THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

Showing posts with label Tasers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tasers. Show all posts
2008-05-09

Tasers Don't Kill People - The Police Kill People

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Tasers can indeed kill people, but not as certainly as guns can. That is why, as originally intended, as an alternative to the use of firear...
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2008-02-26

Some Good News About Police Taser Use

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The good news about Tasers is that, with proper training, they can be used more responsibly by police. The CBC reports that: The use of Tas...
2008-02-01

Out of Control Police Taser Innocent Teenage Girl

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Since when is Tasering a teenage girl during an unlawful arrest “in accordance with our departmental procedures”. Apparently when it is done...
2007-12-18

Guns and Tasers - Then and Now

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Then Guns don't kill people. People kill people. Now Tasers don't kill people. People die after being tasered.
2007-11-30

Police Tylenol Deaths Raise Questions

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After reading this , I have to ask: How many people have died in police custody after being given Tylenol. This goes along with the question...
2007-11-20

Tasing Is Oh So Funny

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At least according to Fox News it is. Watch the video and read more about it here . This whole subject just keeps getting more disgusting a...
2007-11-15

Royal Canadian Murderous Police Shame

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Do we really need another blog stating it's disgust and shame for the murder of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski by the Royal Canadian...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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