‘’don’t taze me, bro'’
Did you see where the NBC TV network in the US ran a poll asking viewers to name their best and worst quotes of 2007? The viewers’ favourite as best quote of the year was the extraordinarily crass advertising slogan for Glock handguns: “You’re never alone with a Glock!”
However, while a Glock may be the weapon of choice for people who want to blow someone away — police and bad guys alike — the other increasingly popular weapon in the USA is the electric shock gun from weapons manufacturer Tazer.
In a country that not only practices and condones torture but has made it a key element of government policy, a weapon that delivers a 20,000 volt shock to the person on the receiving end is viewed with official equanimity. Australian police have now been issued with these horrific devices.
In the aforementioned NBC poll, viewers voted as the worst quote of the year the plea, “Don’t taze me, Bro”. This was uttered by a young father who, after losing custody of his children in a California court, had protested to the judge.
After police officers had already wrestled him to the ground, and with them kneeling on his neck, the terrified young man pleaded “Don’t taze me, Bro! Don’t taze me, Bro!”
The police tazed him repeatedly and mercilessly. The NBC news hosts thought the item was hilarious and whilst wiping tears of laughter from their eyes kept repeating “Don’t taze me, Bro!”
Tazer’s electric shock gun has become as popular with middle class Americans as MP3 players. A tazer is one of the “must have” consumer items this season. To meet the demand, Tazer now put them out in a choice of red, pink or leopard skin!
Even more mind-boggling as a concept, they have combined the tazer with the popular MP3 player: now you can electrocute someone while listening to your choice of 300 songs. Isn’t modern technology amazing?
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February 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
this report fails to mention how many people are dying from tazers.
February 4th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
The report above fails to note that tasers are killing many.
One Canadian report on the internet says:
The Use of Taser Guns: A Controversy Reaching Far Beyond Quebec’s Borders
In Canada, the use of the Taser gun is still very controversial. Many groups across the country, particularly in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec are calling for a moratorium on its use until its safety can be ascertained. However, the cause is far from being won: On December 3, a motion by the London City Council in Ontario aimed at suspending the use of the electric charge Taser by London police was defeated by a small majority. The proposal came as a result of the death of Robert Dziekanski, a Polish immigrant, who died at the Vancouver Airport after receiving two Taser shots; ironically, this happened on the same day as the a priori excessive force arrest of Quilem Registre at the opposite end of the country.
The controversy is also being echoed by our neighbours to the south. In the U.S., six deaths have been reported as a result of electrical charges from Tasers since Mr. Dziekanski’s death. In Canada since 2003, 16 people have died because the police used Tasers.”
The same report claims voltage over 50,000 not 20,000 V
That tasers are ; ‘an alternative weapon that hit the arrested suspect with an electric charge of over 50,000 Volts.”