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		<title>Cops Taser Old Man for Sitting in Wrong Seat at Baseball Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 7th, 2009 Oakland, California Another video has surfaced of a questionable taser use incident. 62-year-old Thomas Bruso was apparently belligerent and refused to comply with the police, whatever their demands are is unclear in the video. The man never appears to be violent, but instead becomes agitated, most likely due to the rising tension [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=13&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City of Warren, police sued over Taser incident;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August, 7th 2009 Detroit, Michigan A Sterling Heights man is suing the city of Warren and the Police Department, claiming he was stunned with a Taser and falsely arrested during a diabetic emergency. A civil lawsuit filed Thursday in Macomb Circuit Court alleges that on June 18, Ralph E. Eldridge was shocked with a Taser [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=58&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baltimore man dies after Alleged Tase and Drug overdose;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 6th, 2009 Baltimore, Maryland There is a news report from Baltimore yesterday about a man reportedly dying from a drug overdose after he ran from police and attempted to swallow the heroin he was carrying. The police say that they chased him down and eventually found him gasping for air and choking. However, witnesses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=25&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court: Woman Tasered by Golden Valley Police entitled to a trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 5th, 2009 Golden Valley, Minnesota A federal appeals court has ruled that a woman Tasered by Golden Valley Police in 2005 is entitled to a trial. Sandra Brown of Plymouth sued the city of Golden Valley and Police Officer Rob Zarrrett for use of excessive force following the incident on Oct. 8, 2005. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=74&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming police Taser 76-year-old tractor rider;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Details are not clear on why 76-year-old Bud Grose was tased, but it remains to be seen as unnecessary to use on an elderly individual, operating a non-threatening tractor.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=3&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City of Santa Paula settles Lawsuit over Police Taser incident;</title>
		<link>http://taserabuse.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/city-of-santa-paula-settles-lawsuit-over-police-taser-incident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>syphonx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 4th, 2009 Santa Paula, California The city of Santa Paula agreed to pay Andrew S. Hernandez $250,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed in federal court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleges that in 2006 he was forcibly taken to the ground by Santa Paula police officers and stunned twice with a Taser. Hernandez [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=70&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Complaint filed after weekend Taser incident</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 3rd, 2009 Columbia, Missouri A man who was shocked with a Taser this weekend while being arrested on suspicion of public urination and resisting arrest has filed a complaint against the Columbia Police Department. Carl Giles, 27, of Columbia was arrested about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the alleyway behind Café Berlin, 21 N. Providence [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=17&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnant mother and Grandfather Tasered at Baptism Party;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>syphonx</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 28th, 2009 Manassas, Virginia Prince William County Police responded to a noise complaint at a child&#8217;s baptism party. By the time they left, a grandfather and a pregnant woman had been Tasered. On Tuesday night, a Manassas family said cops went too far.  The 55-year-old homeowner is a church family counselor and a bible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=78&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Police Chief tasers Epileptic 14-year-old Girl in the head, Penetrates Skull;</title>
		<link>http://taserabuse.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/police-chief-tasers-epileptic-14-year-old-girl-in-the-head-penetrates-skull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 9th, 2009 Tucumcari, New Mexico Here we have a classic case of a wrongful and excessive use of a taser, courtesy of the Police Chief himself. It&#8217;s reported that the mother brought the girl to the police station because she had been abusing the use of her cell phone by sending photographs to older [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=54&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flagstaff man Dies after Taser incident;</title>
		<link>http://taserabuse.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/flagstaff-man-dies-after-taser-incident/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 11th, 2009 Hurricane, Utah The Washington County sheriff’s office has identified the Arizona man who died after being stung with a Taser by police. Authorities said 32-year-old Brian L. Cardall of Flagstaff died Tuesday at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George. A Hurricane police officer used a Taser to subdue Cardall on Tuesday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taserabuse.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8908558&amp;post=62&amp;subd=taserabuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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