Sure, mortalility is unavoidable. Question becomes, is this 'non-lethal' weapon causing deaths?...and so far, the article points out, no. Rather , it was other circumstances likely...ie: person messed up on drugs, cops using it repeatedly ....
The white man seeks to conquer nature, to bend it to his will and to use it wastefully until it is all gone and then he simply moves on, leaving the waste behind him and looking for new places to take. Chiksika (Kispokotha Shawnee),March 19,1779