Monday, August 16, 2010

The makers of the Taser don't want you to know it's f*cking deadly

The company that makes Tasers has lost its legal bid to quash a high-profile report that found the weapons can kill.

The British Columbia Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge by Taser International to overturn results of the inquiry into the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski.

The company was trying to quash retired justice Thomas Braidwood’s findings that the weapons increase the risk of fatal heart failure.

Dziekanski, 40, died on Oct. 14, 2007, at Vancouver International Airport after being Tasered five times by four RCMP officers responding to a 911 call.


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