"Canada's two main police associations defended the use of Tasers on Tuesday, saying all officers should be equipped with stun guns because they save lives and there is no proof they have been directly responsible for civilian deaths. "We reiterate that to date, there is no evidence, either scientific or medical, that a conducted-energy weapon has been the direct cause of death anywhere, at any time, on any person," Chief Tom Kaye, vice-president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, said in a news conference in Ottawa."The Canadian police associations are misrepresenting the reality of the dangers of tasers in this news conference. The fact is tasers KILL people!
Here's what it says about tasers on CBC News - In Depth - Tasers - Taser FAQs:
"Amnesty International says more than 290 people in North America have died after Taser shocks since 2001. In November 2007, the UN Committee Against Torture released a statement saying "use of TaserX26 weapons, provoking extreme pain, constituted a form of torture, and that in certain cases it could also cause death.""The police associations want us to continue to use tasers until it is proven that tasers directly kill people. This is ridiculous! The onus is most certainly on those that want to use tasers to prove that tasers are safe! We can NOT allow Canadian police officers to be equipped with tasers unless it is PROVEN that tasers do not kill people and that tasers do not torture people!
