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Because this judge said so.

http://www.azcentral.com/news....03.html

Gun manufacturers should be paying attention, here.

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That effort on Friday helped lead an Ohio judge's order to remove Taser's name from three Summit County Medical Examiner autopsies that had ruled the stun gun contributed to three men's deaths.

Cos the judge knows about death more than the ... medical examiner?

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In the Ohio case, the judge said the county offered no medical, scientific or electrical evidence to justify finding the stun gun was a factor in the deaths of two men in 2005 and another in 2006. Taser and the City of Akron sued the medical examiner, saying examiners in the case lacked the proper training to evaluate Tasers.

Proper training?  Wtf?  Point, click, zap.  It's electricity.

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The judge's order could have an immediate impact on criminal cases against five Summit County sheriff's deputies who were charged in the 2006 "homicide" of a jail inmate. Instead of homicide, the judge ordered the cause of death changed to "undetermined."

Reminds me of the Ministry of Truth rewriting history.

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Taser advocates an alternative cause-of-death scenario called excited delirium. The condition, which is not recognized as a diagnosis in official medical manuals, is used to describe deaths of suspects who become so agitated by drugs, psychosis or poor health that their bodies shut down during struggles with police.

Excited delirium has been cited in police custody-death cases for decades. It is now being blamed more and more by medical examiners for deaths that occur following a police Taser strike, including at least one in Maricopa County in recent years.

Taser has funded excited delirium studies and has been involved in promoting its research. The company maintains that excited delirium is a valid syndrome, and some doctors say it will gain acceptance as more research is conducted.

The funny bit is I've got no problem with a company making potentially lethal instruments of destruction.  But pulling this shit on medical folk & corpse-handlers just trying to do their job, that's fucking pathetic.

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Taser-proof vest

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Anyone who buys one of those is a criminal.  If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have no need to worry about being tased.

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Tasers don't kill people.... as long as you are a "healthy, normal, non-stressed, non-intoxicated person."

So... how many people, in the presence of a police offer wielding a taser on them, meet that condition?

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