Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre

tasers

Some TASER Resources

Blogs -

http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/

http://www.excited-delirium.com/

http://www.charlydmiller.com/

http://nateo.blogspot.com/

Victorian and International Resources:

Federation of CLCs – Alternatives to Lethal Force – Tasers Are Not the Answer

http://www.communitylaw.org.au/cb_pages/images/Tasers%20and%20Police%20Fact%20Sheet%20August%202009.pdf

Amnesty International – ‘Less than Lethal?’ The use of stun weapons in U.S Law Enforcement (16.12.08)

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/010/2008/en

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ACT40/001/1997/en/472f582f-eab8-11dd-9f63-e5716d3a1485/act400011997en.pdf

The use of taser weapons by NSW Police – NSW Ombudsman, November 2008:

http://www.ombo.nsw.gov.au/show.asp?id=558

Review of Taser Policy, Training and Monitoring and Review Practices | QPS & CMC | July 2009
Queensland Police Service and the state's Crime and Misconduct Commission joint review on police use of tasers.

http://www.police.qld.gov.au/Resources/Internet/news%20and%20alerts/campaigns/taser/documents/QPSCMC%20Taser%20Review%20Report.pdf

ABC 4 Corners – ‘Lethal Force’  - Reports and Resources:

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2009/s2724400.htm

Braidwood  Inquiry – British Columbia, Canada:

http://www.braidwoodinquiry.ca/

TASER Use Videos:

RCMP – Death of Robert Dziekanski:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wYEBd-Mpus

Use of Taser by UK police against meeting of G20 activists:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/G20-protests-new-footage-of-police-using-taser-to-disrupt-protest-meeting/Video/200904315264918?lpos=video_Article_Related_Content_Region_10&lid=VIDEO_15264918_G20_protests%3A_new_footage_of_police_using_taser_to_disrupt_protest_meeting

Discovery Channel/Taser International XREP Promotional Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44KVZLxm8a0

TASER Shockwave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bzTJbMBuxk

Taser International Conference 2009 – Xrep Launch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdAh3p9G-9U

BART Police Fatal Shooting of Oscar Grant 1.1.2009:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmJukcFzEX4

Other useful resources:

Darius Rejali – ‘Torture and Democracy’ (2007) – p.190- 258 on use of electric shock as torture 

Thanks to Charandev Singh