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Written by Mike Krachan   

Taser International, the company that manufactures stun guns for North American police forces, is planning to launch a legal challenge against the British Columbia inquiry which concluded that the weapons can be deadly, and their use should be limited. Cops and Tasers - a Killer combination?

 

A report released last month by former B.C. Appeal Court Justice, Thomas Braidwood, recommended that the so-called non-lethal stun guns, be limited to single short bursts. Braidwood said the use of multiple shocks was unwarranted and potentially deadly, citing the increased medical risks with each burst fired.

Taser dismissed the Braidwood findings, and a week later unveiled their newest product — a multi-shot stun gun.

Now, the company wants to challenge the inquiry in B.C.'s Supreme Court.

According to a CBC report, a spokesman for the company said it will file papers in a B.C. court on Friday;

"Taser International intends to file an application for judicial review in the Supreme Court of British Columbia related to the Braidwood Commission," said Taser's V.P of public relations in an email to CBC News.

The inquiry was launched after Robert Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, was tased by RCMP officers repeatedly at Vancouver International airport. The unarmed man, who couldn't speak English, died at the scene.

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Comments (6)
  • Mike
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    UNBELIEVABLE!
  • Acer_Negundo
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    What in the hell made them taze him... honestly, he looked like he was being co-operative to the rcmp
  • Mike  - re:
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    Acer_Negundo wrote:
    What in the hell made them taze him... honestly, he looked like he was being co-operative to the rcmp


    IMO, cops are being told to scare the shit out of the public. That way WHEN they impose Martial Law...half the people are already too afraid to go outside their homes and defy curfews.
  • Buchanan
    once again the buisness world is trying to dictate what democracy (or atleast what shreads of it we have left) has determined. How many years after the death of Robert Dziekanski,did it take this inquiry bored to riht up there report. and it only takes buisnes one work week to dispute it and take it to court. wise up world do we realy need an armed force lethal or not deciding punishment on are every move i think not, and you should think too.
  • Mike  - re:
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    Buchanan wrote:
    once again the buisness world is trying to dictate what democracy (or atleast what shreads of it we have left) has determined.


    Mussolini and I call that FASCISM!
  • Buchanan
    Look how fast this taser compani reponds to the truth that they are making a dangerous weapon, that should be used with discretion if at all. it takes "democracy" years to get even the slightest truth threw, But threaten a companis ability to make money threw the creation and distrabution of dangerous weapons and they respond in a blink of an eye. what does this say about the "democracy" (Dictorial Dimocracy) that we live in.
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