(San Francisco) Police Commission seeks further study of stun guns

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(02-24) 18:07 PST San Francisco -- Some San Francisco police officers may be armed with Tasers under a convoluted measure approved by the Police Commission on a 6-1 vote after a contentious six-hour hearing.

"I think we owe this to our citizens and officers," said Thomas Mazzucco, the commission's president.

Almost 50 people spoke before the commission Wednesday night, almost all of them opposed to the use of electric stun guns. The weapons, they argued, were not only potentially deadly, but also much more likely to be used against minorities, the poor and the mentally ill.

"Tasers are a symbol of police misconduct," said David Wagner of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club.

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