http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/ Switched Comments for Jury Awards $6M to Taser Victim's Family http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 11th 2008 11:12AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 11th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 11th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/
Had the individual in question complied with the requests of the officer and been peaceful and co-operative he probably would NOT have been tazed.

HE is the one who did all the drugs that enlarged his heart. He's the one that didn't comply with the officer's requests. He's the one who basically asked to be tazed, maced, pepper sprayed or even shot. No one else is repsonsible for his action, he brought it on himself.]]>Jun 11th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 11th 2008 1:54PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 11th 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 20th 2008 2:07PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jun 22nd 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Some people will live and some will die,lets flip a coin and see what happens. Some of you people seriously need to go back to school and learn something. Take courses in law,sociology,biology etc to better appreciate your existence.
How the hell could they not know it was a dangerous product?
Even an average 5th grader knows the dangers of electricity.

I hope you morons are not republicans because you're all a big disgrace to this dear country that believes in the ideals of life,liberty,equality and the pursuit of happyness.
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Voltage is not what kills, it's amperage. If voltage alone could kill, then people would drop like flies on a dry day; remember the last time you were shocked by a static discharge? Static is voltage, and nearly no amperage; the average static discharge from a human body is usually around 5,000-7,000 volts...

Tasers, stun guns, and the like, all operate on a high voltage, for the very fact that the use of pulsed high-voltage disrupts the central nervous systems normal communications, often to the point of incapacitation...and apparently a one-in-a-million or-so chance of death. Personally, I'd rather be hit with a stray taser shot, than a misplaced 9mm hollow-point bullet...my chances of survival are FAR FAR higher.

Back to the tasers though, look at it this way:
Voltage is like PRESSURE
Amperage is like QUANITY

You know how when you pinch off a garden hose with your finger, the water shoots out further because of increased pressure? Thats akin to what voltage does; allowing electricty to arc, or jump farther. Voltage hurts, but WILL NOT kill.

Amps will kill. Take that same garden hose, and pump ten times the volume of water through it...assuming the hose didn't burst, if you pointed the end at someone, it'd blow a hole right through their body...oops...

These tasers operate on micro-amps of power, something that literally millions of uses have proven is non-lethal in nearly all uses-cases. Imagine if those millions of uses were 9mm rounds instead...or maybe just needles, knives, or any other weapon a perp might have been wielding...not as pretty is it?

Tasers are not the final solution to defensive weapons, but they're a heck of a lot better than being shot with a traditional gun.]]>Jul 25th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/Jul 24th 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/http://www.switched.com/2008/06/11/jury-awards-6m-to-taser-victims-family/
No wonder these ticket writers have no respect anymore]]>Jul 23rd 2008 9:38PM