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Getting Tased, Part 2: Beware of the ‘excited delirium’

By | 06.14.08 | 11:00 am

(Note: This story is the second feature in a two-part in a series. For more information, check out Getting Tased, Part One: How Taser International expects to make millions from fear mongering, slick marketing…

Getting Tased

By | 06.13.08 | 8:19 am

A Taser shock has been called the “longest five seconds of your life.” It incapacitates the nervous system. It causes a loss of bowel and bladder control. It produces a 50,000-volt shock from up to 10 yards away that…