As Police Use of Tasers Soars, Questions over Safety Emerge. Alex Berenson.
by Berenson, Alex; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 78Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Cardiac arrest | Nonlethal weapons | Police weapons | Public safety | Stun gunsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "As the sun set on June 24 [2004], something snapped in Kris J. Lieberman, an unemployed landscaper who lived a few miles from this quiet town [Nazareth, PA]. For 45 minutes, he crawled deliriously around a pasture here, moaning and pounding his head against the weedy ground. Eventually the police arrived, carrying a Taser M26, an electric gun increasingly popular with law enforcement officers nationwide. The gun fires electrified barbs up to 21 feet, hitting suspects with a disabling charge. The officers told Mr. Lieberman, 32, to calm down. He lunged at them instead. They fired their Taser twice. He fought briefly, collapsed and died. Mr. Lieberman joined a growing number of people, now at least 50...who have died since 2001 after being shocked." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article addresses the safety concerns over Tasers.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: As Police Use of Tasers Soars, Questions over Safety Emerge, July 18, 2004; pp. 1+.
"As the sun set on June 24 [2004], something snapped in Kris J. Lieberman, an unemployed landscaper who lived a few miles from this quiet town [Nazareth, PA]. For 45 minutes, he crawled deliriously around a pasture here, moaning and pounding his head against the weedy ground. Eventually the police arrived, carrying a Taser M26, an electric gun increasingly popular with law enforcement officers nationwide. The gun fires electrified barbs up to 21 feet, hitting suspects with a disabling charge. The officers told Mr. Lieberman, 32, to calm down. He lunged at them instead. They fired their Taser twice. He fought briefly, collapsed and died. Mr. Lieberman joined a growing number of people, now at least 50...who have died since 2001 after being shocked." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article addresses the safety concerns over Tasers.
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