Posted by Free Hawai`i on August 7, 2008 at 4:00pm
Unconfirmed Reports Say Kaua`i Police Ready To Escalate StandoffNaue, Kaua`i – Protesters have heard unconfirmed reports that Kaua`i police are now considering the use of taser guns to break up the all-day stand-off between them and law enforcement officials at the Naue burial site.“Wouldn’t using taser guns on peaceful protestors be a violation of the use of “force continuum?” asked protester Andre Perez of Pohaku O Kane. “This would no doubt incur a major liability for Kaua`i police by the use of this kind of force.”The protesters, who range in age, have been occupying the Joseph Brescia property throughout the day to stop further construction over a well-documented ancient Hawaiian cemetery containing the remains of at least thirty individuals.“We do have people here who have had heart attacks and other health problems and our concern is their survival should Kaua`i police use this potentially lethal type of force,” remarked Perez.Kaua`i residents who have arrived at the scene are also expressing concern for the protester’s well being.
Taser will kill someone with heart problems. I work in the electronic field and been around voltage and currents and power supplies of all types and tasers are stepped up voltage that will disrupt your nevrous system and might cause heart failure in a person that has heart problems. Just my opinion and knowing reports of people being killed by taser when used on them by police.
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