Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site spp2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jhull From: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame,net.legal Subject: Re: A new self-defense idea! Message-ID: <579@spp2.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-May-85 18:12:36 EDT Article-I.D.: spp2.579 Posted: Tue May 7 18:12:36 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 10-May-85 02:19:30 EDT References: <355@idis.UUCP> <1602@ut-ngp.UUCP> <544@cadovax.UUCP> <358@mmintl.UUCP> Reply-To: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull) Distribution: net Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach CA Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.politics:8918 net.flame:9793 net.legal:1666 Summary: Anything can be abused. In article <358@mmintl.UUCP> robg@mmintl.UUCP (Robert Goldman) writes: >As I understand it, a very real concern about the taser is that it may be >used as a torture device. I'm afraid I don't know the details about this, >but it's a sobering thought. Unfortunately, it's more than a thought. It's happening! There is a case in Los Angeles right now. I don't know what really happened, but the paper reported, with pictures showing burns, that a policeman had repeatedly shocked a suspect (presumably to get a confession. I guess there are some people who just don't want the world to get any better than it is. Sigh. -- Blessed Be, Jeff Hull {decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,scdrdcf,ucbvax} 13817 Yukon Ave. trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jhull Hawthorne, CA 90250 34o3'15" N by 118o14'28" W