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Thursday, July 24, 2008

17 year old, 22nd death by police taser in Canada

'Damn machine' killed my son, Winnipeg mother says
JOE FRIESEN

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

July 23, 2008 at 10:11 PM EDT

WINNIPEG — Holding a photo of her son in her hand, Sharon Shymko bows her head and weeps.

She is confused and angry, she says, and she wants to know why her son is dead.

Seventeen-year-old Michael Langan died Tuesday after being hit with a police electronic stun gun, the 22nd person in Canada to die after being tasered.

“This damn machine, it killed my son,” she said. “He would've been here today.

“I think they should ban tasers. They should ban all that crap.”
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