A mentally disturbed man who was acting erratically outside a convenience store in mesa Arizona was tasered and later died due to that incident. This makes us wonder why these devices are still in use and what did police do in the good old days, pre-taser? Wasn't there a time when the police could peacefully subdue people who might harm themselves or others?
According to Amnesty International more than 334 deaths have occurred due to this "non-lethal" technology from July of 2001 and August of 2008. Now other countries, like Holland, are beginning trial runs of taser use in their departments.
We all need to ask out loud why this technology is being used in police departments nation (world)wide. Are we all being prepared for a coming military state where cops are being conditioned to harm civilians at a whim? Read for yourselves and start asking why.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/2009/08/24/20090824abrk-taserupdate.html - Man in Mesa Arizona dies due to Taser
http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking06/WATasers.html - Amnesty Intl. Article
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/tag/tasers/ - Dutch to use Tasers
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