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431
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432
David Morgan, "U.N.: Tasers Are a Form of Torture,"
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433
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.
438
Carlos Miller, "Texas cop uses Taser on 72-year-old great grandmother,"
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(June 2, 2009),
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.
439
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440
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441
Alex Berenson, "As Police Use of Tasers Rises, Questions Over Safety Increase,"
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(June 18,2004),
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442
Phuong Cat Le and Hector Castro, "Police are too quick to grab for Taser's power, say critics,"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
(Nov. 30, 2004),
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taser30.html.
443
Matt Garfield, "Police Taser 75-year-old at nursing home,"
The Herald
(Oct. 20, 2004),
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.
444
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445
Corey Stoughton, "Get a grip on Taser overuse,"
Times Union
(May 6, 2012),
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. timesunion.com/opinion/article/Get-a-grip-on-Taser-overuse-3538647.php.
446
"Stun guns not safe for citizens, but benefit police, study finds," Michigan State University (May 1, 2012),
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.
447
Warren Richey, "Was Taser use on pregnant woman excessive force? Supreme Court declines case."
Christian Science Monitor
(May 29, 2012),
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448
Bill Mears, "Justices decline case of police Taser use on pregnant woman," CNN (May 29, 2012),
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.
449
Bill Mears, "Justices decline case of police Taser use on pregnant woman," CJVJV (May 29, 2012),
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enforcement-officers-pregnant-woman-drive-stun?_s=PM:JUSTICE.
450
Warren Richey, "Was Taser use on pregnant woman excessive force? Supreme Court declines case."
Christian Science Monitor
(May 29, 2012),
http://www.csmonitor.com/
USA/Justice/2012/0529/Was-Taser-use-on-pregnant-woman-excessive-force-Supreme-Court-declines-case.
451
David Morgan, "U.N.: Tasers Are a Form of Torture,"
CBSNews
(Feb. 11, 2009),
http://www
. cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-3537803.html.
452
Amanda Goodman, "APD gets taser shotguns,"
KRQE
(July 25,2011),
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dpp/news/crime/apd-gets-taser-shotguns-.

C H A P T E R TWENTY

453
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Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
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454
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through-blogosphere/.
455
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456
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.
458
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.
459
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articles.cnn.com/2011-ll-20/us/us_california-occupy-pepperspray_l_pepper-spray-campus-police-unlawful-assembly-and-failure?_s=PM:US.
460
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http://science
.
howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm
.
461
Tracy V. Wilson, "How LRAD Works," HowStuffWorks.com (March 3,2006),
http://science
. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.
462
Tracy V. Wilson, "How LRAD Works,"
HowStuffWorks.com
(March 3,2006),
http://science
. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.
463
TracyV. Wilson, "How LRAD Works,"
HowStuffWorks.com
(March 3,2006),
http://science
. howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm.
464
Kelly Hearn, "Rumsfeld's Ray Gun,"
AlterNet
(Aug. 19,2005),
http://www.alternet.org/story
/24044/?comments=view&cID=43722&pID=25941.
465
Greg Gordon, "Invisible beam tops list of nonlethal weapons,"
Bee Washington Bureau
(June 1,2004),
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.
466
"Weapons Freeze, Microwave
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(Aug. 2,2004),
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. com/science/discoveries/news/2004/08/64437?currentPage=2.
467
Kelly Hearn, "Rumsfeld's Ray Gun,"
AlterNet
(Aug. 19,2005),
http://www.alternet.org/story
/24044/?comments=view&cID=43722&pID=25941.
468
Kelly Hearn, "Rumsfeld's Ray Gun,"
AlterNet
(Aug. 19,2005),
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/24044/?comments=view&cID=43722&pID=25941.
469
"Tear Gas, Police Horses Deployed as MD Fans Riot after Beating Duke,"
CBS News
(March 4,2010),
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after-beating-Duke-86337257.html.
470
Eric Fink, "Police Speak Out About JMU Party Breakup,"
NBCS9
(April 11, 2010),
http:// www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=12290340
.
471
Eric Fink, "Police Speak Out About JMU Party Breakup,"
NBCS9
(April 11, 2010),
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.
472
Sharon Weinberger, "U.S. Police Get Weapons That Shoot Around Corners,"
Wired News
(Dec. 14,2007),
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/12/us-police-get-g/
.
473
Sharon Weinberger, "U.S. Police Get Weapons That Shoot Around Corners,"
Wired News
(Dec. 14,2007),
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2007/12/us-police-get-g/
.
474
Robert Lamb, "How does a water cannon work?" HowStuffWorks.com (July 30, 2008),
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.
475
Robert Lamb, "How does a water cannon work?" HowStuffWorks.com (July 30, 2008),
http://science.howstuffworks.com/water-cannon.htm
.
476
Robert Lamb, "How does a water cannon work?"
HowStuffWorks.com
(July 30, 2008),
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.
477
Daniel Tencer, "Analysis: Taser-related deaths in US accelerating,"
Raw Story
(Sept. 5, 2010),
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/05/taser-related-deaths-accelerating/
.
478
Roma Khanna, "Questions grow over HPD's use of Taser guns,"
Houston Chronicle
(Jan. 14, 2007),
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Questions-grow-over-HPD-s-
use-of-Taser-guns-1842941.php.

C H A P T E R TWENTY-ONE

479
Richard Wheeler, "Drones Set to Invade National, State Parks,"
Wired
(Feb. 28,2011),
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.
480
Glenn Greenwald, "The due-process-free assassination of U.S . citizens is now reality,"
Salon
(Sept. 30, 2011),
http://www.salon.com/2011/09/30/awlaki_6/singleton/
.
481
Glenn Greenwald, "U.S. drones targeting rescuers and mourners,"
Salon
(Feb. 5, 2012),
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/05/u_s_drones_targeting_rescuers_and_mourners/
singleton/.
482
"Obama's Budget Calls for Billions in New Spending for Drones,"
Truthout
(Feb. 2, 2010),
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.
483
Nick Mottern, "Lobbying Report: Drones Fly Through Congress to Enter US Skies,"
Truthout
(April 16,2011),
http://truth-out.org/news/item/497:lobbying-report-drones-fly-through-congress-to-enter-us-skies
.
484
S. Smithson, "Drones over U.S. get OK by Congress,"
The Washington Times
(Feb.7, 2012),
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.
485
Jennifer Lynch, "Are Drones Watching You?" Electronic Frontier Foundation (Jan. 10, 2012),
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.
486
Jennifer Lynch, "Are Drones Watching You?" Electronic Frontier Foundation (Jan. 10, 2012),
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/drones-are-watching-you
.
487
Noah Shachtman, "Army Tracking Plan: Drones That Never Forget a Face,"
Wired
(Sept. 28, 2011),
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/drones-never-forget-a-face/
.
488
Peter Finn, "A future for drones: Automated killing,"
The Washington Post
(Sept. 19, 2011),
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/a-future-for-drones-
automated-killing/2011/09/15/gI QAVy9mgK_story.html.
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