Taser-Related Deaths in Canada

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:16 pm

Skylace wrote: Not ours. If you go per captia it is actually going to be earlier cultures when sacrifices by the thousands took place.
If you look at recent studies for the last five years (until 2006) violent crime in the States was on the decline. It has just again begun to rise.
I'm not going to argue this with you. Capitalism is not the cause of violence in our world. It existed before it and will continue after it. Period.
Other can do the circle arguments with you where you ignore what was stated and then just ask a leading question in a hopes to prove your point. I for one am done.

When you count 2 world wars, and the wars since, including the inevitable death from depleted uranium spread by the military, there is no contest.

Marcella-FL · Post by **Marcella-FL** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:14 am

I am a bit of an amateur "social scientist" ... I have a control group of 4. same basic genetic makeup, same socio-economic status, I pretty much treat them all the same - same amount of love, discipline, basic needs met ... they have known no trauma or drama other than birth and they will still argue, fight, get jealous, lash out, proclaim their rights have been violated, shove and push to get what they want, believe they are being slighted ...

While I agree that inequality needs to be rectified, war is the last (and worst) option and in general the world is not fair - I am a realist. You will never end all conflicts.

For what it's worth - I live in a safe area and can leave my front door unlocked and wide open confident that nothing will happen. (I lock my door to keep the toddlers in!) It is possible in a capitalist society.

Now that I think about it ... I have lived in America (an not just white bread suburbia) for almost 40 years and have never seen a handgun or taser and have not been a victim nor witness of a violent crime. Am I living in a fantasy world? Am I delusional? hmmmm.

luke · Post by **luke** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:18 am

Marcella-FL wrote:Am I delusional? hmmmm.

well, you did agree with me the other day ... some might say the signs aren't looking good marcella

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:56 am

I probably should've hunted for that thread and added to it. Sorry for the clutter...

I never suggested that police should be unarmed -- but I think that equipping them with a so-called non-lethal weapon actually encourages its use, leading to more deaths than if they had firearms.

A firearm is a very real and deadly weapon, so they will be more discerning on when to use it. Whereas a tazer comes with a false sense of safety.

Post by **eefanincan** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:03 am

Marcella-FL wrote: Now that I think about it ... I have lived in America (an not just white bread suburbia) for almost 40 years and have never seen a handgun or taser and have not been a victim nor witness of a violent crime. Am I living in a fantasy world? Am I delusional? hmmmm.

Same here, Marcella (well, substitute Canada for America, but you get my point). I've never seen these things... sure they exist, but I can say that they're not part of something I see every day.

I'm not sure what the answers are to this problem, I'm truly not. But I don't know how you get rid of it. And for what it's worth, I firmly believe and support police being armed. There is no perfect system, but I believe they need this to keep themselves safe while doing their job. There might be some nutters in there, but no more than in any other occupation or group.

Marcella-FL · Post by **Marcella-FL** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:06 am

major.tom wrote:I probably should've hunted for that thread and added to it. Sorry for the clutter...

I never suggested that police should be unarmed -- but I think that equipping them with a so-called non-lethal weapon actually encourages its use, leading to more deaths than if they had firearms.

A firearm is a very real and deadly weapon, so they will be more discerning on when to use it. Whereas a tazer comes with a false sense of safety.

excellent point. Attitude is everything. People have a fear and respect of firearms that they do not have towards tasers.

I guess we can let the clutter slide. No tasering bro! We are a civilized board ... for the most part.

Marcella-FL · Post by **Marcella-FL** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:10 am

luke wrote:
Marcella-FL wrote:Am I delusional? hmmmm.
well, you did agree with me the other day ... some might say the signs aren't looking good marcella

hmmmm .... we must NEVER meet. I am afraid it would be an emotional holocaust that would destroy ourselves and all in a 100 mile radius. Love hate relationships always end in disaster.

and I use holocaust in the original definition form from the
Greek, "the destruction of life by fire" a la Philadelphia Story ...

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:26 am

Marcella-FL wrote:I guess we can let the clutter slide. No tasering bro! We are a civilized board ... for the most part.

Thank goodness for that.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:48 am

"After a Death, Use of Taser in Canada Is Debated"

CLICK

luke · Post by **luke** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:43 pm

you can see the video for that;

Canada orders Taser review after video of death

By David Ljunggren and Allan Dowd

OTTAWA/VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada ordered a review into the use of Tasers on Thursday after graphic video footage emerged showing police using the stun guns to shoot an unarmed Polish immigrant who then collapsed and died. - LINK

Via La Revue Gauche

the blog has some interesting bits on, especially a story about another polish guy who was locked up in some mental hospital - for being polish!

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:55 am

I saw it on the news Wed night and found this link where the 10 minute video can be downloaded. https://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/bc/ondemand ... RVIDEO.wmv

I haven't capped the news coverage to my computer yet, but plan to try this w/end. I'll post it somewhere when it's ready if anyone's interested.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:00 pm

major.tom wrote:I saw it on the news Wed night and found this link where the 10 minute video can be downloaded. https://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/bc/ondemand ... RVIDEO.wmv

I haven't capped the news coverage to my computer yet, but plan to try this w/end. I'll post it somewhere when it's ready if anyone's interested.

If you do, I will post it on SpideredNews.com

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:43 am

The coverage from the CBC National News is broken into two parts. They can be found here:

part 1 (39 MB): https://www.sendspace.com/file/znag3e
part 2 (180 MB): https://www.sendspace.com/file/c44h49

Both are in xvid/mp3 format.

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:24 am

Thanks major.tom

luke · Post by **luke** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:54 am

nice one mandy - although i think you got the description a bit wrong on spidered "Taser video shows Canadian police shocked Polish immigrant within 25 seconds of his arrival. He died from the multiple taser shocks" shouldn't it be within 25 seconds of the police arriving? the guy had been there a while