| Police brutality has recently gained attention in the | | | | arrest situation. |
| United States. Many of us have seen horrible videos | | | | What has alarmed the public in recent years about |
| of police brutality on television. Often, police brutality | | | | the use of Taser by authorities is the fact that it has |
| results in serious injuries and even wrongful death. | | | | been used by the authorities not just on individuals |
| And more often than not, Tasers play the devil's role | | | | who object an officer's aggression but on |
| in cases of police brutality. | | | | mentally-disabled, handicapped, pregnant and |
| First, let us take a look at what a Taser is all about. | | | | non-English speakers as well. We have seen cases |
| "Taser" stands for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle". | | | | over the years of police brutality involving the |
| This is not a child's toy as the name implies in the | | | | abusive use of Tasers on internet video databases |
| acronym which is character that appeared in children's | | | | such as YouTube and LiveLeak. Often, these videos |
| books written in the early 20th century. This is a | | | | of police brutality incidents are quite astonishly graphic |
| weapon that shoots two dart, each attached to a | | | | and disturbing. |
| thin wire, to the victim. When these dart-like | | | | In a report made by the Amnesty International, the |
| electrodes make contact an electrical currents is sent | | | | use of Tasers by the police authorities has claimed |
| through the wires and into the victim to stun him or | | | | 351 lives since 2001. Slightly less than ten percent of |
| her into submission. The victim often feels helpless, | | | | these victims were carrying a weapon upon their |
| thus he is easily controlled without the use of too | | | | arrest. In Illinois, the first state in the US to require |
| much force. | | | | stun gun owners to get a license, use of Tasers on |
| When Taser was introduced and gained popularity of | | | | unarmed teenager, an 82-year-old woman, and three |
| use in the early 1990s, it was considered as | | | | adolescents have been documented. This is |
| 'non-deadly' alternative to the use of firearms in | | | | completely alarming because the use of Tasers in |
| subduing criminals. Be that as it may, serious injury | | | | these cases is unacceptable and unlawful. |
| and death cases have been documented to result | | | | Verdicts involving Taser injury and Taser wrongful |
| from the use of Tasers by law enforcement officers. | | | | deaths are not easy to win. In case you or a loved |
| Further, the use of Taser by the police has alarmed | | | | one is a victim, get a good civil rights lawyer to help |
| civil right groups as this is often used abusively by | | | | you build a strong case against law enforcement |
| the authorities to subdue criminals even though these | | | | officials who used Taser illegally. Often, it is difficult to |
| criminals are unarmed. Civil rights activists say that | | | | look for witnesses to support your story against law |
| instead of being used only as an alternative in cases | | | | enforcement authorities. Getting a reputable civil |
| in which firearms would be used, Tasers are more | | | | rights lawyer is a key to winning your case against |
| often used to merely restrain criminals in any type of | | | | these abusive law enforcers. |