Police Tasered and Handcuffed ... an Emu!

Posted by Alex in Animal on September 23, 2009 at 2:01 am

Forget tranquilizer darts – that’s the stuff of Hollywood. Real police officers use taser, even on a wayward emu:

Authorities in Mississippi said they had to handcuff an emu and shock it with a Taser to remove the ostrich-like flightless bird from a roadway.

Oh, and they used handcuffs, too. I’m assuming they meant emu legcuffs: Link (Sadly, no photo of the cuffed emu)

 
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The World's First Projectile Taser

Posted by John Farrier in Weapons & War on July 11, 2009 at 9:58 am

Taser International has developed an extended-range taser. It is a 12-gauge shotgun that shoots a shocking cartridge over 100 feet:

The teases have revealed little actual info, but a Taser press release highlights that the X3 will be the “first multi-shot ECD (electronic control device) capable of simultaneously incapacitating multiple targets.” That could put some real scatter in less-lethal shotgun action, but also raises potential safety and abuse questions.

For now, rest assured that the X3 probably won’t go off accidentally. A YouTube video shows the device being subjected to electric shocks, and other tests have apparently involved the cartridge “doing 4 foot free-falls on concrete at 20 below,” according to a tweet from X3.

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Hello Kitty Taser

Posted by Miss Cellania in Weapons & War on July 10, 2009 at 12:06 am


Just in case you’ve been looking for the Hello Kitty Taser, you may as well give up because it’s not a real product. TASER International has announced that they do NOT sell a Hello Kitty version of the weapon. However, the TASER C2 is available in purplish pink as well as four other fashion colors. Link -via Hello Kitty Hell

 
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Tear Gas and Tasers: Kids Get in on the ... Fun?

Posted by Urbanist in Baby & Kids, Weapons & War on May 20, 2009 at 5:27 pm

It is hard to resist a Florida joke here but really, it is a wonderful state … for the most part. What is truly amazing is not that dozens of children were tazered in the same state, nor that it was all on the same day, nor that some of them were also tear gassed. No, what is amazing is that this was done almost entirely with parental consent – and on take-your-child-to-work day no less.

Children held hands so that 50,000 volts could pass through their fingers. Other children were exposed to tear gas.

A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day events gone wrong at three state prisons last month. One was a warden’s daughter.

None of the children required medical attention or were notably harmed, McNeil said. He said the victims, who ranged in age from 5 to 17, were all children of prison officials. In nearly every case, the guards who administered the “electronic immobilization devices” had permission from parents or grandparents.

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