Thursday, April 27, 2006

Needless Deaths by Stun-Guns on The Rise / NewsWithViews, 26 Apr 2006

http://www.newswithviews.com/Ryter/jon134.htm
Jon Christian Ryter --
"Since 2001 70 people in the United States and Canada (61 of them in the United States) have died from ventricular fibrillation caused by the Taser. In reality, that number should be much higher since generally, coroners trying to protect their local police departments from lawsuits use the alcohol or drugs the victim has ingested as the cause of death rather than their being struck by a M26 or X26 Taser. "