Berkley CA February 18, 2024 City and university police officers used several less-lethal projectile launchers and a Taser to apprehend a man carrying a sickle and a 6-foot stick near Telegraph and Durant avenues Thursday evening. City police got a call for a man with cuts on his body, carrying a machete — which turned out […]
New Orleans LA August 31 2023 A federal appeals court has rejected civil rights claims and upheld qualified immunity for a school resource officer who used a stun gun on a Texas high school student with an intellectual disability who was having a violent outburst. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in New […]
GLENDALE, AZ December 16, 2022— Glendale police officials say they used a ‘drive stun’ function of a Taser on a shoplifter over a dozen times at WalMart after they say the woman was resisting arrest. A spokesperson for the Glendale Police Department says that an off-duty officer was assisting loss prevention at the WalMart near […]
Atlanta GA August 28, 2022 A 65-year-old man was paralyzed from the neck down four years ago, after an encounter with an Atlanta police officer resulted in him being tased, falling and fracturing his neck. Now, a federal jury has awarded him $100 million, stating that the officer involved used an unreasonable amount of force. The […]
San Diego Ca July 5th, 2022 A sheriff’s deputy’s service weapon was discharged at Scripps Mercy Hospital Saturday during a struggle with an inmate treated and released for booking who tried to take the deputy’s gun. The incident was reported about 3:30 p.m. at the hospital at 4077 Fifth Ave. in Hillcrest, according to […]
Wilbraham MA June 24th, 2022—An officer struggling to control two shoplifting suspects at the Home Depot on Boston Road Wednesday afternoon drew his firearm after one of the suspects grabbed the officer’s TASER and pointed it at him, police said. Wilbraham Police Capt. Shawn Baldwin said the suspect who picked up the TASER did not […]
Scottsdale AZ June 5th, 2022 Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.” But its own technology advisers quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy. The publicly traded company, which […]
Osceola County FL May 22 2022 A Florida sheriff’s deputy is facing a criminal charge after using a Taser near gasoline, igniting a fire that severely burned a 26-year-old suspect and injured the deputy himself and two fellow officers. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said during a news conference Thursday that Deputy David Crawford has […]
CATSKILL, N.Y. Dec 19 2021 The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation after a man, who was tased by Catskill police, died. The AG’s office said Jason Jones walked into the department on October 30 and allegedly sprayed hand sanitizer on his body and head. When an officer […]
Santa Rosa CA Nov 22 2021 A man suspected of firing a rifle in a residential Santa Rosa neighborhood suffered a medical emergency after being tased by officers and died at a local hospital early Thursday morning. According to Santa Rosa police, officers responded to calls that someone was firing a gun shortly after 1 a.m. […]