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July 13, 2005

APD Report: Two Ways of Looking at the Situation

Exhibit One: Austin American-Statesman: Use of force by police dropped 10.5% in '04

Exhibit Two: Daily Texan: APD's Taser use up 27.7 percent in 2004

Elsewhere in the news:

• Birmingham mayor orders Taser use by police ended after 41-year-old man dies in cell after being tasered.
• Teen on drugs dies after Taser hits
• Dog dies after Taser shocks
• 2 Delray officers cleared of criminal wrongdoing in Taser death

Update: A Tucson paper reports on the second death following police taser use in a week.

Update: Nova Scotia man dies after police use batons, pepper spray and tasers to detain him.

Posted by timothompson at July 13, 2005 10:37 PM