freepatriot32 writes:
>>http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10170605.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp<<
From the story cited above:
>"When you have a 6-year-old who is on medication and very disturbed, maybe some of that crisis intervention training would be very handy," he said, referring to a program that teaches officers how to deal with the mentally ill.<
The Los Angeles Times reported 6/5/2004 that about 40 people nationally have died as a result of Taser use since 1999. Although the manufacturer claims these deaths are a result of other causes, Taser International training materials curiously describe the device as "less lethal," not "non-lethal." There has been no thorough, independent and impartial evaluation of the medical effects, much less the psychological effects, of electro-shock weapons like the Taser.
The company claims the deaths were the result of other causes and does NOT acknowledge that taser shocking could have CONTRIBUTED to the deaths. Those other causes, according to Taser International are mainly the result of adult drug use, especially cocaine and amphetamines, both stimulants.
Now we find out the 6 year old boy was on "medication". Like Ritalin maybe, a DEA Schedule II prescription stimulant commonly given to kids nowadays? Instead of "given" perhaps I should say "force-fed" by the authorities to make them "controllable"
The plot thickens.