PARIS – Less than a week after France banned police chokeholds, the government responded to growing officer discontent by announcing it would test stun guns for wider use, adding to the ranks of European law enforcement agencies that have recently adopted the weapons that many in the U.S.
equate with excess police violence.For Johny Louise, it felt as though the 22 seconds of Taser pulses that led to his son’s death counted for nothing. “They need more death so that one day they understand, but it will be more pointless deaths and sufferings for families,” Louise said.