
When Tasers fail
In police departments across America, Tasers aren’t always living up to their promise, sometimes with lethal results.
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DonateMelissa Lewis is a data reporter for Reveal. Prior to joining Reveal, she was a data editor at The Oregonian, a data engineer at Simple and a data analyst at Periscopic. She is an organizer for PyLadies Portland and the Portland chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Lewis is based in Oregon.
In police departments across America, Tasers aren’t always living up to their promise, sometimes with lethal results.
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