Taser Suffers a Rare Loss in Court - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

Taser Suffers a Rare Loss in Court - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog: "From The Herald of Monterey County, Calif., the local paper on the case: A federal jury has held Taser International responsible for the death of a Salinas man in U.S. District Court in San Jose on Friday, and awarded his family more than $6 million in punitive and compensatory damages.An attorney for the family called the verdict a “landmark decision,” and indicated that it was the first time Taser International had been held responsible for a death or injury linked to its product."

Edit to add:
One of the comments to this article included this;
25.June 10th,
2008
1:59 pm Would the police have used firearms in any of these cases?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WdPgF6trtjA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NH_qVJfaYZA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KWaCD6jIH5Q
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uIY3TemTpaM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8RGe8fJ597w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e6vBVUusmP0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FZ3GXLpClD4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZdCUdR8qNF4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6bVa6jn4rpE
http://dailybruin.com/news/2006/nov/16/community-respon ds-to-taser-us/

— Posted by fn