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the 'taser' is a big issue here in Canada right now! and justly so!
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/27917b3c-1d98-4e8f-8ba6-392382e1cea9/314C719A-E50B-4655-A523-B73296BFFB18/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009" href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009" style="font-size: 11px;">www.canada.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009"><DIV class="storyheader"><H2>Taser used as substitute for talking, inquiry hears</H2></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009"><P>VANCOUVER - The politician who first approved Tasers for use in B.C. in 'combative situations' says the weapon is now being used as a substitute for good old fashioned police work.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009"><P>Former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh told a Vancouver inquiry into the use of Tasers Monday that when he first approved the weapon for use in B.C. they were supposed to be used sparingly by police in "assaultive and combative situations, where a person is a danger to others."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.canada.com/img/8D991521-8D35-4E0E-8F2B-AA3DCBB2A130" alt="Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver International Airport in October 2007 after Richmond RCMP used a Taser to subdue him." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009"><H4 id="storyphotocaption">Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver International Airport in October 2007 after Richmond RCMP used a Taser to subdue him.</H4></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5775fd2b-71f6-457f-83bd-1218ff467009"><P>"It is also being used in situations where it wasn't contemplated," said Dosanjh, citing Tasers being used by local transit police on fare evaders. 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