Yet another Taser death... How many more will die? (supposedly non-lethal)

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8. according to these people, it's more like over 500.

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Today we added 39-year old Macadam Mason (Thetford, VT) as the175th taser-related death in America since 2009. [NOTE: the full list is shown below].

According to Amnesty International, between 2001 and 2008, 351 people in the United States died after being shocked by police Tasers. Our blog has documented another 175 taser-related deaths in the United States in 2009-2012. That means there have been 526 documented taser-related deaths in America.

This blog has been pointing out incidents of police taser torture for quite awhile. The work done over the past few years by Patti Gillman and Cameron Ward continue to be the inspiration for our work. Gillman and Ward documented over 725 taser-related deaths in North America on their blog.

http://electronicvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/taser-related-deaths-in-united-states.html

basically one person is killed by a taser every week.

according to these people, 736 in north america, & 1.2 americans killed every week in 2011.

http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/

TASER sues medical examiners who rule a taser caused a death.

According to Taser International, the taser had nothing to do with any of these deaths. According to Amnesty International, the taser has been identified as either a cause or contributing factor in at least 60 of them. That number would be higher; however medical examiners and coroners are often not impartial but are instead biased in favour of the Crown or, as has been shown, they are under tremendous pressure from - among others - Taser International, to make a particular finding.

http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/


Taser International has fired a warning shot at medical examiners across the country.

The Scottsdale-based stun gun manufacturer increasingly is targeting state and county medical examiners with lawsuits and lobbying efforts to reverse and prevent medical rulings that Tasers contributed to someone's death.

That effort on Friday helped lead an Ohio judge's order to remove Taser's name from three Summit County Medical Examiner autopsies that had ruled the stun gun contributed to three men's deaths.

"We will hold people accountable and responsible for untrue statements," Taser spokesman Steve Tuttle said earlier this week. "If that includes medical examiners, it includes medical examiners." Many medical examiners, who are charged with determining the official causes of death, view the Scottsdale-based company's efforts as disturbing, the spokesman for the National Association of Medical Examiners says.

"It is dangerously close to intimidation," says Jeff Jentzen, president of the National Association of Medical Examiners. "At this point, we adamantly reject the fact that people can be sued for medical opinions that they make."

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/02/20080502taser0503.html#ixzz1yVmeP3jH


CEOs = patrick w smith & his brother thomas, of arizona. harvard grads, which likely means $$$ run in the family.

Patrick W. Smith. Mr. Smith has served as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company since 1993. He is also co-founder of the Company. After graduating from Harvard cum laude in just three years (class of 1991), Mr. Smith entered directly into the Master of Business Administration Program at the University of Chicago, the youngest person accepted into his class that year. In two years...

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:qjr2gUZlXxEJ:www.forbes.com/profile/patrick-smith/+patrick+w+smith+thomas+smith&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us


yep, $$$ run in the family. here's dad:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightwave-logic-appoints-phillips-w-smith-as-board-chairman-81327047.html

Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG) a technology company focused on the development of the "Next Generation Electro-Optic Platform" for applications in high speed fiber-optic telecommunications and optical computing, today announced that Dr. Phillips W. Smith, PhD, was appointed to Lightwave's board of directors and will also serve as its chair.

Dr. Smith has over 35 years of experience with high technology companies serving as both chief executive officer and chairman, and in corporate officer positions at three Fortune 500 Companies. In 2001, Dr. Smith brought TASER International, Inc. public through an IPO and most recently served as Chairman of TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq: TASR) until his retirement from that position in December 2004. Dr. Smith subsequently resigned his TASER board seat in October 2006. Since then, Dr. Smith has been actively involved as an investor in start-up companies.

Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of CAE Systems (sold to Tektronix Inc. for $75M in 1986), CEO and Chairman of EDGE Computer and CEO and Chairman of ZYCAD, a public company on NASDAQ.

Dr. Smith received his B.S. degree from West Point, an M.B.A. from Michigan State University and a PhD from St. Louis University.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lightwave-logic-appoints-phillips-w-smith-as-board-chairman-81327047.html

this is dad:

http://usma1961.westpointaog.com/61SmithP.htm

Military-industrial complex family: this is grandpa:

Major General Phillips W. Smith (AFSN: 897A), United States Air Force, was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (Army Design) for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility.

General Orders: Department of the Air Force, General Orders No. 68 (1955)

Service: Air Force

Rank: Major General

http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=49903

grandpa went to harvard too:

http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=7187