Almost all 18,000 police departments in the U.S. issue their officers Tasers, or stun guns, as a non-lethal alternative to subdue people they might see as a threat. But in a five-part series, Reuters documented more than 1,000 incidents since 2000 in which their Tasers have killed people. Peter Eisler, who co-reported the series, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington.
Link to Article: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/police-killed-1000-people-tasers-since-2000
From: Peter Eisler, Reporter, Reuters; Hari Sreenivasan, PBS NewsHour Weekend Anchor