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Nova Scotia Allows Taser Use on Mentally Ill The report does not say what is considered a mentally ill episode or person. It says that it will only allow tasering after de-escalation and other tactics do not work. If someone is in the middle of a seizure, there is usually no compliance when...

Tazering a person with epilepsy seems to be very unwise. Please watch the video. http://gawker.com/5583457/clarence-thomas-suicidal-epileptic-nephew-punched-tasered-in-hospital http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/clarence-thomass-nephew-tasered-for.html I want to post a video of someone...

Inquiry into epileptic fit arrest Hmm, a known epileptic being treated like a common crook. I'd like to hand cuff that cop, and bang him against a brick wall a few times. I wonder if he would like that. Officer Tasers Epileptic 14-Year-Old Girl in the Head IMHO this was unnecessary...

Is it true that when someone is tased, they are actually having an induced seizure from the taser? A seizure is a sudden increase of brain activity that is uncontrollable. Now, a taser causes the same thing to happen. Whenever the brain goes through this, its functioning is altered to a degree...

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I was on the Epilepsy Foundations National site and found this article. Maybe now law enforcement agencies will finally train their employees. http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsyusa/news/Wrongful-Death-Suit.cfm

‘Blake is having a seizure, and they’re hurting him’ 10:28 AM CDT on Sunday, May 18, 2008 By Donna Fielder / Staff Writer Blake Dwyer remembers pain: The agonizing burn of electrical shock. DRC/Gary Payne Blake Dwyer, 17, of Shady Shores, had an epileptic seizure while at a friend's...