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Naked Tourist Blocks Traffic, Gets Shot With Taser

He might be the king of the world, but police say this emperor needs new clothes. A tourist was shot with a taser three times by Florida police after he allegedly got naked and blocked traffic in Big Coppitt Key while screaming he was "king of the world." Monroe County Sheriff's Office Even the "king of the...

Outside Courtroom, 'Taser Cam' Videos Could Go Viral

(Oct. 28) -- Talk about a shocking statistic: According to Amnesty International, at least 440 people in the United States have died over the last decade after police shocked them with Tasers, powerful electroshock guns that work by firing two 50,000-volt charges into an individual through twin metal barbs. Thus footage...

Hispanic Leader: NYC Police Used 'Poor Judgment' in Shooting

(Oct. 4) -- The leader of a New York-based Hispanic group today accused police of using excessive force when they shot dead a knife-wielding man who had allegedly threatened to kill officers. "I am not here accusing [the] NYPD [of being] a bad department, ... [but] they used poor judgment in this one," Fernando Mateo, the...

Cop Blinds Himself With Pepper Spray, Gets Tasered by Police

(Sept. 10) -- A police officer blinds himself with pepper spray, then another cop zaps him with a Taser on Friday the 13th. No, it's not a pitch for a new "Keystone Kops" film -- it's a crime story from England that proves that criminals aren't a police officer's only foe. Police constable Jason Mepham was responding to a...

Anchorage Police: Don't Tase the Bears (It's for Your Own Good)

(Aug. 4) -- Now, kids, it's time for a little lesson in common sense: If you use a Taser on a bear, you need a rather efficient exit strategy, because the second it wears off or you let go, it might get up and maul and possibly eat you. That's what Anchorage, Alaska, police are telling the public today, after the July 22...

Background on taser

A Taser (often marketed as TASER) is a brand name and registered trademark of Taser International. The word most often refers to an electroshock weapon marketed by that company which uses electrical current to disrupt voluntary control of muscles.

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