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, August 18, 2009

"final alternative before lethal force"

"...Canadian Mental Health Association ... Saskatchewan Division is recommending police officers get training in crisis intervention, and resort to Tasers only as a final alternative before lethal force." [LINK]

An alternative to lethal force.

As opposed to being used, misused, overused, and abused about one hundred times (roughly) the rate that police ever used their guns.

The great thing about such a policy, assuming that it is ACTUALLY put into practice, is that the moderate to low (depending on how you measure it) risk of death would become virtually a non-issue.

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