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Since April 2003, there have been 572 incidents at which Taser has been
used operationally. This can be broken down as follows:

On the 31st of August 2007 NZ police withdrew TASERS following a trial, from the 1st of September the UK expanded their use dramatically in their own “Trials”.

New Zealand MP Keith Locke welcomed the end of a trial:

He said tasers had been used inappropriately at times in the trial

47 year old Brian Loan died died severaldays after being shot by a Taser in County Durham, UK in October 2006. A coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.

• Family Attacks Inquest Ruling On Taser Death (from The Northern Echo)

• icNewcastle - Verdict of natural causes on Taser man

• icNewcastle - Shocking truth about Tasers

• AIUK : Scotland: Amnesty concern as man dies following taser and … (Amnesty International)

• The Journal - Verdict of natural causes on Taser Man
  

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Sep;33(9):1664-5

Link to research abstract:Cataract secondary to electrical shock from a Taser gun.

From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

A 35-year-old man presented with traumatic iritis, angle-recession glaucoma, and a retinal dialysis secondary to blunt trauma from a Taser gun in the right eye and a unique electrical cataract in the left eye. Taser guns, which can also function as stun guns, can lead to electrical cataract formation. Given the increasing use of Taser guns by law enforcement and citizens, blunt mechanical and electrical sequelae of Taser gun injuries should be recognized.

See also this event: Taser penetrating ocular injury