This is a spinoff from another thread.
There have been 384 Taser deaths according to Amnesty International.
USA: Amnesty International Questions Taser Safety As Death Toll Hits 334
Few had underlying medical conditions. One man suffering an epelectic seizure was tazed to death for failing to follow orders. Another driving erratically also failed to follow orders and was tazed to death. He was suffering from a diabetic coma.

We have had 5 deaths by tazer since the beginning of this year.
Derrick Jones, 17: Service slated for teen - Martinsville Bulletin
Garrett Jones, 45: Recordnet.com: Man dies in sheriff's tussle
Roger Redden, 52: 1/26/2009 - Man Who Was Tased At Soddy-Daisy Dies - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com
Rodolfo Lepe, 31: Bakersfield man dies after fighting police - Latest news | Bakersfield.com - Kern County news, events, shopping & search
Unknown mail, early 20s: Man dies in custody after being Tased by San Jose police - San Jose Mercury News

One possible explanation may be that these tasers emit higher voltages than they are described. Also, most officers have been told that tazers won't cause permanent harm.

I don't put a lot of stock in Amnesty International....
Also, the five you listed? They are still being investigated and the autopsy and toxicology report haven't been released. Let's talk when those reports are back.

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I have never known Amnesty International to be anything other than factual. I listed the 5 deaths that occurred this year. Here's a partial list for the past 2 years.
240. January 2007: James Barber, 25, Ottawa, Ontario
241. January 5, 2007: Calvin Thompson, 42, Gastonia, North Carolina
242. January 6, 2007: Douglas John Ilten, 45, Fort Pierce, Florida
243. January 7, 2007: Blondel Lassegue, 38, Queen’s, New York
244. January 9, 2007: Pete Carlos Madrid, 44, Fresno, California
245. January 17, 2007: Keith Kallstrom, 56, Milan, Michigan
246. January 18, 2007: Andrew J. Athetis, 18, Gilbert, Arizona
247. January 29, 2007: Michael Keohan, 45, Huntingdon Park, California
248. January 30, 2007: Christopher L. McCargo, 43, Dayton, Ohio
249. February 11, 2007: Stephen Krohn, 44, Mesa, Arizona
250. February 21, 2007: Martin Mendoza, 43, Oceanside, California
251. March 13, 2007: Muszack Nazaire, 24, East Naples, Florida
252. March 15, 2007: Randy Buckey, 42, Marion, Ohio
253. March 16, 2007: Ryan Lee Myers, 40, Essex, Maryland
254. March 17, 2007: David Brown, 47, Park Forest, Illinois
255. March 17, 2007: Unidentified male, West Covina, CA
256. March 23, 2007: Sergio Galvan, 35, San Antonio, Texas
257. April 10, 2007: Eugene Donjuall Gilliam, 22, Prattville, Alabama
258. April 11, 2007: Roberto Perez, 25, Indio, California
259. April 14, 2007: Unidentified male, Phoenix, Arizona
260. April 22, 2007: David Mills, 26, Hamden, Connecticut
261. April 23, 2007: Unidentified male, Houston, Texas
262. April 24, 2007: Louis Jermaine Broomfield, 35, Charleston, South Carolina
263. April 24, 2007: Walter Heller, 55, Santa Rosa, California
264. April 24, 2007: Uywanda Peterson, 43, Baltimore, Maryland
265. April 30, 2007: Roy Hamner, 59, Pearl, Mississippi
266. May 5, 2007: Daniel Bradley Young, 33, Seminole, Florida
267. May 7, 2007: Robert A. Keske, 45, Seminole, Florida
268. May 12, 2007: Trent A. Yohe, 37, Spokane, Washington
269. May 12, 2007: Jeffry Young, 54, Bremerton, Washington
270. May 14, 2007: Terrill Heath, 31, Baltimore, Maryland
271. May 16, 2007: Patrick D. Hagans, 42, Valleyview, Ohio
272. May 19, 2007: Milisha Thompson, 35, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
273. May 22, 2007: Kevin DeWayne Hill, 39, Knoxville, Tennessee
274. May 23, 2007: Raymundo Guerrerro Garcia, 33, Simi Valley, California
275. May 25, 2007: Steve Salinas, 47, San Jose, California
276. May 26, 2007: Marcus D. Skinner, 22, Seat Pleasant, Maryland
277. May 29, 2007: Doyle Moniki Jackson, 34, Benton Harbor, Indiana
278. May 29, 2007: Ramel Henderson, 51, San Diego, California
279. July 2, 2007: Richard Baisner, 36, Pasadena, California
280. July 8, 2007: Nathaniel Cobbs Jr., 25, Newburgh, New York
