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...manufacturers and many law officers argue that stun guns actually prevent worse abuse by police. Without a shock weapon, a cop is left with the choice of clubbing a dangerous criminal with a nightstick or shooting him with a handgun, which can cause more severe injuries. Indeed, law agencies in the U.S. have used stun guns thousands of times, and there have been relatively few documented cases of serious injuries. "These devices don't kill people," insists Nova's president, John McDermit. Rick Smith, Air Taser's president, has launched a publicity campaign to rebut Amnesty's charges. In restricting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapons Of Torture | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...chillly September evening, first-years fidgeted in their Science Center seats and watched Officer Kevin P. Bryant approach the podium, sporting a Glock .40 semiautomatic pistol, handcuffs and a nightstick hanging around his waist...

Author: By Carlos A. Monje jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HUPD Launches Community Policing | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...Have the HUPD walk beats through the bathroom. I, for one, would feel safer in the shower when Officer Hoolihan strolled through, whistling and flipping his nightstick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO COMBO, NO TINKLE | 3/2/1996 | See Source »

...Wesson or a stainless-steel Ruger; nightstick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What London Is Missing Out On | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

...Francisco Bay Times, which serves the Bay Area's gay and lesbian community, ran a cover showing Hongisto in a doctored photograph grasping a nightstick in a lewd fashion. The headline read, DICK'S COOL NEW TOOL: MARTIAL LAW. The article slammed Hongisto, a sympathetic veteran of the city's Flower Power demonstrations in the 1960s, who three weeks ago ordered massive police sweeps that resulted in more than 1,700 arrests. The show of force enraged liberals and inspired the Bay Times story. Hongisto, appointed by Mayor Frank Jordan only six weeks ago, denies ordering his cops to remove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Way to Fix an Image | 5/25/1992 | See Source »

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