It is NOT the device.  Gun, taser, rock, it does not matter.  It is the people who use them, they are abusers no matter what is in thier hand.

Since 9-11 the police forces have doubled, yet NO reduction in crime.  What does that say??

"Protect and Serve" is a thing of the past.

Fear, let's instill fear.  YEAH!! Elementary kids on adderall, but cocaine is still a crime.  BRILLIANT!!  And America is the shining of beacon of hope for the rest of the world.  On that note, I say, MERRY CHRISTMAS KIDS!!!  The lies don't stop with Santa Claus.

I'd imagine the biggest mishaps would happen at unruly rallies or marches; when one person steps out of line, but is not singled out from the rest.

You said tasers, non-lethal weapons, are worth it if they save a couple dozens of lifes. But if there were 330 deaths related to tasers, then are they really worth it? I agree non-lethal weapons are a great subsitute for guns; but I'd favor further research for a new non-lethal weapon.

"Right Captain Quirk, did you say phasers on stun or kill?  Oops, never mind."  Could you imagine wearing a pace maker and getting hit with a microwave beam weapon?  Microwaves cook from the inside out, if your skin feels warm, there is a possibility your insides are also being cooked, so what about being cooked makes it non lethal?  The way to test a RADAR is to place a fluorescent light in front if it and if it lights up, the system is good.  I knew a man who used to test the APQ-126 RADAR on the A-7 with his hand.  He knew it worked when he felt the warmth, but he was actually cooking his hand.  Be very afraid when microwave beam weapons become available to your local police department.

Rallies and marches don't have to be unruly for the police to beat them.  Remember Denver & St. Paul.  One Veteran required facial reconstructive surgery and he was with a peaceful group.

Besides the fact the devices have enormous potential for abuse as torture that does not leave marks later, the fact is that tasers have killed numerous people. They are NOT "non lethal" because they have killed people. It is not a matter of people with "other health problems" that killed the people. 
The problem is no one knows which person's body is going to recoil from the shock in such a degree that death results. Because tasers are such dangerous weapons, they should not be used at all on anyone except armed assailants or an unarmed assailant who is assaulting and overpowering a police officer such that his life is in danger. In the latter cases, I would not think twice about using a taser, but unfortunately it is rarely used in such situations: police tend to reach for their pistols if they see someone with a knife. The taser is mostly used currently by police as a bullying torture device on people who, while in some cases not compliant enough, are not an actual physical threat. 
The police need some retraining and restrictive rules on when to use the device so they don't use it every chance they get, such as on kids, loudmouths they don't like (e.g., Andrew Meyer), out of control loud disturbed or drunk people, or even simply people a policeman think don't comply to a verbal command fast enough (even something as simple as producing a driver license or signing a traffic ticket). 
Police are starting to use Tasers as a means to compel compliance, and the more vicious officers use them as sadistic entertainment. It's a power tool for the lazy and impatient.
 While better than using a bullet, the police are using it in situations in which they would never draw their conventional firearms, when what they should be doing is using it only ina subset of situations where they would ordinarily use a gun but where a gun can be avoided by using a taser. They should not be using it in situations they think are less threatening just for the joy of torturing citizens who they feel are too sassy or noncompliant.
Another thing that would help is if the police would require the same exact sort of testing on themselves as would match the way they tend to use the device. The police lie about this and claim they do all have to feel what being tasered feels like but all they get is a quick jolt, not the 7 to 15 times in rapid succession they frequently inflict on citizens. 
Maybe police should be required to video their use of the Tasers using the taser's built-in webcam and afterwards if they fired a Taser on an unarmed citizen not engaged in an assault, the same officers involved in the tasering should be required to receive the exact same number of blasts themselves so they can be reminded of what it feels like, especially since it's supposedly "harmless". Maybe that would remind them how harmless it is not.
Better than using a baton? The police for years misused batons by striking members of the public in the head with them throughout the 1960s and 1970s, a favorite weapon of choice to use on college students or minorities. Police certainly need a wakeup call to understand the damage and pain they inflict on the public when they use force.
It's particularly horrible watching videos of police tasering people who are physically weaker than them, such as children, women, or frightened and confused people, such as those who have been out drinking earlier. All in the name of swift compliance with verbal commands.

I was tasered in a CVS pharmacy after spending the night in the ER with my girlfriend who had a severe reaction to medication.  I thought the cops were going to kill me, when the taser did not work, they beat, choked and unloaded a canister of mace in my face.

My crime was that I asked why I was approached, wanted my id and requested the reason for being approached - the cop said that "I knew the law" as if that was a joke.

