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Theresa May: police use Tasers too often against mentally ill | Politics | The Guardian

30.10.14

Theresa May: police use Tasers too often against mentally ill | Politics | The Guardian: May will on Thursday cite evidence from the London Assembly that up to 30% of people Tasered by the Metropolitan police are emotionally or mentally distressed, and 50% of those Tasered are from black or other minority ethnic backgrounds.

The home secretary is to tell police forces to record far more information about mentally ill people they detain and about their use of physical restraint and of Taser electroshock stun guns.


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