How Tasers became instruments of excessive force for the Border Patrol
Searching for a way to curb fatal border shootings, Border Patrol leaders decided in 2008 that their agents needed a new weapon on their belts.
The agency began to supply Tasers, a hand-held device that delivers a paralyzing electric charge, as a way to end confrontations quickly and safely.
But in scores of cases along the border, the Tasers became instruments of excessive force, a Los Angeles Times analysis found.
The Times examined 450 uses of Tasers from 2010 to 2013 that were documented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
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