167 cases of death following stun-gun use
http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special43/articles/1224taserlist24-ON.html
Amazing how many of these also state "acute cocaine and methamphetamine intoxication."
But let's blame the taser not the drug intoxication that many die of without being tased. Let's also overlook the fact that before tasers, many of these incidents would have ended with a fatal shooting.
Let's also ignore the number of people trying to commit suicide by cop that are now tased instead of shot.
"167 cases of death following stun-gun use"
This is a nice number, but it does not reflect the complete picture. It does not show that any of these deaths were caused by the Taser. It does show that restrained people do occasionally die. This number is not compared to the total number of Taser / Stun-gun deployments. It is not compared to the total number of deaths that occur as the result of arrests. It does not show if the number of in custody deaths have gone up or down where Tasers have been available to the police. It is just a number without context.