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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protesters</span></a> arrested, shocked with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> at U.S. Rep. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarjorieTaylorGreene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarjorieTaylorGreene</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TownHall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TownHall</span></a> </p><p>By: Ross Williams - April 15, 2025 </p><p>"Most of the questions were friendly, though a few more hostile queries made their way into the program, including 'Why are you such a coward in the face of an obvious <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> takeover?' " </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/15/protestors-arrested-shocked-with-tasers-at-u-s-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-town-hall/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">georgiarecorder.com/2025/04/15</span><span class="invisible">/protestors-arrested-shocked-with-tasers-at-u-s-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-town-hall/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicanTownHalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanTownHalls</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InsiderTrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsiderTrading</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>John Oliver on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> the less lethal (but still lethal) police electrification guns. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3qQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7Yd9nLQx3q</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Lethal in Disguise 2 contains updated descriptions, case studies and fact sheets on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kineticimpactprojectiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kineticimpactprojectiles</span></a> (KIPs) - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemicalirritants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemicalirritants</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/watercannons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercannons</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disorientationdevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disorientationdevices</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acousticweapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acousticweapons</span></a> and batons.</p><p>Other devices such as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electricshockweapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricshockweapons</span></a> aka <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasers</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heatrays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatrays</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blindinglasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blindinglasers</span></a> are also analysed in order to understand their mechanisms, deployment and potential effects.</p><p><a href="https://lethalindisguise.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lethalindisguise.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>"Among other findings, the Justice Department says that Phoenix police use <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasers</span></a> “unreasonably,” and against people exhibiting signs they're experiencing a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> crisis. You want to reward the violence with $22 million dollars,” Christian said". <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/phoenix-approves-22-million-for-new-police-tasers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courthousenews.com/phoenix-app</span><span class="invisible">roves-22-million-for-new-police-tasers/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…As special counsel for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> division during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> admin, Emily Gunston led a 13-month probe into alleged abuses w/in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> PD. The admin had ramped up such “pattern or practice” investigations in the wake of the fatal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> shooting of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelBrown</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> man, in Ferguson, MO, in 2014.<br>Her team’s report concluded that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPD</span></a>’s regularly used <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unlawful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unlawful</span></a> force, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shooting</span></a> at fleeing suspects &amp; using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> in nonviolent encounters.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>As <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasers</span></a> come to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department, community members question if the professionalization of police <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> is leaving the concerns of people in the community in the dust. <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/07/07/who-is-police-oversight-serving-taser-issue-fuels-ideological-rift-in-santa-clara-county/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mercurynews.com/2024/07/07/who</span><span class="invisible">-is-police-oversight-serving-taser-issue-fuels-ideological-rift-in-santa-clara-county/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>"Frankel was diagnosed with epilepsy and was having a seizure when police entered his bedroom on Aug. 29, 2022. The tasing of someone who has just had a neurological event is extremely dangerous," <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> <a href="https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-anselmo-man-tased-by-police-during-seizure-alleges-cover-up" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ktvu.com/news/san-anselmo-man-</span><span class="invisible">tased-by-police-during-seizure-alleges-cover-up</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Bodycam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bodycam</span></a> Maker <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Axon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Axon</span></a> Is on a Mission to Surveil America with <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a><br>Axon, maker of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bodycameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bodycameras</span></a>, acquired AI <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> company <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Fusus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fusus</span></a> amid a push into retail and healthcare. This “expands and deepens” companies’ so-called real time capabilities. Fusus operates what it calls “real time crime centers (RTCC)” which allow police and other agencies to analyze a wide array of video sources at single point and apply AI that detects objects &amp; people. <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bwp4/axon-acquires-fusus-ai-surveillance-retail-healthcare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en/article/m7bwp4/axo</span><span class="invisible">n-acquires-fusus-ai-surveillance-retail-healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>"<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Axon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Axon</span></a> ran a whole advertising campaign based on the murder of my son,” Todd’s father John Bogers said in an interview, recalling feelings of bereavement that the ads triggered. “They profited off that, and they didn’t ask for permission.