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New findings from a study by Drexel and Arizona State show a Taser shock can produce serious short-term impairment in a person’s ability to remember and process information. Some participants — otherwise healthy, active college students — showed cognitive declines comparable with dementia. This first-of-its-kind study is the first time the Taser has been submitted to a major randomized clinical trial that wasn’t an in-house venture, and its findings raise serious questions about the ability of tased subjects to understand their rights at the point of arrest.
originally posted by: Brotherman
I've been tased before during a training evolution, I do not remember being instructed to do anything and feeling pain like little needles thousands of them tring to force their way out of the finger on my left hand and nose and the sound of running water in my ears. I was told I was thrashing violently trying to resist later on.
originally posted by: intergalactic fire
Was a new study really needed?
Isn't it obvious?
originally posted by: intergalactic fire
a reply to: Ghost147
That's the problem, it seems like science is the law.
originally posted by: Sargeras
originally posted by: intergalactic fire
a reply to: Ghost147
That's the problem, it seems like science is the law.
Should religion be the law?
At least science is based on things that can be proven, and you know facts.
originally posted by: Ghost147
Obvious? Probably, yes. But, science doesn't make conclusions on subjective observation and personal opinion. Neither would a court accept "it's obvious that tasers had an effect on [name]"
originally posted by: intergalactic fire
a reply to: Ghost147
That's the problem, it seems like science is the law.