Mission Statement - De-Spinning the Pro-Taser Propaganda

Yeah right, 'Excited Delirium' my ass...

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The primary purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for my observations and analysis about tasers, taser "associated" deaths, and the behaviour exhibited by the management, employees and minions of Taser International. In general, everything is linked back to external sources, often via previous posts on the same topic, so that readers can fact-check to their heart's content. This blog was started in late-2007 when Canadians were enraged by the taser death of Robert Dziekanski and four others in a short three month period. The cocky attitude exhibited by the Taser International spokespuppet, and his preposterous proposal that Mr. Dziekanski coincidentally died of "excited delirium" at the time of his taser-death, led me to choose the blog name I did and provides my motivation. I have zero financial ties to this issue.



Tuesday, May 1, 2012

American Heart Association: Tasers can be cause of death

Scottsdale, AZ - An article just published by the American Heart Association's premier journal, Circulation, presents the first ever scientific, peer-reviewed evidence that tasers can cause cardiac arrest and death. ... The conclusions of Dr. Zipes' article, which looks at eight cases involving the Taser X26 states: "ECD stimulation can cause cardiac electric capture and provoke cardiac arrest resulting from ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation.  After prolonged ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation without resuscitation, asystole develops." ...[LINK]


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