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Police taser gun ruling [9th Circuit] News
Police taser gun ruling [9th Circuit]
December 29, 2009 10:41:00 pm

Bryan v. McPherson, et al., Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, December 29, 2009 [holding that police must face an "immediate threat" from a suspect before using a taser gun to subdue them].

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