Taser poses real risk to people’s lives and at least 49 died from it in 2018.
Credit: Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette/Canadian Press)
There have been a total of at least 1,081 deaths after the use of Tasers since the weapon began coming into widespread use in the early 2000s.
Taser death is a form of police violence that is claiming lives in the United States despite being called non-lethal, a recent Reuters report revealed.
Warren Ragudo died after two Taser shocks by police intervening in a family altercation. Ramzi Saad died after a Taser shock by police during a dispute between Saad and his mother. Chinedu Okobi died after police used a Taser to subdue him in a confrontation they blamed on his refusal to stop walking in traffic.
All three were unarmed. All three had histories of mental illness. And all three died last year in a single northern California county, San Mateo.
They were among at least 49 people who died in 2018 after being shocked by police with a Taser, a similar […]
This article is BS. It may be true that some people died after a Taser, or more correctly ECD, was used, that does not mean there is a causal relationship. If the subject ate breakfast that day they also died after eating. There have been a handful of deaths related to Taser/ECD use. All involved falls in which the person struck their head – none were from electrical shock. There are some cases in which the person died from stress based on a physical predisposition – most are drug overdoses and were “dead man walking” already – just had not dropped when the police arrived
You are absolutely wrong John. Anyone with a pacemaker would be killed instantly by a Taser, even if they were just jay walking or some other simple “crime”.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Not to mention the rarity of people with pacemakers being confronted by police, let alone exposed to an ECD