser controversies including the recent tasering of a 10 year old boy. Now,…

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Criminal law, Politics, Society, Torts May 14, 2014May 14, 2014

Taser Tots: Indiana Police Taser Ten Year Old Boy At Day Care

We have previously discussed the increasing use of tasers by police in circumstances where other avenues were available, including cases…

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Criminal law, Justice, Lawyering, Society, Torts, Uncategorized February 16, 2014July 22, 2018

Hawthorne, CA Police in the News Again: Taser and Beat Deaf Man Into Unconsciousness

by Charlton Stanley, Weekend Contributor The Hawthorne, CA Police Department has a history of assaultive behavior toward the public. The…

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Filed under: American Sign Language, deaf, Hawthorne CA, Meister, police, Taser
Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Society, Torts January 8, 2014January 8, 2014

Family Calls N.C. Police To Home During Son’s Schizophrenic Episode . . . Police Repeatedly Taser The Boy, Pin Him On Ground, and Then Shoot Him

There is a troubling case out of Boiling Spring Lake, North Carolina, where a family says that police were called…

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Criminal law, Society December 2, 2013December 2, 2013

Police Called To Texas High School To Break Up Fight, Police Taser Teenage Boy, And Leave Him With Severe Brain Injury

Maria Acosta has sued the Bastrop County, its police department, and its school district after a tragic accident left her…

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Criminal law, Society, Uncategorized November 22, 2013November 22, 2013

Michigan Teen Tries To Play Knock-Em-Out With Taser But Encounters Man With Concealed Weapon

Across the country, including here in Washington, teenagers are playing a dangerous game called “Knock-em-out” where a person is selected…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Society, Torts November 14, 2013November 14, 2013

Virginia Police Under Investigation After Video Shows Man Being Tasered For 42 Consecutive Seconds

There is an investigation in Fredericksburg, Virginia after the posting of a YouTube clip show police tasering, Lantz Day, 36,…

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Bizarre, Criminal law, Society, Torts November 8, 2013November 8, 2013

Missouri Police Repeatedly Shoot Man With Tasers And Arrest Him To Prevent Him From Rescuing His Three-Year-Old Son From Fire

People in Louisiana, Missouri are angry today about the treatment of a step father, Ryan Miller, who was shot with…

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Criminal law, Society, Torts November 8, 2013

Arkansas Officer Accused Of Tasering Woman After She Refused To Expose Her Breasts

The city of Haskell in Arkansas is facing a bizarre and high disturbing allegation from a woman, Ashlea Bennett, who…

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Constitutional Law, Criminal law, Society May 16, 2013May 16, 2013

Couple Refuses To Allow Police To Enter Home Without Warrant . . . Police Kick Down Door and Taser Couple

This video shows a confrontation between a couple in Cotati, California and police after the police were called to investigate…

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Bizarre, Constitutional Law, Criminal law March 15, 2013March 15, 2013

Video: Florida Police Officers Charge Man With Assaulting Them After One Beats Him Without Provocation and Another Tasers Him In The Face

We have another case of a citizen cleared of a charge after review of a videotape. Officer Derek Middendorf of…

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Criminal law, International January 11, 2013

Police Shoot Blind Stroke Victim With Taser In Back In Fear That His White Stick Was A “Samurai Sword”

Colin Farmer, 63, is a blind stroke victim who uses a standard white stick to walk. Farmer suddenly found himself…

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