title:
USA, Amnesty International's continuing concerns about taser use
title:
Amnesty International's continuing concerns about taser use
contributor:
Amnesty International.; Amnesty International. International Secretariat.
date:
Record modified: 2011-09-08
date:
Record created: 2010-08-02
date:
Issued: 2006
date:
2006
description:
Extent: 51 p. ; col. ill., digital, PDF file.
description:
"AI Index: AMR 51/030/2006."; Title from PDF caption title (viewed on July 15, 2010).; Harvested from http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/030/2006/en/4426adc4-fa0c-11dd-b1b0-c961f7df9c35/amr510302006en.pdf on Aug. 2, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references.
description:
Introduction -- Taser related deaths pass the 150 mark -- Taser related research -- Excessive uses of force involving tasers -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Appendix: Taser related deaths in the USA between November 2004 and February 2006.
description:
"In this report Amnesty International expresses it continuing concern that the use of tasers by law enforcement agencies in the USA is leading to the deaths of suspects and reiterates its call for the use tasers to be suspended pending an inquiry into their use. Amnesty International is also concerned that tasers continue to be used as a routine force tool and that vulnerable groups are subjected to electric shocks from tasers. Amnesty International believes that taser use in these cases constitutes excessive force and that use of tasers has amounted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and torture."--Publisher website.
subject:
Restraint of prisoners--United States.
subject:
Stun guns--United States.
subject:
Prisoners--United States--Death.
subject:
Police--United States--Equipment and supplies.
subject:
Police brutality--United States.
relation:
OCLC No.: 648001180
relation:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
type:
application/pdf
type:
Text
type:
PDF-1.3
source:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/030/2006/en/4426adc4-fa0c-11dd-b1b0-c961f7df9c35/amr510302006en.pdf
language:
eng
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identifier:
amr510302006en
