Leave it to Big Government to take all the fun out of sporting in Alaska. Last week, the state's Department of Fish and Game proposed banning the use of tasers on wild animals — such as moose and grizzlies — after "media attention" shed light on what some fear is a rising problem. One issue that could arise, according…
There are times when taser justice is overkill — rushing a baseball field, riding a bike, being a grouchy granny, and so on. But some blatant violations of the law most certainly do deserve a tasering (sometimes with a macing on top). Violations like double parking your car, as 26-year-old Brooklyn security guard…
Britain's Diplomatic Protection Squad will now carry tasers to fend off unruly protesters, like those who attacked Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall's car in December, according to the Telegraph. Taser-wielding cops there have a great track record!
Another day, another cop tasering a camel.
City lawyers say the 2008 tasering of a naked, mentally ill Brooklyn man, Iman Morales, by the NYPD was "reasonable," even though he fell to his death from a 10-foot ledge. Reasonable would be, say, pulling the man down. [NYDN]
What's worse than being a bouncer? Being a volunteer bouncer! Like 23-year-old Nathan Landis, who, while keeping a vigilant watch over his favorite watering hole, saw another man wearing his hat backwards and zapped him repeatedly with a stun gun.
Police in New Haven, Connecticut have launched a program called "Operation Nightlife" in order to crack down on violence at nightclubs. Armed with assault rifles, last night they raided a Yale party and tasered a student for being "uncooperative."
Police in Wyoming, responding to a domestic violence call, found the man they were looking for, Brian Mattert covered in paint. He warned police that a taser shock and water-based paint together would kill him. So they tased him.
A Wisconsin street musician, Brandin "Bongo Jesus" Hochstrasser, flipped out Thursday after a man complained about his "questionable guitar playing." So Bongo Jesus beat him with his guitar, assaulted a college student and wrestled a cop. Then he was tasered.
Men! Even when they groom like women, they are pigs. Salon interviewed women who wax men's balls. One described a client get so turned on, she had to shoot him with a taser. Another said Christopher Hitchens is weirdly flexible.
Stephen took issue with an Alaska police force warning people not to use tasers on bears. What kind of evil force would not want to stop America's biggest threat? Video inside.
After nearly a week the nationwide manhunt for killer Raoul Moat in Britain ended today. Police cornered Moat, shot him with a taser, and he then shot and killed himself. Moat had shot his ex-girlfriend and two others. [Independent; Getty]
Former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's personal stash of pictures, letters, and office furniture will be housed in the future National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC. A cop museum… cool. But will they have a taser section? [NYT]
Steve Consalvi, the 17-year-old Phillies fan who was gently electrocuted by a Philadelphia cop for running onto the field during a baseball game, has been charged in juvenile court with defiant trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. [NYP, pic via]
Philadelphia sports fans are notoriously crazy. So when a 17-year-old superfan ran onto the field during a Phillies games yesterday, one cop decided that enough was enough and fried his ass with a taser. Updated: video!
After a BART cop fired a taser at a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle, the subway system's police force has been stripped of its electro-shock toys. From now on they should only be used on children under "exigent circumstances."
Taser technology's evolving! A mere three-pronged shocker's got nothing on a taser shotty. Ba-blaw! Bang bang! If only that were all. You kids protesting globalization and world economic summits, we've got a new present for you, too: a TASER WALL.
Yesterday was the National Day of Action Against Police Brutality! One lady's "Action" was "to kick." She got some Police Brutality.
