Tasers a form of torture, says UN

[DaveDragon]

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22814674-5001028,00.html

[eljeffe]

Having been a "volunteer" for demonstrations of baton strike points, pepper spray, and taser, I can unequivocally state that I would rather be struck or tasered than pepper sprayed ever again.

[gunny]

About time for us to get out of the UN and then the UN to get out of the US.

[norriscooper]

About time for us to get out of the UN and then the UN to get out of the US.

Amen!!!!!

[donsobeck]

Hey Hey

[shadowofshoe]

The Frigging UN is a form of torture.

Mike

[Lonewuff]

I think this says it better:

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u173/lonewuff/1.jpg

[country-bum]

Dont get into illegal ativity and you won't have to worry about the taser. Sound like one more try to take control out of the law enforcement. People cry when officers has to kill the assailant now they have another option they want to take it away.

[Morley]

More nonsense from the UN http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5922356.html

[Lonewuff]

Having been a "volunteer" for demonstrations of baton strike points, pepper spray, and taser, I can unequivocally state that I would rather be struck or tasered than pepper sprayed ever again.

Ooooh Jeff, can I "borrow" you a few times at CCR for demonstrations? :D

[DaveDragon]

Dont get into illegal ativity and you won't have to worry about the taser. Sound like one more try to take control out of the law enforcement. People cry when officers has to kill the assailant now they have another option they want to take it away.

Unfortunatly, this is not the case.
There have been several well documented cases of Leo's using Tasers on Citizens where there were no arrest and had caused serious injury.

[DaveDragon]

Authorities say they were trying to 'keep him from getting hurt'
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71096

[motorman587]

Unfortunatly, this is not the case.
There have been several well documented cases of Leo's using Tasers on Citizens where there were no arrest and had caused serious injury.

Having been Tased, what were the serious injury????????????

[Oisin]

Dont get into illegal ativity and you won't have to worry about the taser. Sound like one more try to take control out of the law enforcement.

I believe it is misguided to think that illegal activity is easily defined. The definition (of illegality) is always to written protect elite interests. Laws serve, as a social control mechanism to keep the masses from seeking liberty provided for in the Constitution of the United States of America.

Big Government and liberal Communist wackos would love to turn our nation into a police state. I hope this never happens, but we are losing ground fast.

What if they out law guns, will it then be illegal to carry? Who decides?

[Bobnoxous]

I believe it is misguided to think that illegal activity is easily defined. The definition (of illegality) is always to written protect elite interests. Laws serve, as a social control mechanism to keep the masses from seeking liberty provided for in the Constitution of the United States of America.

Big Government and liberal Communist wackos would love to turn our nation into a police state. I hope this never happens, but we are losing ground fast.

What if they out law guns, will it then be illegal to carry? Who decides?Illegality is a gray area. There are way to many laws to expect anyone to really know and understand them, and they turn on matters of degree. Even LEOs don't know how to always do the right thing. Hence, it's considered normal to arrest people, and if there is no valid or sustainable case, to release them before trial. To say "just don't do anything illegal" is not only a recipe for servitude, it's not practical.

The double-edged sword of any non-lethal weapon is it'll be used more often than a lethal one. It's great when you use it in self-defense instead of killing someone, but it's not so good when it's used for retribution or to demand complete subservience to an LEO, without any justification as the 4th amendment requires, although, Rodney King may have preferred the retribution via the taser rather than by a baton beating.

It's the reason for the violence that makes it torture, not the method used or the amount of damage, physical or otherwise.