Tasers w/ Video Cameras [Newsvine Poll]


	Tasers w/ Video Cameras [Newsvine Poll]

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3-3-2008 8:46 AM

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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/6841b444-5b30-46b7-9801-7f3a62690b0c/56F58F47-9ED0-4265-97BD-08F0AB02E977/" 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://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll" href="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll" style="font-size: 11px;">digits.newsvine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll"><H1 id="articleHeadline">Tasers with Video Cameras in Honolulu - [Newsvine Poll]</H1></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://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll"><P align="justify">The police tasers in Honolulu, according to the <A href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080227/BREAKING01/80227082/1001/BREAKING01">Honolulu Advertiser</A>, will begin getting equipped with video cameras in response to increasing controversy over how tasers are being used. </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://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll"><P align="justify">Honolulu is moving in the right direction with wanting to keep litigation and malfeasance at bay, but it still remains a question as to whether the general population is aware that <A href="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/10/1292188-taser-study-refutes-safety-claims">tasers are not as safe as propagandized</A>. </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://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll"><BLOCKQUOTE>Police officials said the move is to show the community how the <B>nonlethal</B> weapons are used, but also to offer some protection to officers and the police department against lawsuits.</BLOCKQUOTE></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://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/28/1331675-tasers-with-video-cameras-in-honolulu-newsvine-poll"><P align="justify">With even the verbiage of the Honolulu Advertisers article, it is clear that a majority of the people accept that a taser is a <A href="http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/en/2005/10/1182.shtml">non-lethal</A> weapon, despite numerous <A href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/207168_tasers10.html">claims from medical experts</A> and studies <I>[ <B>not</B> <A href="http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/en/2005/05/1138.shtml">conducted by people associated with taser makers</A></I> ] to the contrary. </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; 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