There has been recent controversy in Australia over the potential misuse of Tasers by the police. Graphic footage showing an Aboriginal man being tasered 13 times for not complying with a request for a strip search has made the news world wide. Here are links to articles covering the current furore,
multiple stunning of Aboriginal man with a Taser by WA police and of an 18yo pregnant woman are not isolated incidents http://bit.ly/bmrqxI
STUN guns were intended as an alternative to lethal force yet their use in Australia has led to four deaths http://bit.ly/cYBOHH
In 2008 an Aboriginal man who merely refused to comply with a strip search stunned 13 times with a taser http://bit.ly/cXfEgE
Is a high level national inquiry required to review need and use of Tasers in Australia http://bit.ly/c7OLBP
Death in Custody memorial service asks for Tasers to be withdrawn http://bit.ly/aU8XRa
Am overseas view: Police in Australia Taser Unarmed Black Man 13 Times http://bit.ly/c9La5b
Tehran Times a little over the top: Australian police tase Aborigine to death http://bit.ly/8Xzzoh
Police are overusing stun guns when they should be a weapon of last resort. http://bit.ly/cmgWqa
WA Shadow Attorney-General & victim want footage released of 2nd taser attack. Tasered 11 times severe injuries http://bit.ly/9Em3XB
Are Tasers lethal? NT stateline (video) http://bit.ly/csJDuq
NSW Aboriginal Chairwoman Bev Manton talks about her anger at police’s misuse of tasers on Aboriginal people http://bit.ly/94rceS
Perth man says he was never given the option of pressing charges against the police who tasered him 13 times. http://bit.ly/aXukUx
WA DPP will investigate whether criminal charges should be laid against two police over tasering man 13 times http://bit.ly/ds9jub
WA Police Minsiter told in May about the Aboriginal man tasered 13 times in police watch house. Didn’t see the video! http://bit.ly/d7tz1A
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