Recent events and others such as that captured in
this Youtube video shot at UCLA last year, have brought to mind a number of areas of concern (including how tasers have frequently come to be used by law enforcement personnel for non-defensive purposes) brought to light in the following report, dated May 2006, to the
Office of the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights:
In the Shadows of the War on Terror: Persistent Police Brutality and Abuse in the United States