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  Met police officer investigated after man shot with Taser stun gun is left paralysed

  

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  Outcry after man, 23, fell from wall after stun gun was fired in Haringey, north LondonA police officer has been placed under criminal investigation after a man was shot with a Taser weapon and left paralysed from the waist down, the Guardian has learned.The man, 23, was shot by an officer using a stun gun as he jumped over a wall and fell as officers tried to detain him in Haringey, north London. Continue reading...

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  Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake named as Rusten Sheskey

  

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  Officer was caught on video firing seven times into Blake’s back at almost point-blank rangePolice in...

  Officer was caught on video firing seven times into Blake’s back at almost point-blank rangePolice in Kenosha, the Wisconsin city rocked by protests and deadly violence since the shooting of Jacob Blake, have named the officer who fired multiple bullets into Blake’s back.Rusten Sheskey, who has been employed by the Kenosha police department for seven years, was named as the officer caught on video...

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  BAME children three times more likely to have a Taser weapon used on them by police

  

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  Exclusive: Figures show UK forces drawing or discharging stun guns disproportionately on non-whitesChildren from black, Asian...

  Exclusive: Figures show UK forces drawing or discharging stun guns disproportionately on non-whitesChildren from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are almost three times more likely to have a Taser electronic weapon used on them by police than their white counterparts.The proportion of BAME 11- to 17-year-olds having electronic stun guns used on them in comparison white children has been rising as growing numbers...

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  Black teenager on London charity cycle ride injured during ‘aggressive’ arrest

  

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  Calls for investigation after 13-year-old and his father are wrongly detained by officers investigating stabbingHuugo Boateng...

  Calls for investigation after 13-year-old and his father are wrongly detained by officers investigating stabbingHuugo Boateng was taking part in a charity bike ride with his father along the River Lea in north London when he says he was grabbed from his bike by a plainclothes police officer, threatened with a stun gun and fell face first into thorny bushes.The 13-year-old told the Observer:...

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