“He’s making money off of being a great liar,” Todd’s sister Shelby Bogers said of Smith.” <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/axon-taser-corporate-governance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/investigates/speci</span><span class="invisible">al-report/axon-taser-corporate-governance/</span></a></p>
Doug Baker - Elbows Up!<p>I don't recall any delay in arming police with <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasers</span></a>, do you?</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-body-worn-camera-delay-1.7029591" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-body</span><span class="invisible">-worn-camera-delay-1.7029591</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cmorris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cmorris</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> and other <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ElectricShock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricShock</span></a> devices should.also be banned as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TortureDevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TortureDevices</span></a>!</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DroneWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DroneWarfare</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Axon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Axon</span></a>: "Only a few weeks before Smith’s announcement, a majority of the members of Axon’s AI Ethics Board—which consisted of a dozen academics, attorneys, activists, and former law enforcement officials—recommended the company not move forward with a pilot study of Taser-armed drones, then called Project ION. The board had spent more than a year considering the Taser-equipped drone project but had never considered any use case in which it would be a solution to mass shootings.</p><p>Advisory board members told The Markup that Smith’s announcement was unexpected and made without consultation or input from the ethics body the company had worked relatively well with for the previous four years. In the past, the board’s work prompted Axon to ban facial recognition on its body cameras out of concern the technology could not be responsibly rolled out."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/axon-taser-drones-ethics-board/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/axon-taser-dro</span><span class="invisible">nes-ethics-board/</span></a></p>
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Tracy Rosenberg<p>OpenVallejo pries open records that show four people were tasered to death by the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Vallejo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vallejo</span></a> Police Department - and all 4 deaths were deemed "accidents". <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ExcitedDelirium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExcitedDelirium</span></a> <a href="https://openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/vallejo-police-concealed-violent-deaths-for-years-open-vallejo-lawsuit-reveals/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openvallejo.org/2023/08/24/val</span><span class="invisible">lejo-police-concealed-violent-deaths-for-years-open-vallejo-lawsuit-reveals/</span></a></p>
Touaregtweet<p>Wanneer is het een keer klaar met de inzet van die fucking tasers door trigger happy amateurs bij de politie? Hoeveel 'onderzoek' moet er nog gedaan worden? Alsof er niet voldoende rapporten uit buiten-en binnenland liggen, die tegen dit wapen pleiten. <br> <a href="https://www.omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/338653/almeerse-politie-tasert-onschuldige-16-jarige-jongen-na-achtervolging" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omroepflevoland.nl/nieuws/3386</span><span class="invisible">53/almeerse-politie-tasert-onschuldige-16-jarige-jongen-na-achtervolging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasers</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AllLightEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AllLightEverywhere</span></a> is a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hulu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hulu</span></a> released in #2021 but apparently mostly shot #2017 through #2019 that attempts to cover the ever-timely topic of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, particularly by the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> communities.</p><p>It's a patchwork of concepts and ideas that does best when it's focused on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Axon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Axon</span></a>, the company that makes most of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BodyCameras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodyCameras</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasers</span></a> used by police departments in the U.S.</p><p>That's chilling. Especially that their cameras deliberately distort perspective.</p>
antipode77<p>Tasers are less deadly, but they can still be deadly.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Tasers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tasers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/12/keenan-anderson-police-taser-death-los-angeles/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/nation/2023</span><span class="invisible">/01/12/keenan-anderson-police-taser-death-los-angeles/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/04/23/police-use-tasers-ends-hundreds-deaths-like-daunte-wright/7221153002/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eu.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/</span><span class="invisible">investigations/2021/04/23/police-use-tasers-ends-hundreds-deaths-like-daunte-wright/7221153002/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser_safety_issues" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taser_</span><span class="invisible">safety_issues</span></a></p>
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