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Man flees from U.S. police, crashes in B.C. after speeding across border | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Officers deployed a conducted energy weapon

What a funny way to say taser. My first thought was they had laser pistols or something.

"Damn, we must really be living in the future."

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's because TASER is a brand name. Also TASER is short for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I thought as much lol.

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