Shock Tactics, Part 1: A 911 plea for help, a Taser shot, and a death
By Reuters
22 August 2017 |
4:03 pm
Reuters identifies 1,005 incidents in the U.S. in which people died after police stunned them with Tasers, often in conjunction with other force.
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