281. July 16, 2007: Albert Romero, 47, Denver, Colorado
282. July 20, 2007: Jermaine Thompson, 36, Kansas City, Missouri
283. July 25, 2007: Carlos Rodriguez, 27, Atlanta, Georgia
284. July 29, 2007: Ronald Marquez, 49, Phoenix, Arizona
285. August 2, 2007: Clyde Patrick, 44, Birmingham, Alabama
286. August 4, 2007: Gefery Johnston, 42, Chicago, Illinois
287. August 4, 2007: Stephen Spears, 49, Detroit, Michigan
288. August 4, 2007: James Barnes, 21, Omaha, Nebraska
289. August 11, 2007: Craig Berdine, 37, Fremont, Ohio
290. August 14, 2007: Rafael Forbes, 21, Jackson, Mississippi
291. August 15, 2007: James Wells, 43, Waterford, California (no. 275)
292. August 18, 2007: Thomas Campbell, 50, Baltimore, Maryland
293. August 23, 2007: Chad Cekas, 27, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
294. August 26, 2007: Glenn Shipman Jr., 44, Portland, Oregon
295. September 3, 2007: Earl Guerrant, 47, Golf Manor, Ohio
296. September 3, 2007: Charles Gordon, 26, Vallejo, California
297. September 9, 2007: Jorge Renteria Terrquiz, 25, Anaheim, California
298. September 20, 2007: Claudio Castagnetta, 32, Quebec City, Quebec
299. October 1, 2007: Samuel Baker, 59, Quitman, Georgia
300. October 1, 2007: Keith White, 44, Kansas City, Kansas
301. October 12, 2007: Michael Patrick Lass, 28, Orange County, California
302. October 14, 2007: Robert Dziekanski, 40, Richmond, BC
303. October 14, 2007: Donald Clark Grant, 54, Asheville, North Carolina
304. October 17, 2007: Quilem Registre, 39, Montreal, Quebec
305. November 1, 2007: Seldon Deshotels, 56, Lake Charles, Louisiana
306. November 2, 2007: Stefan McMinn, 44, Hendersonville, North Carolina
307. November 7, 2007: Roger Brown, 40, Miami, Florida
308. November 16, 2007: Paul Carlock, 57, Springfield, Illinois
309. November 18, 2007: Jesse Saenz, 20, Raton, New Mexico
310. November 18, 2007: Jarrel Gray, 20, Frederick, Maryland
311. November 18, 2007: Christian Allen, 21, Springfield, Florida
312. November 20, 2007: Conrad Lowman, Jacksonville, Florida
313. November 22, 2007: Howard Hyde, 45, Halifax, Nova Scotia
314. November 24, 2007: Robert Knipstrom, 36, Chilliwack, British Columbia
315. November 29, 2007: Ashley R. Stephens, 28, Ocala, Florida
316. November 30, 2007: Cesar Silva, 32, Los Angeles, California
317. December 10, 2007: Leroy Patterson Jr., 41, Walton County, Georgia
318. January 2, 2008: Brandon Smiley, 27, Mobile, Alabama
319. January 5, 2008: Ryan Rich, 33, Las Vegas, Nevada
320. January 9, 2008: Otis C. Anderson, 36, Fayetteville, North Carolina
321. January 11, 2008: Xavier Jones, 29, Coral Gables, Florida
322. January 15, 2008: Mark Backlund, 29, New Brighton, Minnesota
323. January 17, 2008: Baron Pikes, 21, Winnfield, Louisiana
324. January 18, 2008: Daniel Hanrahan, 44, Staten Island, New York
325. February 3, 2008: Louis Cryer, 32, Port Arthur, Texas
326. February 3, 2008: Joseph Davis, 50, Brandon, Mississippi
327. February 7, 2008: Richard Earl Abston, 53, Merced, California
328. February 19, 2008: Garrett Sean Farn, 41, Bakersfield, California
329. February 26, 2008: Barron Harvey Davis, 44, Mayes County, Oklahoma
330. March 4, 2008: Christopher Jackson, 37, Clay, New York
331. March 6, 2008: Javier Aguilar, 46, Roswell, New Mexica
332. March 18, 2008: Roberto Gonzalez, 24, Chicago, Illinois
333. March 20, 2008: Darryl Wayne Turner, 17, Charlotte, North Carolina
334. March 21, 2008: James Garland, 41, Deerfield Beach, Florida
335. March 29, 2008: Henry Bryant, 35, Indianapolis, Indiana
336. March 30, 2008: Walter Edward Haake Jr., 59, Topeka, Kansas
337. April 2, 2008: Jason Jesus Gomez, 35, Santa Ana, California
338. April 6, 2008: Yvelt Occean, 31, New Kent County, Virginia
339. April 22, 2008: Uriah Samson Dach, 26, Richmond, California
340. April 24, 2008: Kevin Piskura, 24, Cincinnati, Ohio
341. April 24, 2008: Dewayne Chatt, 39, Memphis, Tennessee
342. April 27, 2008: Paul Thompson, 24, Greensboro, North Carolina
343. April 28, 2008: Jermaine Ward, 28, Jackson, Tennessee
344. May 4, 2008: Joe Kubat, 21, St. Paul, Minnesota
345. May 6, 2008: James S. Wilson, 22, Alton, Missouri
