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But the jury learning that potter had stellar marks in her training. the veteran officer says she didn't mean to use her gun. cnn's adrienne broaddus has the latest. >> reporter: a lesson on taser use. >> i check the status of it again. i disarm it, and i holster. >> reporter: a live demonstration including safety rules. >> this is part of training as well, to not use -- not to point a taser on somebody who is operating a vehicle or machinery. is that correct? >> yes. >> reporter: new evidence presented in court during the manslaughter trial of former police officer kim potter, focusing on dep...

Kriminalität: Polizei lädt zum Pressefrühstück Von dpa Torsten Herbst. Ralf Hirschberger/dpa/Archivbild Potsdam - Wie steht es aktuell um die Straftaten im Land? Die Polizei in Brandenburg will sich beim jährlichen Pressefrühstück mit Journalistinnen und Journalisten austauschen und über die aktuelle Kriminalitätslage informieren. „Wir werden eine Zwischenbilanz zum Tasereinsatz geben“, sagte Polizeisprecher Torsten Herbst am Dienstag mit Blick auf das Treffen am heutigen Mittwoch (10.00 Uhr) im Polizeipräsidium in Potsdam. Nach langer Debatte setzt die Polizei die Elektroschoc...

A Black woman who was tased multiple times at the McDonough County Jail alleges law enforcement officers used excessive force and did not offer medical treatment after she lost consciousness

Ariel Harrison, now 31, was detained at the jail after being pulled over in October 2019. Harrison faces four charges in the case, including felony aggravated fleeing, felony aggravated battery of a peace officer, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol. She believes the incident was racially motivated and the actions of law enforcement officers constitute brutality. “I see racism in it because they didn’t treat me as a human,” Harrison said. An online petition calling for justice for Harrison and for all charges to be dropped had more than 47,000 signatures as o...

The south boston police department guidelines that the taser use is excessive or inappropriate when you have someone that has been shackled and is being detained. he was shackled and they continued to tase him. while we don't know how many times he's been tazed, at least in the civil suit, they're alleging over 20 times in the span of half an hour. we know from taser international, at least from the civil suit, that those tasers were deployed at least 20 times over a 30-minute period. we just don't know how many times they made contact. but even if they made contact half of the time, let's say...