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Sportspoop.com | All the news that's fit to poop | June 7th 2009 by sportspoop
OK, since this is allegedly a sports site, we do try to kick off these daily poopfests with an actual sports story. But every once in a while, a story comes along that just begs for the lead and there’s not a damn thing we can do about it. Toda read more
Taser Torture Approved by Judge Sara Sperrazza
Electronic Village | June 5th 2009 by Wayne Hicks
We live in a strange world. Judge Sara Sperrazza ruled that it is legally permissible for police to shoot 50,000 volts of electricity into a suspect with a Taser to obtain a DNA sample, as long as it’s not done "maliciously, or to an excessive exte read more
And Then There Were None: Taser Wielding PackBot a Preview of Our…
Uber-Review | June 5th 2009
The video is simple enough, a large musclebound man is rendered into a quivering mess by an iRobot PackBot packing a Taser. Today they zap us with Tasers, tomorrow they render us into fuel. [RobotStockNews via BotJunkie] read more
Grandmother Tasered at Traffic Stop
War On You: News without Corporate Views | June 2nd 2009 by Concerned Citizen
Source: My Fox Ausitn A 72-year-old woman is pulled over for speeding, then tasered and sent to jail. Kathryn Winkfein says she drives to Austin about twice a month to do her shopping. But on a Monday afternoon, a Travis County Constable deputy pull read more
Public Sentiment Turns Against Police in Oregon Taser Killing
Electronic Village | May 27th 2009 by Wayne Hicks
I noticed that recent press accounts of the taser-related death of 37-year old Gregory Rold are beginning to question the use of force by the Salem police officers.One recent article contained the following information:Several residents of the Carria read more
Gregory Rold Dies After Police Shoot Him With a Taser
Electronic Village | May 24th 2009 by Wayne Hicks
I'm sad to report that we have another taser-related death in America. This is the 20th taser-related death at the hands of police officers since the beginning of the calendar year. Here is the initial report:Salem man dies after police shoot him wit read more
20 Taser-Related Deaths in the United States
Electronic Village | May 24th 2009 by Wayne Hicks
This blog has been pointing out incidents of police taser torture for quite awhile. The work done over the past few years by Patti Gillman and Cameron Ward inspired this post. Gillman and Ward documented over 400 taser-related deaths in North America read more
'Justice for Jamaal' is Rally Cry for Protest March on La Marque…
Electronic Village | May 23rd 2009 by Wayne Hicks
Jamaal Valentine died Sunday night when three La Marque police officers tried to arrest him after people reporting him walking down the middle of main street and rolling in the grass on the side of the road. One of those eye witnesses said that he ca read more
Family of Robert Mitchell Call for End to Taser Torture
Electronic Village | May 22nd 2009 by Wayne Hicks
Robert Mitchell is the teenager killed by taser fire from Warren (MI) police officers. The powers-that-be have yet to provide clear answers or accountability for his untimely death. More than 100 family members, friends and anti-brutality advocates a read more
Family of Jamaal Valentine Must Wait Four Weeks for Medical Exami…
Electronic Village | May 21st 2009 by Wayne Hicks
Jamaal Anderson is a 27-year old Black man who sought medical attention for a potential heart attack while on the streets of a Houston suburb. He didn't deserve to die.Valentine was found by police Sunday night after drivers reported the 27-year-ol read more
G-20 protesters: Don't worry about the line of police facing you.…
The One Eye Lies | March 30th 2009
The world's governments are scared. They may not like to admit it, but with the global economy flatlining they're genuinely terrified that the worm might finally be turning. US vice-president, Joe Biden, has already appealed to thousands of G-20 prot read more
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