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Why are there so many lawsuits? Why are there so many injuries?

A legless unarmed man suspected of domestic abuse and charged with resisting arrest was Tasered by the City of Merced. After effectuating this arrest the report states the police left the man nude from the waist down for several minutes in front of a small crowd. No explanation was given of what the arrestee did that made the police fear for their own safety or the safety of fellow officers. The person arrested is a 40-year-old double leg amputee.

He said Williams was stunned once for less than five seconds, causing him to release his grip on his wheelchair so that officers could handcuff him. Andrade called it "unfortunate" that Williams' genitals were exposed to his neighbors and said officers didn't mean to humiliate him.

The Taser device can release up to 50,000 volts of electricity.

In another case a woman was awarded $200,000 after being tased by local police in downtown Minneapolis. She was 57-years-old and out with her husband and friends from Plymouth, Minnesota. The lawsuit alleged excessive force on the part of the police.

There is a tendency for lazy or overweight police officers to tase a suspect instead of trying to physically subdue her. When Sandra Brown was arrested she wasn’t drunk or belligerent, a cop tased her because she wouldn’t put her cell phone down. Brown was calling 911 because she was frightened by the officer’s aggression.

In another situation the officer who accidentally Tased a Walt Disney security guard in Orange County has been suspended without pay for 12 hours.

Deputy Eric Jaros was working off duty at Disney on Sept. 3 when a security guard asked to hold the Taser, a report shows. The guard then accidentally shocked another guard with the device.

Why are there so many lawsuits? Why are there so many injuries?

Taser, International (TASR.O) is now using Facebook and Twitter to shock jock their way through the airwaves to better press.  Recent articles indicate the company spends $4 million annually on legal expenses. Four million is an amount of money that doesn’t really shock the conscience. Think of it as the cost to do business.

Laredo man is dead after being tasered in Laredo, Texas. Three officers are on administrative duty pending the investigation.

An escaping Emu running at-large on city streets was Tased after being handcuffed. I’m not making this up.  Is it true? I have no way of knowing but the story was too funny not to report.  After being handcuffed and seeing the Taser out of its holster the emu was heard to say, “Don’t Tase me bro!” The Mississippi police department had no comment.

Taser hits baby - In this news story the arrestee allegedly used her baby to block the Taser probes.  The two-year-old child made no comment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejeSfQLS3LQ&feature=player_embedded

An Aurora, Colorado man died after being Tased. The man was 38-years old.

Greensboro, N.C. - An inmate died after being Tased. He had been reported missing.

Edmonton, Canada – Did this police officer really fire his Taser 8 times at a teenager who was found passed out in a car?

Vancouver, Canada - Pit bull attacks llama and then officers is shot with Taser before being killed.  Are you noticing the connection between Canadians who are under a system of healthcare that we would call reformed and the need to use Tasers. I wonder if there is a connection between the two. Ooooo isn’t that another thing to fear about health care reform? Maybe I should add an anti-reform comment to Wayne Parson’s post.

Question of the Day: Do undertakers invest in Taser stock?

Boulder, Colorado – The police stand by their man who used the Taser weapon (can we call it a weapon?) on a young man who witnesses say was harassing them. The man was charged with suspicion of harassment and obstructing an officer. There’s the butterfly again. What exactly is suspicion of harassment? Is it enough that I think you are harassing me?  Maybe we should all carry Tasers? Wouldn’t Taser, Int’l. like that. Think of how high the stock price would go.

Harlingen, Texas - Do the bad guys get to carry Tasers? Read this news from Texas. “The owner of Bob's Auto Air off Jackson Avenue claims Cruz Acevedo and Daniel Salinas stole $100 dollars from his wallet.

The two men allegedly wielded a taser as a weapon and threatened to kill him Saturday afternoon.”

Ottawa, Canada -  Taser, International is arguing before the B.C. Supreme Court “that commissioner Thomas Braidwood made unreasonable findings of fact and breached principles of procedural fairness” concerning the death of Robert Dziekanski, the Polish man who died after the RCMP officers shocked him at Vancouver International Airport.

“The filing by Taser International argues the medical research used by the commission was “inadequate” and “flawed or irrelevant,” and claims the commission didn’t consider the material or experts Taser brought forward, naming four specific experts.

But one of those experts, Los Angeles-based cardiac electro physiologist Dr. Charles Swerdlow, said in an interview he believes the commission heard him out.”

Neighbor Tased while sitting in chair on porch and holding his arms up.

http://www.therundown.tv/videos/wtf-files/neighbor-gets-tasered-while-sitting-on-his-porch/

Mobile, Alabama – It pays to shop at the Dollar Store, just don’t stay in the bathroom too long. Look at the deaf and mentally challenged man who was Tased for taking too long. The surveillance camera shows the raw footage and there is also what is said to be 911 audio.

Another shocking question for the day: Should taxpayers short the cost of lawsuits for excessive force by buying the Taser stock and taking it long or short?

Why are there so many lawsuits? Why are there so many injuries?