• Tasers are among the most common use of force

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 20 11:39:49 2023
    Tasers are among the most common use of force in police departments,
    according to the FBI. But there is very little data on the federal or
    local level of how often they are deployed or turn fatal. A Reuters
    analysis from 2020 documented more than 1,000 cases of deaths related
    to police use of tasers, largely between 2000 and 2018, and found that
    Black Americans were disproportionately impacted.

    Alabama band director tased by police for not stopping his students' performance

    What began as a routine band performance of Talkin' Out the Side of
    Your Neck by Cameo at an Alabama high school football game ended in a
    troubling confrontation when a police officer tased the marching band
    director for refusing to stop the music.

    https://www.npr.org/2023/09/19/1200145239/alabama-band-director-tased-by-police-for-not-stopping-his-students-performance

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Sep 20 20:48:36 2023
    On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:39:49 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Tasers are among the most common use of force in police departments, according to the FBI.

    Interesting. I'd have guessed the most common use of force was a
    combination of choking and kicking the shit out of someone.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 20 20:18:27 2023
    On Wed, 20 Sep 2023 20:48:36 -0400, Retrograde <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    I'd have guessed the most common use of force was a
    combination of choking and kicking the shit out of someone.

    That's old school...easier to pull a trigger.

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