January Body Count: Five Men Die After Being Tasered


	January Body Count: Five Men Die After Being Tasered

dulios

2-1-2008 11:27 PM

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police, taser, death, brutality

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2-16-2008 6:30 PM

scarecrow2007

There must be more...a taser shock alone couldn't have killed him, eh? I thought they're harmless, for goodness sake. Poor guy...he must have been so frightened!

2-16-2008 6:33 PM

scarecrow2007

WOW, IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY! I didn't realize..I was seeing red after the first one, so the HUGENESS (?) of it didn't hit me at first!

2-17-2008 12:43 PM

digits

I started a petition.

I Clipmarked the petition.

I have Dugg the Petition.

It's just not picking up.

Ah...well...

2-17-2008 5:41 PM

willhelm

We need to get that petition rolling, man. Too many lives are being saved. The police have guns! They should use them, not silly tasers. Tasers are so wimpy.

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