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Call to crack down on police taser use
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Civil rights advocates have seized on Federal Government plans for legal bans on torture to argue for tighter controls on the use of tasers by police.
Source: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/gener…
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I agree that the Taser is not an ideal solution, but after seeing a pt in the ed on “ICE”, beat the **** out of 2 nurses a Doctor and an Ambo, repeatedly warned to stop and lie down by police who rushed to help us. The choice was literally Taser or 9mm. I am always against violence as per my previous comment, but sometimes non-lethal (less likely to be lethal) force is the only option to protect the many.
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Anything that can incapacitate someone is always potentially lethal. But doesn’t “torture” imply intent to cause pain for benefit (be it to extract information or for malicious pleasure, for example)? I don’t think subduing a threat falls under that definition. Ensure adequate controls are in place to ward against misuse, certainly, but do not assume that all use is torture.
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