Police State Tactics: Tasering Pregnant Women & the Elderly

Increasingly over the past few years, law enforcement agencies across the nation have begun using tasers, heralded as a safer alternative to many conventional weapons. Unfortunately, these electro-shock weapons are open to abuse and often used against individuals who pose no serious danger to themselves, the officers or others. In this week's vodcast, John W. Whitehead examines the threat tasers pose to our human and constitutional rights.

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[Puzzoozoo]

The police are simply the brain dead stormtroopers of the neo-cons. BTW want to know how to piss off a cop, call him/her dude, they just don't like it.

[QuartuvLarry]

I will probably get a tazer, but only as protection (so we all say), but I think it's unfair to be averse to all law enforcement. Abuses happen, but not absolutely across the board. Besides, why not arm yourselves if you can't depend on cops? (Uh-oh! That sounds a little too "neo-con" doesn't it?)

[MavHunter20XX]

How can you taser a pregnant woman??? What's wrong with them?

[innHD]

tasers can stop the heart

[redsmanager57]

Though they only tase them once, for short duration. I wonder why?

[redsmanager57]

Great idea. I think the problem is that at a scene, there are multiple cops with multiple tasers.

[redsmanager57]

My God, what a robot you are.Comply citizen.

[Puzzoozoo]

Ok.

[Lone77Wolf]

? i was refering to the baltimore cop freaking out being called "dude" funny should look it up

[Puzzoozoo]

Or just a line of text, and your authority stops at Canada's border and the edge of here territorial waters.

[Lone77Wolf]

I'm not dude! I AM OFFICER RIVIERI!!

[Lone77Wolf]

now i agree thier are asshole cops, but there are nice ones they just get overshadowed