News/Taserings

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List of Taser events see in the news:

Story Date	Location	Link/Info
2008-01-23	USA/Delaware/Clayton	Man Tasered in error during police rape probe
2008-01-23	USA/California/Oroville	Bias Under the Influence During Altercation with Police
2008-01-22	USA/Texas/Shreveport	Police chief won't consider criminal charges against officer in taser incident
2008-01-21	USA/Washington/Lakewood	Lakewood settles lawsuit over Taser use on epileptic for $90,000
2008-01-17	USA/Florida/Miami	Taser-related death reignites debate [new report, investigation beginning]
2008-01-14	USA/Tennessee/DeSoto	Use Of Taser On Bystander Triggers Sheriff's Investigation [developing]
2008-01-12	USA/Florida/St. Petersburg	Man dies after police use Taser to subdue him No data on this one, yet, investigation pending.
2008-01-11	USA/Florida/Tampa	Stinger Systems Comments on Taser International Patent Case Comments Company press release showing a spat in the electro-stun gun industry
2008-01-09	USA/North Carolina/Fayetteville	Incident once again raises doubts about Taser Officer who used Taser identified The first one is not really a well written article, investigation is pending.
2008-01-04	USA/Nevada/Las Vegas	Dead Tasered Man Had Stopped Taking Medication Just unfortunate
2008-01-03	USA/Oregon/Portland	Man Tasered For Filming Warrantless Police Search [unverified]
2008-01-03	USA/Ohio	Charges Against Tasered Woman Dropped [ongoing]
2007-12-31	USA/Texas/Dallas	Dallas Police Officer Tasers Himself
2007-11-04	Canada/BC/Vancouver	Police Taser Polish Man to Death at Vancouver's YVR Airport He was acting a bit strange, but they were also grossly excessive (obviously)
2007-09-17	USA/Florida/Gainesville	University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum The original "Don't Tase Me Bro'" event.
2007-09-14	USA/Utah/Vernal	Speeding Ticket Taser No Taser this time: Massey resolves traffic ticket
2007-08-14	USA/Detroit/Lennon	Lennon police chief charged with using Taser on a man Former Lennon police chief sentenced to jail over Taser incident
2007-11-14	USA/California/Los Angeles	UCLA Student Tasered by Police in Library [Video] Taser Incident in UCLA Library Sparks Outrage, Investigation Concern, Debate Over UCLA Library Taser Incident Cops Taser UCLA Student UCLA Taser Incident[Wikipedia] Taser used as obvious retribution since the student was limp, not combative.
2006-03-18	USA/California/Orange County	Video shows OC deputies Tasing inmate Tapes show O.C. jail
2006-02-24	Canada/Ontario/Toronto	Recording Of Man Being Tasered By Police Used As Evidence In Court Man allegedly Tasered by Toronto police in 2006 case
2006-02-14	USA/Arizona/Scottsdale	A Taser shotgun for long-range electrifying
2004-08-15	USA/Colorado/Rifle	Rifle self-defense ordinance violated law Interesting situation that also deals with what constitutes self-defense in the face of over-the-top police actions.
2004-?	USA/Florida/Miama	A 12-year-old girl was Tased by a Miami-Dade policeman in 2004 after fleeing from the cop when she was caught skipping school [need reference]