Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tasers kill

500 Deaths From Tasers in USA

7 comments:

Ole Phat Stu said...

Police State, USA :-(

ellroon said...

I find it odd that these deaths seemed to take off after Blackwater/ Xe/(whatever the new name is) began training police departments around the US....

Steve Bates said...

Big-city police departments are now equipped and trained to suppress mass protests, a police function I never imagined until Chicago 1968. Their response to Occupy has proved that. I expect worse... but no one ever accused me of being an optimist.

Steve Bates said...

... and now Google has rendered Blogger comments in still smaller typefaces, a suitable barrier against old folks. Whatever happened to "don't be evil"?

ellroon said...

Yes, I remember the heat ray thing the military proudly showed off a few years back, aiming it at a pretend group of ... not terrorists or rioters ... but peace protesters with fake peace signs. It was very insightful.

ellroon said...

I think Google has marked you especially, Steve, for taunting...

Steve Bates said...

Credit where it's due, Google/Blogger seems to have gotten rid of those CAPTCHA texts that appear over a blotchy black background (say that three times fast!). Those were a serious hindrance to me.