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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: HP, JPMorgan Chase, Lowe's
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including HP and JPMorgan Chase & Co, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * HP : JP Morgan raises price target to $24.50 from $22; rating neutral *...Tags: Avery Dennison Corporation, Synopsys Incorporated, Toll Brothers Inc, Lowe's Companies Inc., Blue Nile Incorporated
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EDITORIAL: Police stun guns / Still not widely used
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Alexis Yamil Perez, a 19-year-old Pleasantville resident, was shot and killed by police a week ago. Three officers had responded to a call of an armed man making threats. They found Perez wielding a knife when they arrived. What happened next is now the...Tags: Weaponry, Politics, Shootings, Atlantic County, Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey)
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Lawsuit: Erie police use of Taser killed woman
Erie Times-News, Pa.A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Erie charges that Erie police officers caused the death of a 29-year-old woman in 2011 by shocking her with a Taser electronic control device while she was under arrest and in the Erie police station. The woman,...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Laws, Litigation and Regulation, Trials, Police Arrests
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Should Police Use of Tasers Be Regulated?
The NAACP calls it a civil rights issue. An activist for the disabled fears for the safety of people with cognitive and psychiatric problems. A scientist is convinced of the risk of death. And the ACLU has a list of possible Connecticut victims. What...
Tags: Science and Technology, Weaponry, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Laws
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Neighbor: Man who died after Tasered by cops was acting erratically
Tribune reportersA man who died after police twice used a Taser on him had been shouting and acting erratically moments before officers arrested him near his mother's home in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to a neighbor. “He was...Tags: University of Chicago, Roseland
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King County Council approves measures to amend police accountability, use of force
Q13 FOX News reporterThe King County Council unanimously approved Monday measures recommended by two reviews of how the King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) addresses misconduct allegation, citizen complaints, and appropriate use of force. The council's vote enacts...Tags: Shootings
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Family of Victim in Fatal Police Taser Incident File Federal Lawsuit
Content ManagerIn a lawsuit filed Tuesday morning in federal court in Philadelphia the family of Robert Neill, of Lancaster County, accused police of using excessive force which led to his untimely death. It began on November 6, 2010, at 4 o'clock in the morning when...Tags: Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Laws, Trials, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Crime, Law and Justice
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Hitting the target question on a Taser story
Often, a story answers some questions and then leads to a few more. In January, the Tribune published my story detailing a steep rise in police use of Tasers in the suburbs. Just after that story ran, I sat down with editors to brainstorm other...
Tags: Weaponry, Politics, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights
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Jolt of reality: Shootings persist as Chicago police Taser use skyrockets
Police departments in Chicago and the suburbs have embraced the Taser, a device marketed as a tool to reduce shootings by officers. The weapons' manufacturer contends that if officers can use electric shocks to prevent dangerous situations from...
Tags: Weaponry, University of Chicago, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice and Rights, Politics
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Family Sues Police in Taser Related Death of Mount Joy Man
Multi-Media JournalistA complaint filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court alleges that officers from four police departments contributed to the death of 61-year-old Robert Neill of Mount Joy by stunning him multiple times with Tasers when responding to Neill’s early-...Tags: Science and Technology, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Litigation
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Taser International sponsoring Connecticut Police Chiefs Association annual bash
The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association has routinely opposed any statewide regulation or standards over police use of Tasers, despite growing concerns across the nation about the potential for misuse of cop stun guns. A new medical study published...
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