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U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP: HP, Bank Of America, Target, Dupont
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several U.S. companies, including HP, Dupont and Target, on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS * HP : Jefferies raises to hold from underperform * Banks: Guggenheim...Tags: SunTrust Banks Incorporated, Dwayne Johnson, Gartner Incorporated, Corning Incorporated, Atwood Oceanics Incorporated
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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: American Civil Liberties Union, Justice and Rights, Indiana University, Weaponry, Waterbury
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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: Roseland, University of Chicago
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Cardiac Arrhythmia
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Justice and Rights, Weaponry, 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: Humboldt Park, Lawyers, University of South Carolina , Justice and Rights, Weaponry
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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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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Trials, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Doubts surface as police sharply increase Taser use
The traffic stop began peacefully three hours into New Year's Day 2010, with the woman driving the SUV telling the officer that she hadn't been drinking and her husband merrily exclaiming he was the source of the alcohol smell.
But the situation soured...Tags: Monique D Davis, Laws, Weaponry, North Chicago, Crimes
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