Today, many members of the Afrosphere Action Coalition and others are speaking out in unison against the increasingly reckless use of tasers. Here are some examples that illustrate the problem:
- 21-year old black man tasered nine times by Louisiana cop. Although he stopped twitching after seven, Baron Pikes was tasered to death.
- Policeman indicted in case of 17-year old black man tasered-to-death by North Carolina cop.
- Deaf black man tasered-in-error by Kansas cop.
- Unarmed and naked 41-year old black man tasered-to-death by Florida cop.
- Black man tasered-while-driving-mother-to-Thanksgiving-Dinner by Texas cop.
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