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Apr 26, 2021 · Since 2010, there have been at least 513 cases in which subjects died soon after police used Tasers on them, according to fatalencounters.org. Examples from the data include a man who fell to the...
Sep 23, 2017 · Police have killed more than 1,000 people with Tasers since 2000 | PBS News Weekend. Sep 23, 2017 5:14 PM EDT. By — PBS NewsHour. Leave your feedback. Transcript Audio. Almost all 18,000 police...
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.
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 examination...
May 14, 2024 · Others were vulnerable in different ways. At least 10 people who died after stuns were 65 or older, including a veteran with dementia who had threatened to stab an officer with a pen at a Minnesota nursing home. The 79-year-old fell and broke his hip after the electrified darts connected. He died two months later from complications related to ...
Reuters identified more than a thousand deaths across the US that followed a police altercation involving Tasers. Explore the cases in this interactive graphic.
May 14, 2024 · One Ohio deputy, for example, holstered his Taser after he was told a 60-year-old man wanted on a warrant had heart trouble. ... At least 10 people who died after stuns were 65 or older, including ...