Restrict Taser Use or We'll Call for Taser Ban


	Restrict Taser Use or We'll Call for Taser Ban

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7-8-2008 7:48 AM

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Restrict Taser Use or We'll Call for Taser Ban says Canda Parliament Committee.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#00FF00;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/62fb36ec-b456-4823-b76e-19628534aa23/91FF8DD5-B88E-43E9-958C-187891C4EAA0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee" href="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee" style="font-size: 11px;">digits.newsvine.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee"><H2>Restrict Taser Use or We'll Call for Taser Ban</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee"><H3>...says Canada Parliament Committee</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee"><P align="justify">From the CBC article, "<A href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/06/19/cmt-report-tasers.html">Ban Tasers if RCMP doesn't curb use by year's end: Commons committee</A>,"<I>A parliamentary committee is threatening to call for a <B>moratorium on the use of stun guns</B> if the RCMP doesn't begin restricting use of the weapons by the end of the year.</I>
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee"><P align="justify">I think it would be helpful for the United States to employ a similar commission against the police as a whole. Too often I think police corruption and malfeasance go unheard due to local law enforcement threatening negative consequences.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digits.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/20/1593201-restrict-taser-use-or-face-taser-ban-canada-parliament-committee"><P align="justify">For the United States to have a general and federal oversight for police where complaints could safely be lodged without fear of repercussions - even anonymously - could go a long way in keeping the finger on the pulse of true public safety. Let it be a Public Advocate Committee against Police Abuse.
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