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Published: 2008-12-15 23:51:00
Updated: 2008-12-16 12:36:51

Posted: December 15, 2008
Updated: December 16, 2008

Durham police buy more Tasers

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Durham, N.C. — The City Council has approved spending nearly $177,000 to buy more Tasers for the Durham Police Department.

Last year, the City Council approved a request to buy 110 Tasers, a brand of electronic stun-gun. The council has decided to buy 125 more, plus accessories.

Tasers shoot out metal prongs that attach to clothing or skin and give electric jolts. The weapons are used as normally nonlethal alternatives to guns, but have caused some deaths. They use what their manufacturer terms "neuro-muscular incapacitation" that deprives the target of body control.

Some officers say the devices prevent injuries to them and suspects because just the threat of using a Taser is often enough to subdue someone.

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"Dr plus Dataclerk equal Oxymoron

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The funny thing is she doesn't even know what oxymoron means. One day she wrote, "you're an oxymoron" with no foundation/reason as to why she wrote it. I think she thinks it's some kind of special moron. ;-)
CSMs Alter Ego
December 16, 2008 8:46 p.m.
Taser- I guess Durham should probably sell a few to Greensboro
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December 16, 2008 8:46 p.m.
Dr plus Dataclerk equal Oxymoron

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December 16, 2008 8:20 p.m.
don't let data get to ya....she is absolutely relentless....

she been copying and pasting off my profile, and posting it in the blog.....

I think she could argue with herself on here....

just ignore her, or thank her for the attention....you can't keep someone like that from making a fool of themselves...
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December 16, 2008 8:07 p.m.
They have not released the cause of the taser death in Minneapolis yet. He was a Teacher's aide, former Radio host. So NO he was not a junkie. The Dept. is ASKING for med charts to try and find a cause. They have yet to say what is the cause of death. If it was drugs that would have been said right away. The Taser must have done damage to something.

Web Search Minneapolis Taser Death and you should find the story I am talking about.
Travised
December 16, 2008 7:27 p.m.
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