Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Criminal Law

: Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

On Taser Guns

By Tom Lincoln

Only lawsuits may stop the use of Taser guns.  The New York Times has published today on Chicago Rethinks its Use of Stun Guns, by Monica Davey and Alex Berenson, detailing Chicago Police's and City Council's reaction to two incidents involving the use of Taser stun guns.Philip Cline, Chicago's police superintendent, promptly said he would not send 100 new stun guns out with his officers, as he had planned to in the next few weeks, until the incidents had been thoroughly studied. And Edward M. Burke, the chairman of the City Council's finance committee, called on city leaders to go a step further and stop using any of the 200 Tasers that Chicago police sergeants already carry, at least for the moment.Mr. Burke's concerns apparently are due to his role as Chairman of the City Council's finance committee, and concerns over lawsuits:"Until the results of the investigations are finalized," Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on February 12, 2005 (boomark / email).