UN Says “Don’t Taze ‘Em, Bro!”
This Polish dude died from being tazed, video here.
But consider the source, its the UN.
TASER electronic stun guns are a form of torture that can kill, a UN committee has declared after several recent deaths in North America.
“The use of these weapons causes acute pain, constituting a form of torture,” the UN’s Committee against Torture said.
“In certain cases, they can even cause death, as has been shown by reliable studies and recent real-life events,” the committee of 10 experts said.
Three men, all in their early 20s, were reported to have died in the United States this week, days after a Polish man died at Vancouver airport after being Tasered by Canadian police.
The man, Robert Dziekanski, 40, fell to the ground and died after the police officers piled on top of him.
There have been three deaths in Canada after the use of Tasers over the past five weeks.
The company that makes the weapons has said that similar deaths have been shown by “medical science and forensic analysis” to be “attributable to other factors and not the low-energy electrical discharge of the Taser”.
The UN committee made its comments in recommendations to Portugal, which has bought the newest Taser X26 stun gun for use by police.
Portugal “should consider giving up the use of the Taser X26,” as its use can have a grave physical and mental impact on those targeted, which violates the UN’s Convention against Torture, the experts said.
(Daily Telegraph)
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Somehow I can’t crank up any sympathy for someone who can’t speak the language and is having an asinine hissy fit…
November 26th, 2007 at 1:47 pmListening to rap music, for me, “causes acute pain” to my ears and therefore “constituting a form of torture.” If I follow this line of thinking, can I lobby the UN and have it outlawed?
What’s next, no bullets? I guess we’ll have to pillow fight our way through Islamic jihad?
Don’t do crazy shit in public places and you’ll have no worry of being tasered. What the hell has PORTUGAL done to deserve being picked on by the UN?
November 26th, 2007 at 1:50 pmDr. McCoy: “He’s dead, Jim.”
Gee … Guess someone forgot to tell `em to “Set phasers on stun” …
November 26th, 2007 at 1:53 pmI am afraid to tell that our police anti-riots will get these toys soon ; well as long as they will not serve to enlight the cars I don’t see why there would be any protest from the non-barbaric population
November 26th, 2007 at 2:18 pmGuess they’d rather cops use nightsticks to beat perps into submission. Which would you prefer, a painful, but quick zap, or a pounding that leaves you hurting for a week?
On second thought, it might not be such a bad idea after all…
November 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pmIve used the taser 9x’s in the line of duty. One of those tasings would have been a justifible shooting(the POS came at me w/a knife). Altough Im an considered an “Ace” by my peers. I didnot have to put my “hands” on them or lethal force. I have been sued for excessive us of force before, but no because of the taser. Every man (all 9) where under the influence, violent and not listening to my commands, we also have the taz cams on them so its no problem when we show what kind of idiots they were acting like right before they got to ride the lightning. These UNers are abunch of commies and dont give a f**k about the cops or the people we are called on to protect. At the end of the day it is my job to come home to my wife and 3 rugrats, alive and not in a box or hospital.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:06 pmYeah, they shot old Bill Snyder in the knee for arguing. He limped on a stiff leg for the rest of his life. Bet he’d welcome a taser buzz instead.
November 26th, 2007 at 4:32 pm