346. May 28, 2008: Ricardo Manuel Abrahams, 44, Woodland, California
347. May 31, 2008: Robert Ingram, 27, Raceland, Louisiana
348. June 5, 2008: Willie Maye, 43, Birmingham, Alabama
349. June 6, 2008: Donovan Graham, 39, Meriden, Connecticut
350. June 8, 2008: Quintrell T. Brannon, 25, Vincennes, Indiana
351. June 9, 2008: Tony Curtis Bradway, 26, Brooklyn, New York
352. June 23, 2008: Jeffrey Marreel, 36, Norfolk, Ontario
353. June 24, 2008: Ernest Graves, 26, Rockford, Illinois
354. June 27, 2008: Nicholas Cody, 27, Dothan, Alabama
355. July 2, 2008: Isaac Bass, 34, Louisville, Kentucky
356. July 4, 2008: Othello Pierre, 23, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
357. July 8, 2008: Samuel DeBoise, 29, St. Louis, Missouri
358. July 8, 2008: Carlos Vargas, 42, San Bernardino, California
359. July 14, 2008: Marion Wilson Jr., 52, Houston, Texas
360. July 14, 2008: Deshoun Keyon Torrence, 18, Long Beach, California
361. July 22, 2008: Michael Langan, 17, Winnipeg, Manitoba
362. July 23, 2008: Richard Smith, 46, Dallas, Texas
363. July 26, 2008: Anthony Davidson, Statesville, 29, North Carolina
364. August 4, 2008: Jerry Jones, 45, Beaumont, Texas
365. August 4, 2008: Andre Thomas, 37, Swissvale, Pennsylvania
366. August 2, 2008: Lawrence Rosenthal, 54, Hemet, California
367. August 10, 2008: Kiethedric Hines, 31, Rockford, Illinois
368. August 15, 2008: Kenneth Oliver, 45, Miami, Florida
369. August 25, 2008: Ronald Adkisson, 59, Creston, Iowa
370. August 29, 2008: Stanley James Harlan, 23, Moberly, Missouri
371. September 3, 2008: Prince Swayzer, 38, San Jose, California
372. September 3, 2008: Andy Tran, 32, Garden Grove, California
373. September 11, 2008: Roney Wilson, 46, Hillsborough, Florida
374. September 17, 2008: Sean Reilly, 42, Mississauga, Ontario
375. September 19, 2008: Gabriel Bitterman, 23, Lincoln, Nebraska
376. September 25, 2008: Iman Morales, 35, New York, New York
377. September 30, 2008: Frank Frachette, 49, Langley, BC
378. October 1, 2008: Jose Anibal Amaro, 45, Orange County, Florida
379. October 18, 2008: Homer Taylor, 39, Chicago, Illinois
380. October 29, 2008: Trevor Grimolfson, 38, Edmonton, Alberta
381. October 31, 2008: Marlon Oliver Acevedo, 35, Riverside, California
382. November 2, 2008: Gordon Walker Bowe, 30, Calgary, Alberta
383. November 3, 2008: Adren Maurice Turner, 44, Mexia, Texas
384. November 10, 2008: Guy James Fernandez, 42, Santa Rosa, California
385. December 3, 2008: Leroy Hughes, 52, Covington, Kentucky
386. December 9, 2008: Quincy Smith, 24, Minneapolis, Minnesota
387. December 19, 2008: Edwin Rodriguez, 26, San Jose, California
388. December 21, 2008: Nathan Vaughn, 39, Santa Rosa, California
389. December 24, 2008: Unidentified man, 46, Houston, Texas

LOL about A.I. and facts.

I just picked a random name from your list and googled it, and if you are saying that Keith Kallstrom, 56, Milan, Michigan, was tased to death, you are misrepresenting the incident.

Police fatally shoot knife-wielding man

Please check the others on your list for accuracy.

Seriously - that Amnesty International would assert that his death was due to the taser is asinine and beyond the pale.

I just picked another one of these, randomly, and googled it: Barron Harvey Davis

No taser to blame here, either. Pryor Daily Times - Mayes County inmate death ruled accidental


And then there's this guy: James Barnes, Omaha, NE

This why when the police say "Stop -put your hands up" You stop and put your hands up.

None of these say - while quietly sitting in church the police broke down the door and tased them to death

Exactly, couponconnie!! Where is the "outrage" due to the deaths of the OFFICERS that are protecting all of us?? My sympathy/empathy lies with the fallen ones that were trying to do their JOB and not the criminals that were breaking the law. There was mention that 5 people have died this year because of the taser. Well, guess what, the country has lost 12 officers while in the line of duty since the beginning of the year.

Honoring Officers Killed in the Year 2009



They are the ones that we need to be concerned about and the reasons surronding their deaths........