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Federal appeals court rejects police use of taser against man recovering from diabetic seizure

by Communications | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog

Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which sets legal precedent for the states of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, ruled that a jury could find that police used unconstitutional excessive force when they tasered a man recovering from a diabetic...

Federal appeals court finds police use of taser on nonviolent bystander to be unlawful

by Communications | Jan 11, 2016 | Articles, Blog

Last week, in Kent v Oakland County, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision finding that police officers could not be shielded from a civil rights lawsuit by a victim of excessive police force involving a taser. In the case, a local doctor had called...

Tasers and the Police: A Deadly Combination

by Marianne Dugan | Jan 21, 2012 | Blog

Tasers do not decrease the likelihood that police will use deadly force. In fact, tasers are deadly force. The Civil Liberties Center is working to educate the community about this commonly used compliance device. Check out our Taser Trifold in English or in Spanish....

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Federal appeals court rejects police use of taser against man recovering from diabetic seizure

Federal appeals court finds police use of taser on nonviolent bystander to be unlawful

Tasers and the Police: A Deadly Combination

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