How does a law-abiding mom driving home with two kids end up being Tasered, handcuffed and arrested — while her children are left alone for 40 minutes in the car, waiting for someone to come get them? Here’s an interview with the tasered Mom who is suing the Onondaga County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Department. In the [...]

Here’s Digby, at Salon, on our taser society, our militarized police state, and its cheering proponents. Representatives of the government torture innocent citizens into unconsciousness, on camera, in United States courtrooms with tasers. They use them on prisoners and on motorists and on political protesters and bicycle riders, on mentally ill and handicapped people and [...]