The figures suggest that black people are disproportionally targeted. In both cases mentioned it's alleged that officers violated guidance, raising serious questions about whether UK police officers are sufficiently well trained. The main purpose of CEDs is to keep the officers and public safe, not to hunt suspects. He fell and suffered life-changing injuries. In another case in May, police tasered a black man they were chasing in north London as he climbed a wall. Medical evidence suggests this could cause 'cardiac capture', forcing a dangerously high heart rate and potential cardiac arrest. Guidance strictly cautions against shooting across the heart. The way the device was used against Wyse was not according to the rulebook. This incident highlights what is widely claimed to be the disproportionate use of the technology against black people, but it also shows something potentially more systemic. Later, Wyse described being tasered as bad, ' being tasered in the throat is ten times worse'. It's where the upper dart pierces him, with the other in his chest. The officer, standing less than three metres away, directs the conducted energy device (CED) towards Wyse's throat. A video of the incident shows Wyse tasered at close range. In February, after a car crash in Birmingham, Trevaile Wyse, a black man who says he was an innocent bystander, was tasered by a West Midlands Police (WMP) officer.
