'Taser Torture In America' - A Call...

Taser Torture In America - A Call For Congressional Hearings [LINK]

Sign the Petition: 1,372 Letters and Emails Sent So Far

"Dear Senator Reid, Speaker Pelosi and Congressional Black Caucus:

We call on our Congress to speak out and organize public hearings on the systemic human rights violations occurring with Federal funding against black, Latino, Native American and other Americans.

While there continues to be considerable media and congressional attention to torture in Guantanamo, there is comparatively little attention to the mounting evidence of human rights violations in the streets of America by a number of police departments across America, including torture and killings of black children, women and men through-out the United States through the use and abuse of Tasers.

We want Congress to stand up with us against the police pre-trial electrocution of black children, women and men by taser. ..."


Congressional Hearings also might wish to examine the issue of the claims of Taser International that tasers-R-safe with respect to inherent internal risk factors such as cardiac effects.