How Taser inserts itself into investigations involving its own weapons
&gt; Ho served with Mash and another Taser consultant on a 19-member task force that prepared an influential 2009 white paper on excited delirium for the American College of Emergency Physicians, representing 31,000 doctors. The paper described the condition as “a real syndrome of uncertain etiology,” or cause.<p>This is some special kind of evil. They not only have coroners and police departments in their pockets. But also invented a whole new disease and funded a &quot;white paper&quot; about it. They fully expected for this to end up in court from day one, as they know exactly what their product does to people. So they inoculated themselves by generating &quot;scientific research&quot; to shove in front of juries during a trial. &quot;Oh look science! Victim was suffering from a case of excited delirium when officer Jones pressed the trigger. Here is a paper on it&quot;.<p>After serving on a jury, I believe this would totally fly there. Juries are not allowed to research or study the facts about the case on their own. Once &quot;evidence&quot; is shown or an expert is declared &quot;an expert in &lt;blah&gt;&quot; then you are told to base your judgment on what they present.