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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas boy tasered by officer after breaking up school fight, remains in a coma
An Austin family is suing the Texas sheriffs deputy and school district in federal court after their 17-year-old son was tasered last week by a police officer in the school hallway, leaving him in a coma and fighting for his life."
Noe Nino de Rivera, had successfully stepped in to break up a fight between two girls at Cedar Creek High School when school officials called in Randy McMillan, a Bastrop County sheriff department deputy. McMillan told the boy to step back and the teen obliged, with his hands in the air.
Yet, in a vicious act of police brutality, McMillan tasered the boy anyway, who fell onto his face and was knocked unconscious. Rather than calling for emergency medical assistance, the cop put the comatose boy in handcuffs."
Students who saw the incident say McMillans response was a gross overreaction, according to KXAN.
"There was a crowd watching and the kid was just trying to get the officers to listen to him. When he shot the taser, there was a crowd, and others could have been hit," said one student. "
http://www.alternet.org/investigations/17-year-old-boy-coma-fighting-life-after-texas-cop-tasered-him-breaking-school-fight
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Texas boy tasered by officer after breaking up school fight, remains in a coma (Original Post)
damnedifIknow
Dec 2013
OP
" Alternet material can be like The Onion if read correctly." What the hell does that mean. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2013
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gulliver
(13,186 posts)1. Alternet material can be like The Onion if read correctly.
The best thing to do when reading alternet material is to imagine the people who take it seriously.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)2. Not just Alternet
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)4. Is this a better source?
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/lawyer-family-of-cedar-creek-student-shocked-by-ta/nb2ck/
Lawyer: Family of Cedar Creek student shocked by Taser worried he will die
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)5. " Alternet material can be like The Onion if read correctly." What the hell does that mean. nm
lunasun
(21,646 posts)6. Yes Alternet readers are a much more progressive crowd but everyone should be concerned with attacks
like this!
Omaha Steve
(99,686 posts)3. K&R!