Stephan:   The other day I published a report on the fatality rate arising from the police use of Tasers. The article was focused principally on the death rate. My own concern was the misuse of Tasers by thug cops. And lo and behold, the next day this story appeared describing how a man was tasered multiple times including on his genitals when his pants were pulled down. And as a search of Google News will immediately show you, this incident is far from being a singleton. I have said this before but let me say it again. Back in the 1980s the Deputy Chief of Police of Los Angeles, and the Deputy Mayor of the city were on a board of directors on which I also served. We had dinner one night and I asked the Deputy Chief for his views on the men and women who served in the city's police force. He told me that based on 30+ years in law enforcement his assessment was that 15% of police were heroes, everything one could ask of a sworn officer. Another 15% were thugs and bullies, and the remaining 70% went with the flow. If they were paired with a thug they bullied, if paired with a hero, they were heroic. He told me he thought this was true in almost any department.  I have never forgotten his assessment, and that is my main concern about tasers. You never know who is holding one.