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Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns

MAY 01, 2012

“But proponents maintain that the devices — which are used by more than 16,700 law enforcement agencies in 107 countries, said Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Taser — pose less risk to civilians than firearms and are safer for police officers than physically tackling a suspect. The results of studies of the devices’ safety in humans have been mixed.” (New York Times)

Lowering the perceived cost of police violence all but guarantees more of it.

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