One Day Soon, That Drone Overhead May Be Pointing a Taser at You

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Sep 2, 2015 In a troubling and unprecedented action, North Dakota has legalized police use of drones carrying “less than lethal” weapons. Warrants? None needed. Other states could follow unless laws are written to stop this chilling threat. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Putting the Police Under Surveillance

By Thor Benson Aug 21, 2014 In some places in America, a black man holding a toy gun or a banana is more likely to be shot by the police than a white man with an actual gun. We live in a country of lethal fruit. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Don’t Tase Me, Bro

Staff / Truthdig Jul 28, 2009 Many a protester -- and the occasional speeding grannie -- has faced off against Taser-wielding law enforcement officers The Man now has a new rapid-fire stun gun that multiplies all of the ethical problems of gaining "voluntary compliance" After the jump, a video of Taser employees zapping each other. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Texas Cop Tasers a Great-Grandmother

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2009 After pulling over a speeding driver, a Texas deputy decided he wasn't getting the proper level of cooperation and used his Taser gun. Perhaps he didn't realize he was dealing with a 72-year-old woman half his size. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pastor Says Border Patrol Worked Him Over

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2009 Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Ariz., says he was Tasered, assaulted and denied medical treatment after he refused to submit to a search by Border Patrol officers at an immigration checkpoint east of San Diego. The ACLU has called the area a "Constitution-free zone" where such abuse has become commonplace. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Nonlethal’ Stun Gun Claims Another Life

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2008 In what seems to be an all too common occurrence across the U.S., an inmate has died in California after being shocked with a taser by sheriff's deputies. Jason Jesus Gomez is the latest casualty at the hands of the infamous Orange County Sheriff's Department. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Kerry That Weight

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Student Tasered at Kerry Event

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2007 Guess he wasn't in the "free speech zone": University of Florida student Andrew Meyer apparently went on too long while asking Sen. John Kerry about his 2004 presidential run (among other questions) and was Tasered and arrested on Monday. Did the police overreact? That's where Internet video comes in handy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weekly Video Roundup

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2006 This week, our favorite assemblage of videos includes: HBO's revelatory documentary "Hacking Democracy"; a shocking video of a UCLA student being repeatedly Tasered by campus police; and Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer sounding off on Joe Lieberman, Bernie Sanders and O.J. Simpson. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tasered UCLA Student Plans Lawsuit

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2006 The UCLA senior hired a high-profile civil rights lawyer who is accusing campus police of "brutal excessive force," as well as false arrest. Mostafa Tabatabainejad, 23, is of Iranian descent but U.S.-born, and had refused the officers' request to see his campus ID because he thought they were racially profiling him. Good for him. UCLA's reputation for a decade hangs in the balance of how it responds to this case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UCLA Cops Taser Cuffed Student

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2006 University police officers repeatedly stunned a handcuffed UCLA student with a Taser in a library after he could not produce an identification card. The video is sickening. The university is promising an investigation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

PETA Exposes Taser Tests on Pigs

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2006 The animal rights organization has obtained video footage of pigs being stunned with Taser guns as part of a Pentagon nonlethal weapons testing program. (This video is not for the queasy.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )