Burnaby (BC, natch) RCMP (natch) claim that their handy-dandy taser saved a man's life. The 19-year old guy was reportedly drunk and holding a knife to his own throat. Since he wouldn't respond to police negotiations (perhaps due to being drunk), they tasered him and took him into custody. Reportedly the subject in this incident did not die from being tasered (which is always a nice outcome). [LINK]
Ah those wild and crazy drunks in Burnaby, running around town threatening to cut their own throats...
Anyway, it seems a bit funny that the drunk man's sister (who was NOT armed with a taser) somehow had been able to, single-handed, get the armed and drunk brother all the way from the kitchen to the outdoors, and lock the door, before calling the police.
Okay - let's be generous - I say that we grant this touching tale of taser technique a 5% credit for a life saved. The 5% is because that's about the chances that this drunk guy would have actually, and would have actually managed to, fatally cut his own throat.
And why is the BC RCMP providing such touching tales on behalf of Taser? Are they a branch of the Taser PR department? Geesh, they go all silent and cranky when people die after being tasered, but they get all proud and 'press-releasey' if they think they've saved one with a taser.
Get a room folks.
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