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Sep 23, 2017 · Almost all 18,000 police departments in the U.S. issue their officers Tasers, or stun guns, as a non-lethal alternative to subdue people they might see as a threat. But in a five-part series ...
Aug 25, 2017 · Taser asserts that only 24 people have ever died from its stun guns (18 from fatal injuries in falls caused by a Taser strike, and six from fires sparked by the stun gun’s electrical arc). Reuters obtained autopsy findings for 712 of the 1005 deaths it documented.
Reuters identified more than a thousand deaths across the US that followed a police altercation involving Tasers. Explore the cases in this interactive graphic.
Jan 19, 2023 · An estimated 500 people have died from police use of tasers nationwide between 2010-2021. By Samantha Kummerer. Thursday, January 19, 2023. There have been around 500 fatal taser encounters with...
Aug 22, 2017 · More than 1,000 people in the U.S. have died after police stunned them with Tasers, and the stun gun was ruled to be a cause or contributing factor in 153 of those deaths, a Reuters...
Aug 22, 2017 · The company asserts that only 24 people have ever died from Tasers – 18 from fatal head or neck injuries in falls caused by a Taser strike, and six from fires sparked by the weapon’s ...
Apr 14, 2021 · Are they deadly? At least 500 people in the United States have died since 2001 after being shocked with stun guns during an arrest or while in jail, according to a 2012 statement by Amnesty...
