Court Limits Taser Use

After years of controversy about whether tasers are used too often, an important ruling has come in that aims to set stricter limits on the use of tasers by police officers.

The landmark ruling, fromm the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, seeks to curtail excessive and abusive use of tasers by police, based on a particular case where a taser was used on an unarmed man who was not threatening anybody. Thoough the ruling was on this specific tasering, it may be applied to many other incidents where it is believed cops use excessive force through the libereal usage of the taser. OVer 350 people have died from being tasered in America, according to the link below.

Court Limits Taser Use
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From the Better Late Than Never Dept. comes the news that a federal appeals court yesterday issued a comprehensive ruling limiting police use of Tasers. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a specific case that a policeman's use of a Taser against a suspect who, although acting strangely, was unarmed and was not approaching or threatening the officer, was unwarranted...

Court Limits Taser Use