The Guardian’s investigation into deaths caused by Tasers (Bolts from the blue,6 November) thoroughly examined the human costs of our failure to regulate Taser use. Unfortunately, Taser advocates also overstate the supposed benefits of equipping the police with these potentially deadly weapons. As co-authors of a recent report on the legal, and medical,and public safety ramifications of Taser adoption (Electronic Control Weapons: Reading the Evidence, Stanford Criminal Justice middle, and 2015),we reviewed hundreds of publications on Tasers, including studies on how they impact on the rate and severity of injuries sustained by citizens and police. Related: Bolts from the blue: inside the phenomenon of US police, and Tasers and sudden death Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com