At Least 15 Officers Mistook Guns for Tasers. Three Were Convicted.
The officer who killed Daunte Wright confused her gun for her Taser, a case of weapon confusion that has happened before. The legal landscape is complex.
BREAKING: In a press conference on Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon says he believes the female officer meant to deploy her taser but accidentally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright instead. https://abcn.ws/2RlROhS
Two Atlanta Police Department officers were fired after video showed them using "excessive force" against two college students during Saturday night's protests, Atlanta's mayor announced.
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2 Atlanta officers fired after video shows them tasing man and using 'excessive force' on woman, mayor says
Two Atlanta Police Department officers were fired after video showed them using "excessive force" against two college students during Saturday night's protests, Atlanta's mayor announced.
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2 Atlanta officers fired after video shows them tasing man and using 'excessive force' on woman, mayor says
泰瑟（Taser），或意譯成電擊槍，是由美國泰瑟公司製造的電槍。
詞源[編輯]
英文「TASER」一詞的本意是「Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle」的縮寫，來源於其發明人——美國國家航空暨太空總署的核物理學博士傑克·科弗（John "Jack" Higson Cover，1920～2009）童年最喜歡的一本青年科幻讀物《Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle》。
設計[編輯]
泰瑟槍是一種與電擊棒完全不同的武器，雖然兩者同樣是利用電流作攻擊動能，但泰瑟槍在發射後會有兩支針頭連導線直接擊進對方體內，繼而利用電流擊倒對方。
泰瑟槍沒有子彈，它是靠發射帶電「飛鏢」來制服目標的。它的外形與普通手槍十分相似，裡面有一個充滿氮氣的氣壓彈夾。扣動扳機後，彈夾中的高壓氮氣迅速釋放，將槍膛中的兩個電極發射出來。兩個電極就像兩個小「飛鏢」，它們前面有倒鉤，後面連著細絕緣銅線，命中目標後，倒鉤可以鉤住犯罪嫌疑人的衣服，槍膛中的電池則通過絕緣銅線釋放出高壓，令罪犯渾身肌肉痙攣，縮成一團。
泰瑟槍的最大射程為7公尺，「飛鏢」的速度為每秒60公尺。它可以隔著5公分厚的衣服放電，並在5秒鐘內多次放電，每次持續時間為百萬分之一秒。
為了防止警察濫用槍支，隨便開火，泰瑟槍在設計時還增加了記錄功能。使用者在扣動扳機後，槍膛後面會彈出許多小紙屑，上面印有本槍的序列號，調查人員可通過它們輕而易舉地查到槍的主人，此外槍內還有一個微型晶片，專門記錄每次射擊的日期和時間。
Taser
/ˈteɪzə/
verb
gerund or present participle: tasing
- fire a taser at (someone) in order to incapacitate them temporarily.
Taser /ˈteɪzər/ is a brand of conducted electrical weapon sold by Axon, formerly TASER International.[1] It fires two small barbed darts intended to puncture the skin and remain attached to the target. The darts are connected to the main unit by thin insulated copper wire and deliver a modulated electric current designed to disrupt voluntary control of muscles, causing "neuromuscular incapacitation.” The effects of a TASER device may only be localized pain or strong involuntary long muscle contractions, based on the mode of use and connectivity of the darts. [2][3] The TASER device is marketed as less-lethal since the possibility of serious injury or death exists whenever the weapon is deployed.[4]
The first TASER conducted energy weapon was introduced in 1993[5] as a less-lethal force option for police to use to subdue fleeing, belligerent, or potentially dangerous people, who would have otherwise been subjected to more lethal force options such as firearms. A 2009 report by the Police Executive Research Forum in the United States found that police officer injuries dropped by 76% in large law enforcement agencies that deployed TASER devices in the first decade of the 21st century compared with those that did not use them at all.[6] TASER International and its CEO Rick Smith have claimed that unspecified "police surveys" show that the device has "saved 75,000 lives through 2011".[7][8] A more recent academic study suggested police use of conducted electrical weapons in the United States was less risky to police officers than hands-on tactics and showed officer injury rates equal to use of chemical sprays like oleoresin capsicum. However, when police combined conducted electrical weapons with use of other weapons, officers were four or five times more likely to be injured than when using a baton or chemical spray.[9]
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