The History of the Taser Shows Tech Can’t Fix Policing
Fifty years after development began, the supposedly nonlethal Taser has failed to reduce the use of firearms by police
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6 min readMar 14, 2019
You hear a click, like the sound of a pencil being snapped. That click — and the searing pain that accompanies it — are nearly instantaneous, but your mind tricks you into…