Sentences with phrase «tasered by»

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Xiaojie Li, a 44 - year - old woman living in Newton, Massachusetts, was pinned to the ground and tasered by police on Tuesday when she attempted to buy a few too many iPhones from her local Apple store.

Criminal law: Following a public inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, a visitor from Poland who was tasered by RCMP officers at the Vancouver International Airport and who was pronounced dead shortly thereafter, the applicant, along with three other RCMP officers involved in the incident, were charged with perjury and tried in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Reports of Taser gun injuries in the Chicago area range from that of an unarmed, handcuffed teenager to an 82 year old woman Tasered by police.

Fortunately the violence of the powertrain is reasonably tranquilized by big Brembo brakes, but the whole experience has all the subtlety of a pit bull lunging against its chain, only to be tasered by someone from animal control.

Ivy, whose family described him as a paranoid schizophrenic with heart problems, was chased and fatally Tasered by police in April as he was walking to a convenience store.

Former Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson was pronounced dead last night after the 48 - year - old was tasered by police in Telford, not an hour from Villa Park.

A Civilian Complaint Review Board report on the use of Tasers by the New York Police Department was scrubbed of language highlighting a central finding in an earlier - circulated draft report: that in most Taser encounters reviewed, officers used the stun guns on unarmed people.

Not exact matches

VieVu, founded in 2007 by ex-Seattle police officer and former Taser employee Steve Ward, has about 4,000 law enforcement agencies in 17 countries using its body cameras and digital video storage.

That study, led by William Bozeman, M.D., of Wake Forest University School of Medicine, found that Tasers «appear to be very safe, especially when compared to other options police have for subduing violent or combative suspects... [though] that is not to say that injuries and deaths are impossible.»

Research released this week finds that the Chicago Police Department's adoption of Tasers resulted in a reduction in officer injury but no effect on firearm use by law enforcement.

US C - SOG argues that by using modern technology and weapons, including shotguns, Tasers, and body cameras, officers can use a more exact amount of force and ensure they never apply more than necessary.

Even Cramer was taken aback by the blowout quarterly earnings report from Taser maker Axon Enterprise.

After an interaction is recorded, it's automatically sent to Evidence.com, a cloud storage system run by Taser and built using technology provided by Amazon (AMZN).

Taser, of course, is best known for the tiny stun guns carried by police and sometimes civilians, made particularly famous a few years ago when a student at the University of Florida screamed «Don't tase me, bro!»

Desperate for a night out, they hit the town only to have their plans foiled by a missing baby, a car chase, their husbands, and cops with a Taser.

At the time, Harris was being apprehended by officers after a footchase, and the deputy yelled «Taser, Taser» before shooting him with a handgun.

CNN write a story about what we care about: When will justice be done for ANASTACIO HERNANDEZ, the migrant beaten and tasered to death by a pack of rabid border patrol guards.

On July 19, 2011, a federal jury awarded $ 10 million to the parents and estate of Darryl Turner, an African - American teenager who died after being shocked with a Taser wielded by a Charlotte police officer.

The year before, just about 90 miles west of the high school where Kaepernick played football, baseball and basketball, an Oakland resident named Oscar Grant was shot in the back in a BART Station by an officer who told investigators he mistakenly believed he was using his taser.

A new form of Taser gun which inflicts longer and stronger stuns to the victim is being considered by the Home Office.

A Home Office spokesperson said: «The XREP is an extended range electronic projectile marketed by Taser International.

«We're seriously concerned about this latest weapon by Taser,» Amnesty International UK's arms programme director Oliver Sprague said.

Taser faced financial pressures to win control of the contract; the value of Taser's common shares collapsed by 14 per cent.

An autopsy listed his cause of death as a cardiac arrhythmia in conjunction with other health issues, not the Taser used by the officers.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

Although the mayor did not mention the competitor by name, Taser International has been lobbying hard to take over the contract.

In the US, where Taser use is far higher and the police are generally more trigger - happy than our own, more than 460 people have been killed by the weapons.

be that the increase in Taser use has not been accompanied by a rise in complaints, but if we see any themes or issues emerging as a result of complaints over a longer time period we will ensure these are properly addressed as part of the pilot.»

The controversial Taser guns stun individuals with an electric shock but are only permitted to be used by trained firearms officers facing an armed person.

There were 14 incidents in which Tasers were used in the first three months of the trial, with 12 subjects hit by the guns.

A recent report from Amnesty International revealed 152 people have died after being shot by Tasers since 2001 - 61 last year alone.

An unarmed man died yesterday after being struck twice by officers» Tasers in the city of Oneida, Oneida City Police Chief Paul Thompson said.

They'll be using a device made by Taser, which can be mounted on an officer's glasses and is continuously recording in a buffer mode.

Erie County sheriff's deputies are testing several different types of cameras made by Axon, a division of Taser.

Soares wants Schneiderman to oversee the investigation into the death of Donald «Dontay» Ivy, 39, who died after being tasered and chased by police in April, according to two people familiar with the request Soares sent this week.

Security consists of a 465 - member Homeless Services Department police force, which carries Tasers and batons but no guns, and private security hired by contractors the city pays.

After controlling for factors such as the amount of resistance shown by the suspect, they found that Taser use reduced the overall risk of injury by 65 per cent.

One situation when Taser use is thought to be riskier than usual is when a suspect is intoxicated by drugs.

The projectile, being developed by Taser International under a $ 2.5 million contract, is known as a Human Electro - Muscular Incapacitation or HEMI device.

When contacted by New Scientist, Taser International said it plans to appeal the verdict.

But on 19 July the Arizona - based firm lost a major decision when a jury in a US district court ruled that Darryl Turner, a 17 - year - old shop assistant in Charlotte, North Carolina, had been killed by a police taser after receiving an extended 37 - second shock.

Taser International disputed this, arguing Turner had a pre-existing risk of cardiac arrythmias of a type exacerbated by drugs — and that he was carrying marijuana.

5/17/2007 Tests Show Healthy Humans Not Harmed By Taser Using a Taser to control agitated suspects in police custody is standard operating procedure for many law enforcement agencies.

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Along the way, our desperate heroes get Tasered, shot at and roughed up by a crazy cast of characters, including former boxer Mike Tyson and a foul - mouthed Chinese gambler.

Coogler sets «Fruitvale Station» on that single day, which will end with Oscar being shot to death on the platform of a BART station by an officer who thought he'd pulled his taser from his belt.

The state Court of Appeals will reexamine a lawsuit filed by a man who was severely injured after a Taser was used on him by a Durham Police Officer.

He had started as a kid, for kicks, taking cars on joyrides, then got recruited by an Indian gang operating in London that tasered people in expensive cars, then pulling them out and dumping them by the road side.

Protect yourself and your loved ones by being prepared with non lethal self - defense products such as pepper spray, stun guns, TASERs and expandable batons.