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Canada Restricts Use of Taser Stun Guns

HeadlineFeb 13, 2009

The Canadian federal police have issued new guidelines restricting the use of taser stun guns. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police now bars officers from using stun guns against suspects who are merely resisting arrest or refusing to cooperate. At least twenty Canadians have died after being shot by stun guns. In 2007, an unarmed Polish man died at Vancouver International Airport after he was repeatedly tasered.

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