Two injured their heads severely when falling, and one had a rare case of muscle breakdown, which couldn’t be linked conclusively to the Taser. In three years, police Tasered 1,201 suspects. Department of Justice that tracked Taser deployments in six law enforcement agencies. Taser advocates who claim the weapon is safe often cite a 2009 study funded by the U.S. “Unfortunately, there are hundreds of people who never got up again,” she said. It’s that mentality that allows police officers to use the Taser weapon where they would never dream of using a billy club.” “Taser International is very fond of saying that getting shocked with a Taser is similar to receiving a static electricity shock from rubbing your feet on the carpet and then touching the doorknob.
“Using the Taser weapon feels benign,” said Dalia Hashad, director of Amnesty International USA’s Domestic Human Rights Program.
That same year the catch phrase “ Don’t tase me, bro,” shouted by a student being Tasered by campus police, won a first place among Time magazine’s Top 10 T-shirt Worthy Slogans. In 2007, the United Nations likened Taser use to torture. Around 850,000 criminal suspects have been Tasered in the field, according to the company. With no codified rules in place for Taser deployment, police have used it liberally - on children and the elderly, drug addicts and the mentally ill.
