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Discuss “Taser use reveals the shocking truth”

The next time a peaceful public demonstration gets out of hand in Pittsburgh, don?t be surprised if the police don?t know what to do.

The Pittsburgh City Police has no policies guiding its officers? behavior during crowd or riot control. Such an oversight is surprising, considering the level of political activism this city has experienced in recent years and especially considering the infamous Hill District?s race riots of the late 1960s. It should come as no shock that the August 20 demonstration outside Oakland?s Forbes Avenue Army recruiting center ignited a firestorm of controversy.

This past February, when City Councilman Sala Udin pushed for Pittsburgh?s Police Bureau to adopt the use of Tasers, did he consider that problems like this...

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