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IPFS News Link • Torture

When Society Thinks Torture is Funny – Have We Crossed the Line?

• The PPJ Gazette
Lynn Swearingen (c) copyright 2010 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED According to Amnesty International USA : Since June 2001, more than 351 individuals in the United States have died after being shocked by police Tasers. Most of those individuals were not carrying a weapon. Amnesty International is concerned that Tasers are being used as tools of routine force — rather than as an alternative to firearms. Before I hear another word about how “criminals” should know better – let us look at a two cases which thankfully did not end in death. Even Blind Old Ladies Terrify The Cops (2004) Eunice Crowder, you see, didn’t follow orders.

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