Re: Unarmed black man in Manchester tasered in front of his screaming child Archived Message Posted by Mary on May 10, 2020, 1:54 pm, in reply to "Unarmed black man in Manchester tasered in front of his screaming child" A description here from the US of the extreme pain caused. Note the broken teeth and the surgical removal of a barb. Pure evil. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taser-stunned/shocked-by-a-taser-overwhelming-excruciating-pain-idUSKCN1BV1EW Deaths in the UK arising from their use. 'However, Taser use remains controversial. According to Amnesty International, 18 people in the UK have died after a Taser was discharged against them by police since the device was introduced 16 years ago.' 20 Dec 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50862398 In the US, even more. 'As death toll keeps rising, U.S. communities start rethinking 4 Feb 2019 Reuters now has documented a total of at least 1,081 U.S. deaths following use of Tasers, almost all since the weapons began coming into widespread use in the early 2000s. In many of those cases, the Taser, which fires a pair of barbed darts that deliver a paralyzing electrical charge, was combined with other force, such as hand strikes or restraint holds.' https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taser-deaths-insight/as-death-toll-keeps-rising-u-s-communities-start-rethinking-taser-use-idUSKCN1PT0YT Message Thread: Unarmed black man in Manchester tasered in front of his screaming child - walter May 10, 2020, 1:28 pm Re: Unarmed black man in Manchester tasered in front of his screaming child - Mary May 10, 2020, 1:54 pm As Keith would say.... - Raskolnikov May 10, 2020, 3:39 pm Re: As Keith would say.... - Ken Waldron May 10, 2020, 4:57 pm   Searching