Taser Death
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"I will say this one more time, the taser is for use when you feel your life is being threatened. That is it. Were their lives threatened?"
Well, I don't know what US and Canadian laws specify, but if I was classifying a taser for use, I'd have it way below that of guns, somewhere just above the baton level.
That's certainly what's happening over here, where they're being distributed to police forces beyond fire control officers and are being legislated for use against un-armed, but potentially violent offenders - and we're that little island famous for not issuing weapons to its street plods.
This is different to that Kerry thing too - that kid was patently not ever a physical threat, they weren't in an airport and he hadn't been throwing shit around and breaking stuff whilst muttering darkly in an inscrutable tongue, whilst ignoring the staff.
Again, this one's one of those shades of grey, but i wouldn't expect you to bother trying to see that.