Friday, October 8, 2010

Taser - 1st hit "no effect", 2nd hit "killed" subject

Man with mental illness killed by Taser in conflict with police [LINK]

An officer fired a Taser at Johnson, but it had no effect. Johnson was then hit by a second Taser cartridge and collapsed.

Fired twice.

1) Ineffective.

2) Apparently deadly.

Law enforcement decision makers should really take this degree of randomness into account when considering the safety, usefulness and morality of tasers.

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