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Here are a couple of new photos from the fun in Denver:

A police officer holds a machine gun along the route of the 'Recreate 68' march near the site of the Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado, USA on 24 August 2008. The protesters are calling their movement 'Recreate 68' referring to the tumultuous 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago

"Machine gun"!

I pointed out the plan to use the Veritas Mark IV during the convention a couple of months ago.

Taser Loses 1st Product-Liability Suit; Jury Awards $6 Million

Taser International Inc., the largest stun-gun maker, lost a $6.2 million jury verdict over the death of a California man who died after police shot him multiple times with the weapon. The defeat is the first for Taser in a product- liability claim.

A San Jose, California, jury yesterday said Taser had failed to warn police in Salinas, California, that prolonged exposure to electric shock from the device could cause a risk of cardiac arrest. The jury awarded $1 million in compensatory damages and $5.2 million in punitive damages to the estate of Robert Heston, 40, and his parents. The jury cleared the police officers of any liability.