I am alarmed at the number of people who,
recently, have died when confronted by the police. The shooting of Mr
Duggan by an armed police unit that sparked the recent disturbances
across England, has been followed by another spate of deaths. In the
short period since the shooting two men have died after being hit by
police tasers and another died after being pepper sprayed. We are
supposed to pride ourselves in the fact that we have an unarmed
police force on our streets, but with this evidence, it doesn't look
that way. I'm sure that this recent spate of killings will do nothing
to raise people's confidence in the police. As far as I am concerned
these recent events indicate that we have an armed police force in
this country, tasers are known to be lethal in a number of
circumstances.
The RESIST CARDIAC ARREST Campaign is challenging the legality of taser use in Britain. In '07 the United Nations defined taser use as torture. The RCA Campaign is pursuing this matter with the British government. Please google RESIST CARDIAC ARREST, and check out the campaign at the Save The Holy Headland Blogspot - working for a torture-free society.
ReplyDeleteFor the names of 682 people killed by tasers in North Amerika, see:
http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-follows-are-names-where-known.html
Peace!