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DESCRIPTION:Berkeley City Council will be considering a request that the "City Manager 
 research and report back to the City Council regarding the history, 
 potential benefits, impacts and possible unintended consequences of 
 allowing Berkeley police to carry and use tasers." \n\nWe need to show up 
 to this meeting and tell City Council that we DON'T want Berkeley PD to 
 have tasers!\n\nWe're going to gather at 6:30pm outside Council Chambers 
 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way and speak out during session at 7pm.\n\nThe 
 top 10 reasons to say NO to 
 Tasers:\nhttps://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/21/18754610.php\n\n1. 
 Tasers are a “sometimes lethal” weapon. There have been at least 547 
 deaths related to the use of tasers by law enforcement since 2001, 
 according to the human rights agency Amnesty International.\n\n2. Police 
 already have an alternative. They can use their pepper spray.\n\n3. Cops 
 can’t tell if there are underlying medical conditions.\n\n4. Not a 
 substitute for critical analysis of police strategies and training.\n\n5. 
 The city increases its liability exposure. TASER International knows that 
 this is a lethal weapon.\n\n6. Mentally ill people are 2-4 times more 
 likely to be tasered. A study by the New York Civil Liberties Union found 
 that 30% of the people tasered in New York were identified as being 
 mentally ill.\n\n7. People of color are more likely to be tasered. African 
 Americans are only 13.6% of the total population, yet represent 45% of the 
 2009-2014 taser-related deaths in America.\n\n8. We have a crisis of 
 accountability for police. \n\n9. The Berkeley Police Association has 
 conducted a misleading, high profile campaign.\n\n10. If someone dies from 
 taser exposure, the DA won’t necessarily investigate because they only 
 investigate firearms deaths.\n\nThese councilors will be making this 
 decision:\n\nDistrict 1 Linda Maio (510) 
 981-7110\nlmaio@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 2 Darryl Moore (510) 
 981-7120\ndmoore@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 3 Max Anderson (510) 
 981-7130\nmanderson@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 4 Jesse Arreguin (510) 
 981-7140\njarreguin@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 5 Laurie Capitelli 
 (510) 981-7150\nlcapitelli@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 6 Susan Wengraf 
 (510) 981-7160\nswengraf@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 7 Kriss 
 Worthington (510) 981-7170\nkworthington@cityofberkeley.info\n\nDistrict 8 
 Gordon Wozniak (510) 981-7180\ngwozniak@cityofberkeley\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/28/18754976.php
SUMMARY:Come and tell Berkeley City Council that you don't want cops with Tasers
LOCATION:Berkeley City Council Chambers – 2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/04/28/18754976.php
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