Supposedly my girlfriend had altered the quantity of the prescription for medication to treat a reaction to other medication which was supposed to address severe anxiety attacks.

What is amazing was that the store video was not obtained, there were no witnesses documented, neither was the ER doctor contacted.  Our attorneys told us that the store video was irrelevant, neither were doctors or the missing witnesses.  Apparently "presumption of guilt" is the rule in Virginia courts.

Watch out for cops when one is alone, treat them as one would treat any gang.  The reports will describe the events in the cops favor, omitting details.  In our case the report stated that I did not hand over my id and that I did not submit for arrest, I did both and the store video should have refuted both those statements. 

From our incident, in Manassas Virginia if one is attacked by cops it is the individual's fault, one is presumed guilty.  What is concerning about our incident is the manner in which everyone from the attorneys, courts, police chief and politicians swept the  incident under the carpet.  Evidence was available yet it was not used to either convict us or exonerate us. 

The attorneys are so busy "multitasking" that their "strategy" suffers, the oversight institution avoids the "strategy" issue leaving the damaged client to sanction their member.

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/attorney_oversight
http://home.comcast.net/~styx.cml-lsm/01/Cases/OurIssues04.htm

Police abuse, just like street crime, is a people problem, not a technology problem. Any weapon is just an extention of the hand, which is controlled by the mind.

Electromagnetic or microwave mind control weapons had been using to covertly torture and abuse for many years. Most reports had already regarded such mind control weapons as non-lethal weapons. A big group victims had already started worldwide campaign to stop mind control weapons/directed energy weapons/non-lethal weapons abuse and torture.
We urge an immediate investigation all over the world.
Soleilmavis
http://peacepink.ning.com

Write your legislators and public officials:

http://criminaljustice.change.org/actions/view/ban_mind_controldirected_energy_weapons_abuse_and_torture

Posted by Soleilmavis L on 01/03/2009 @ 03:02PM PST
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    Thousands of people are asking for an international investigation of enormous human rights violations that are silently taking place worldwide at this moment.   In recent years the numbers of those crimes against humanity rose so much that we can openly speak about the civilian population being under attack.  
    This attack is committed with technology working invisibly at a distance, beyond the bounds of borders, and is at this moment being used against helpless and unsuspecting citizens.   The victims are constantly lobbying to report these crimes to government officials, human rights organizations, world leaders and the press. Mostly, they don't get answers because of a general lack of knowledge about the technology. Mental institutions may diagnose the victims as delusional. And complaints lodged at local police stations are often treated as psychological problems or ignored.
    It may take several years, before the "silent holocaust" becomes public knowledge. And for the victims, the comparison is very real.   The scale of the crimes being reported, and the seriousness of the accusations, justifies an urgent international investigation.  
    Because there are so many victims worldwide, spawning a worldwide movement coordinated via the Internet, it is only the most diligent and conscientious of victims who are able to report this crime; the actual number of victims being many times larger than this group of activists.  
    In January 2007, the article "Mind Games" appeared in "The Washington Post", written by journalist Sharon Weinberger, about the American victims and the activist organization, Freedom From Covert Harassment and Surveillance.   Meanwhile, from all parts of the world new victims are showing up in greater numbers. They are asking for these crimes to be made public and are insisting on an international investigation of this problem.
    And starting a collective campaign against abuses and tortures of the following:-
DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS; NEUROLOGICAL WEAPONS; MIND CONTROL WEAPONS; BODY AND BRAIN MANIPULATION WEAPONS; PSYCHOTRONIC WEAPONS; SPACE WEAPONS; NON-LETHAL WEAPONS; COINTELPRO; ANDany other unacknowledged or as yet undeveloped means inflicting death or injury on, or damaging or destroying, a person (or the biological life, bodily health, mental health, or physical and economic well-being of a person) through the use of land-based, sea-based, or space-based systems using radiation, electromagnetic, psychotronic, sonic, laser, or other energies directed at individual persons or targeted populations or the purpose of information war, mood management, or mind control of such persons or populations.
Thank you and Best Regards!
Your sincerely,
Soleilmavis
http://peacepink.ning.com</a>   
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.... corroborating evidence:
>"The Global Dominance Group: 9/11 Pre-Warnings & Election Irregularities in Context" By Peter Phillips, Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler. action@ucsusa.org
>"US Electro magnetic Weapons and Human Rights" By Peter Phillips, Lew Brown and Bridget Thornton. A Study of the History of US Intelligence Community Human Rights Violations & Continuing Research in Electromagnetic Weapons  action@ucsusa.org
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