An expert's examination of decades of lawsuits involving Tasers found they were used on a disproportionate number of children of color and children with disabilities.

CHICAGO (CBS) – It was a broken window complaint that led to a 14-year-old boy being shot by a police officer.

But before being shot, the teen had been repeatedly tasered. The intense pain caused the teen to run.

Dave Savini and the CBS 2 Investigators reveal a disturbing trend of who officers are more likely to use Tasers on.

  • xantoxis@lemmy.world
    522·
    1 year ago

    Jesus what an awkwardly worded headline. Who’s being hired as journalists these days?

    How about

    “They tortured him”; police Tased, then shot a special needs teen who broke a window

      • Halosheep@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Are you sure? I asked chatGPT to come up with some headlines and they’re all fine.

        1. “CBS Investigates Disturbing Trend: Police Shooting of 14-Year-Old Follows Taser Incident”
        1. “Exclusive: CBS 2 Uncovers Troubling Pattern in Police Taser Use on Teens”
        1. “Chicago Police Shooting Reveals Alarming Taser Use on Youth: CBS Investigation”
        1. “Disturbing CBS Report: 14-Year-Old Shot by Police After Taser Incident”
        1. “CBS Investigation Exposes Police Taser Use on Teens: Shooting of 14-Year-Old Sparks Outrage”
      • UnspecificGravity@lemmings.world
        11·
        1 year ago

        AI does a better job than this. You can literally copy and paste this article into Chat GPT and ask it to write a headline and everything it spits out is better than this.

        • nillocEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Naw the use google analytics to see what headlines brought the most ad click-through, then do a word replace.