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Originally Posted by bignasty
Personally I think they are too quick to use them, however the guy did have a knife. The police around here killed an unarmed guy with one, they said it was because he held it o him for 37 seconds when they call for 5. I've seen them just go up to someone and zap them with it, no warning, no telling them to stop or anything.
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In Canada there appears to be some pretty strict guidelines on how and when cops can use a taser on someone.
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Originally Posted by MetaMan
who knows if the guy even had a knife? cops lie constantly to cover their own asses.
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Good point. I don't know about "constantly", but some do lie like rugs from time to time. I know this first hand, sadly.
In this case it was in broad daylight outdoors in a busy and rather rough part of the city. Looks like there were a couple of witnesses too....
http://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Winn...3/6240941.html (today's article)