Interesting how the people in the crowd during this debate were laughing at the University of Florida student that was being tasered for asking simple questions to John Kerry. Obviously, he was asking things that were a bit too "controversial" therefore the homonculus clones (oh, I'm sorry, the police) were following orders like the guard dogs they are. Anything in the country at this state in time that may bring up the consciousness of its citizens to open their introspection to what's really going on around them is seen as an immediate threat. Therefore, it is policed and cited as a "terrorist act" for stating facts of this nation's corrupt politics. The kid was just stating how Kerry had won the election against Bush, and how it was indescribable how Kerry did not even contest his loss to Bush at all in anyway, shape, or form. The kid also asked Kerry if he opposed Bush's plan to invade Iran, and why didn't he vote to get Bush impeached. The last question and most ironic one that got him arrested was the undergraduate asking Kerry if he was a part of Skull & Bones fraternity with Bush. This tipped the police into a maniacal frenzy to get the kid away from the microphone and arrest him for absolutely nothing. He was immediately tasered when they could have easily just arrested and escorted him outside of the building. Land of the free, home of the brave, huh?
1. Loss of function of respiratory muscles, producing death from asphyxia.
This method of death requires paralysis of the lungs for a period of at least several minutes. The lack of oxygen could cause brain damage and death. The AIR TASER® runs off a nine-volt battery that would drain in less than two minutes if it could run nonstop without breaks in the TASER®-Wave cycle. Even if the device was able to run nonstop and the current ran continuously across the diaphragm muscles in the mid thorax, the duration of the paralysis would be too short to induce death by asphyxia. More importantly, the design of the AIR TASER® ensures that a long and continuous flow discharge will not occur. Death due to paralysis of respiratory muscles has never been reported with the use of a TASER®. (See Section 1. Automatic Impulse Regulation for details.)
2. Hemorrhage resulting from increased blood pressure.
Dr. Robert Stratbucker, MD, Ph.D., MS, PE is the most respected doctor in non-lethal electronic weapons testing and safety evaluations. Dr. Stratbucker has written over 23 publications and presented his work in numerous technical conferences and scientific exhibits. Some of his works include the following relevant topics: potential cardiac hazards in the use of hand-held electronic law enforcement devices, relative immunity of the skin and cardiovascular systems to the direct effects of high voltage, cardiac arrhythmia and defibrillation, current density distributions during transcutaneous current pacing, and electrical characteristics of the skin. Dr. Stratbucker’s study in Section V of this report, demonstrated that even direct application of the TASER® output to the heart "showed only a mild and transient effect on blood pressure." No death by this means has ever occurred in an individual shot with a TASER®.
3. Heart Failure.
Dr. Stratbucker performed tests by applying the TASER®-Wave pulsed wave form directly to the cardiac tissue via an intracardiac electrode and found "no effect on cardiac rhythm or pumping." He also tested the pulsed waveform for interference with cardiac pacemakers. Dr. Stratbucker found "only when the shocks were delivered directly to the pacer itself did erratic pacing occur. Following the termination of the shocks, the rhythm returned promptly to pre-shock regularity." The designs of modern pacemakers withstand the pulses of electrical defibrillators that are several hundred times stronger than TASER® pulses. Tests at the Cordis Medical Lab in Florida have confirmed this.
There have been several reported heart failures in individuals shot by the TASER®. However, in all cases but one there were sufficient amounts of PCP or other drugs in the blood to have caused the death. The one case the TASER® was listed as a contributing factor involved a person with a serious heart condition who was on PCP. However, the doctor performing the autopsy listed the TASER® as possible contributing factor. In none of these cases did the heart failure occur until at least 15 minutes after being shot with a TASER®. Electrically stimulated heart failure would be immediate and would occur during the shock. The patient would die within two to three minutes. There is no plausible mechanism for the TASER® to cause a delayed heart failure. Instead, it appears to have been listed as a potential cause in the above case in the name of conservatism. (By law, coroners must list any possible cause.)
4. Respiratory failure due to nervous inhibitions or damage to the nervous system.
The TASER® does not produce enough power to damage nerve tissue. It simply produces electrical signals confusing the nervous system by overloading the nerve fibers with meaningless signals. No deaths of this nature have been reported.
5. Skin and flesh burns.
A tremendous amount of heat generated by high power currents would have to occur for this type of burn. The nine-volt battery of a TASER® does not produce enough power to cause any more than perhaps slight surface burns. Testing in hospital settings has shown that the TASER® does not to cause burns.
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