Canada To Change Airport Procedures After Taser Death

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The border authorities say they will change procedures to assist arrivals of foreign nationals but there is scant mention, in fact there is no mention of their taser policy.

How many more have to die before it is accepted that tasers are lethal?

Canada's Border Services Agency says it will change its operation at Vancouver airport following the death of an immigrant stunned with a police Taser.

Robert Dziekanski's final moments were captured on video by another traveller and the recording sparked outrage when it was broadcast two weeks ago.

Mr Dziekanski, 40, was Polish and spoke no English. He was declared dead at the scene by an emergency medical team.

It is the first time the agency has spoken about the 14 October incident.more

Then there is this fine piece of kit, just how indiscriminate does it get, and the IQ of the bugger that would pull the trigger doesn't bear thinking about.
Don't let your dear old Ma go on any peace protests.

With the push of a button, Shockwave deploys multiple TASER Cartridges oriented across an area arc to provide full coverage to simultaneously incapacitate multiple personnel standing within that region. The baseline Shockwave unit is a command activated, 6-shot device that covers a 20 degree arc with the 25ft XP TASER Cartridges. When activated,......more and watch the promo video while you're there.

But the multi shot pales in comparison to this piece of 1984/scifi weaponry being developed in France.

French reveal Plans For Taser Flying Saucer

A French businessman tells AFPhis company is working on putting TASER stun guns on a flying saucer that would zap protesters, evil-doers, and anybody else that authorities there don't like. Antoine di Zazzo, identified by AFP as "one of the biggest Taser representatives" outside the United States, said his company is "developing a mini-flying saucer like drone which could also fire Taser stun rounds on criminal suspects or rioting crowds. He expects it to be launched next year and to be sold internationally by Taser."more There are numerous taser related links from this site.