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Texas boy tasered by officer after breaking up school fight, remains in a coma
An Austin family is suing the Texas sheriff’s 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 McMillan’s 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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