Taser: Judge, jury... executioner
Tasers are becoming the new weapon of choice for bullying cops, regardless of how little sense they make compared to older technologies. Despite the fact that they ARE killing people and the damn things haven't even been safety tested. Rest assured someone with a shitty understanding of your civil rights and the social vision of a thug will be using them in your neighborhood soon.
Non-lethal my ass!
All the illegal actions taken by the C.I.A. over the last 80 years were just research & practice for keeping U.S. citizens under the thumb of the new robber barons.
What's really scary is the volume of taser-type products we export to other countries known for their love of torture.
Here's a related bit from a recent Savage Love letter:
According to Amnesty International, there are 132 regimes that torture people--including, presumably, George Bush's regime--and they already have access to all sorts of electrical devices. "High-voltage stun guns and stun batons have made it easier to inflict painful shocks that leave little evidence of torture," says Hodgett, "and Amnesty International's researchers have found that the U.S. exports large amounts of electroshock equipment," some 20 million bucks' worth every year, "including to countries that have been documented as using such weapons to torture."
carl 19 Jul 2004