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Gregorian

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8. I said a long time ago that it's like a portable electrophysiology lab!

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2012, 05:59 PM

May 2012

If you want to induce ventricular arrhythmias, all you'd need is a taser. What kind of dipshits have allowed this to continue, death after death after death. And just what does and does not constitute "unusual and cruel "? Everyone should be furious over this.

edit- Aha! Now that I've actually read the article, I see they mention E-Phys labs. Good. Having worked in cardiology, I can say it's about time some people listened to us.

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Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns (Taser Shot to the Chest Can Kill) [View all] Hissyspit May 2012 OP

They do reports on these every few months. Lawlbringer May 2012 #1

Not me. Get the #s, how likely, what the xchrom May 2012 #4

Official declarations of SURPRISE! And official declarations xchrom May 2012 #2

Gosh, Ma'am, Who Would Have Ever Thought Incapacitating Shocks Could Be bad For the Heart The Magistrate May 2012 #3

K&R - Let the lawsuits begin!!! - n/t DeSwiss May 2012 #5

No s**t! Between the MIC, those GD Smith Brothers and the GD Police Unions, Dawson Leery May 2012 #6

NSS! (not you Hissyspit) These tasers should have never been introduced. n/t polly7 May 2012 #7

I said a long time ago that it's like a portable electrophysiology lab! Gregorian May 2012 #8

Well Meiko May 2012 #9

Taser voltage can exceed specifications felix_numinous May 2012 #10

A 9mm to the chest can kill, too. Tasers are a good thing that happened for the mentally ill. cigsandcoffee May 2012 #11

Animals are sedated without being killed. Why can't people be? nt valerief May 2012 #13

Because animals don't have human intelligence, I'd say.... cigsandcoffee May 2012 #14

Naw, they took to tasers like teabaggers take to assault weapons. nt valerief May 2012 #16

They wouldn't rather just use their guns, then? n/t cigsandcoffee May 2012 #17

they could sedate with the night sticks --- Rodney King.... n/t IamK May 2012 #19

I tend to agree. I would hope that police don't use the taser when other options are available. Hoyt May 2012 #15

no one should EVER use a tazer on a mentally person is having a violent episode madrchsod May 2012 #20

they did just that here in sacramento several months ago shanti May 2012 #22

From the Duh file. Now cops will stop using them, right? Hell, they'll probably use them more often. valerief May 2012 #12

They've already domesticated us into accepting these fucking things. Daniel537 May 2012 #18

Tasers are no less dangerous than guns. BlueIris May 2012 #21

I think brutality is the underlying issue felix_numinous May 2012 #23