The sales pitch of TASER International to local and area police departments and subsequent efforts to influence opinion in their communities is often an intensive well orchestrated affair. Slick presentations extol the "non-lethal " virtues of the weapon. The company representative emphasizes the legal victories in recent lawsuits against the company, many of which were dismissed while others were settled, they claim, to eliminate further harrassment or embarassment to their law enforcement clients or their sponsoring local governments. Generally Taser deaths have been fairly rare but general usage is just catching on and accelerating. Indeed we can expect to see more …
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