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Policeman Tasers And Arrests Girl, 10, For Throwing A Fit
1:00PM Sean Fallon | Are idiot cops with tasers in some sort of competition with one another? I think the new record for stupidity belongs to Dustin Bradshaw, the Arkansas police officer who zapped and arrested a 10-year-old girl for throwing a fit. More »
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Tasers Safer Than Batons, Not Safer Than Not Beating ‘Em Up
10:20AM Adam Frucci | A new study by the University of Pennsylvania has found that it’s safer for cops to use tasers to subdue perps than their fists and batons. But safest of all? Using words and patience. More »
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Grenade Launcher Taser Can Hit People 60m Away
2:59AM Jesus Diaz | This is exactly what the world needs: another taser. This one can be fired using a standard 40mm grenade launcher, which gives it a 60m range — three times the range of the XREP. Supposedly, it’s non-lethal. Some disagree: More »
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Guy Agrees To Be Tased @ Giz Gallery ‘09
1:19AM Adrian Covert | Yes, you read that right. We have someone who said he’s willing to get tased, live at Giz Gallery tomorrow. And you better believe we’ll have that on camera. Update #2: It’s on…tomorrow! More »
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Police Taser Legless Man In Wheelchair
7:40PM Danny Allen | Internal Affairs are investigating witness reports that Merced police twice Tasered a 40 year-old double-amputee because he had a “big mouth”. Initial charges against him were dropped, so how much resistance could he have put up? Talk about overkill. More »
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12:30PM Rosa Golijan | Is this the entrance to Jason Chen’s secret lair where the Gizmodo magic happens? Maybe a place to lock up anyone with swine flu? What on earth requires a HAL 9000 to keep guard? Ah! The floor has the answer. More »
What Is This?
12:30PM Rosa Golijan | Is this the entrance to Jason Chen’s secret lair where the Gizmodo magic happens? Maybe a place to lock up anyone with swine flu? What on earth requires a HAL 9000 to keep guard? Ah! The floor has the answer. More »
Random Stuff
Tasers Include Hidden Feature: Set Suspects On Fire
2:00PM Rosa Golijan | Poor Officer Lanham of the Lancaster PD: A day after he got his shiny new Taser he had to go through some additional training. Turns out that firefighting skills are a must after tasering a guy who’d been huffing keyboard cleaner. More »
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Texas Cops Break The Taser On A Curmudgeonly 72-Year-Old Woman
12:30PM Adrian Covert | Despite the fact that tasing a full-grown man borders on excessive, a Texas cop found it necessary to tase a 72-year-old woman because she was yelling at him. And the slightly horrific, slightly hilarious farce was all caught on camera. More »
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Judge Rules It’s Legal To Taser Someone For DNA Sample, As Long As It’s Not Done ‘Maliciously’
4:40AM Sean Fallon | As long as it is not done “maliciously, or to an excessive extent, or with resulting injury,” Niagara County, NY Judge Sara Sheldon Sperrazza ruled that using a Taser to obtain a DNA sample is legally valid. More »
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