KILLING THEM SAFELY

By Nick BERARDINI

DEVILWORKS / NEW ERA ENTERTAINMENT - as SALES All rights, International

Thriller - Completed 2015

Every solution has a Problem

Festivals
& Awards

Tribeca FF 2015
Hot Docs 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Documentary, Social issues
    • Countries
    • USA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Nick BERARDINI
    • Producer(s)
    • Ralph ZIPPER (Zipper Bro Films), Glen ZIPPER (Zipper Bro Films), Brock WILLIAMS (Boxcar Films)
    • Synopsis
    • Hundreds of deaths. Zero oversight. In the early 2000s, brothers Tom and Rick Smith revolutionized policing by marketing the Taser to law enforcement agencies. This supposedly safe alternative to handguns was supposed to curb the use of deadly force—so why have over 500 people died from Taser-related injuries since? At a time when questions about police methods are at the forefront of the national dialogue, "Killing Them Safely" brings together startling archival footage and eye-opening interviews with experts on both sides of the debate to shed much-needed light on an urgent issue.