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The Truth About Tasers and Axon
52:38 - 57:02 (04:23)
Axon, the manufacturer of tasers, inserts itself into investigations over deaths in custody related to tasers, claiming to provide the best available evidence. They have found that the majority of deaths related to tasers are actually caused by underlying health conditions, drug use, or other forms of police force.
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The Axon Corporation, a company that specializes in police equipment, reportedly advised a medical examiner to send brain tissue from a teenager killed by a cop's Taser to one of its own employees for testing, leading to concerns about conflicts of interest and ethics.
52:38 - 55:07 (02:29)
Summary
The Axon Corporation, a company that specializes in police equipment, reportedly advised a medical examiner to send brain tissue from a teenager killed by a cop's Taser to one of its own employees for testing, leading to concerns about conflicts of interest and ethics.
ChapterThe Truth About Tasers and Axon
EpisodePart Two: Excited Delirium: How Cops Invented A Disease
PodcastBehind the Bastards
As tasers have come increasingly under fire for having potentially lethal side effects, Axon, the company that makes police body cameras and tasers, continues to insert itself into investigations of taser-related deaths.
55:08 - 57:02 (01:53)
Summary
As tasers have come increasingly under fire for having potentially lethal side effects, Axon, the company that makes police body cameras and tasers, continues to insert itself into investigations of taser-related deaths. Axon claims that the overwhelming majority of people who die after being tased are killed by underlying health conditions or drug use, rather than the taser itself.