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marmar

(79,572 posts) Tue Jul 14, 2015, 09:32 AM Jul 2015

Alabama cops Tasered girl during seizure at concert and arrested mom for trying to help: suit [View all]

An Alabama woman claims police repeatedly shocked her and her teenage daughter with Tasers as the girl suffered from a seizure during a hip hop concert.

The woman, whose name was not released, filed a federal lawsuit last week against five police officers and the police chief from Rainbow City and three others from Gadsden, as well as the Center Stage venue where the concert was held, reported AL.com.

The 32-page suit claims police used a Taser at least three times on the child’s chest as police officers pinned her to the ground Jan. 16 while she endured a grand mal seizure, and other police officers who were nearby failed to intervene.

When the girl’s mother tried to help, officers knocked her to the ground, handcuffed her, shocked her with a Taser and then arrested her.

The city attorneys for each town declined to comment on the suit, and representatives from Center Stage – where recording artist Kevin Gates performed during the incident – did not return calls seeking comment. ..................(more)

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/alabama-cops-tasered-girl-during-seizure-at-concert-and-arrested-mom-for-trying-to-help-suit/

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Alabama cops Tasered girl during seizure at concert and arrested mom for trying to help: suit [View all] marmar Jul 2015 OP

Complete and utter assholes. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #1

+1! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #32

Don't worry: The cops will be fine and the town will pay the damages. DetlefK Jul 2015 #2

fuck tha police frylock Jul 2015 #3

It's good to wear a MedicAlert bracelet. lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #4

Exactly. And I'll be damned if I would call these cops for help in any real medical emergency. jwirr Jul 2015 #5

They are good to wear, Catherine Vincent Jul 2015 #9

True, but these kinds of cops don't look at those.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #11

The victim is black awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #16

Yeah, and then the cops would have said they thought it was a knife Cal Carpenter Jul 2015 #19

"Quit reaching for my gun!" Enthusiast Jul 2015 #33

Not so if you're black, makes no difference to angry \ skeered cops uponit7771 Jul 2015 #20

Those look like metal which could be used as a weapon . Might save Person 2713 Jul 2015 #28

P.I.G.S lark Jul 2015 #6

Yay, Cops! Iggo Jul 2015 #7

Cops will do this to anyone, but they are more likely to do this tblue37 Jul 2015 #8

I was not surprised. jwirr Jul 2015 #21

Bastards. nt Ilsa Jul 2015 #10

They are so lucky......... that they didn't get shot. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2015 #12

Exactly the seizure could have been labeled an "attack on the leo" Person 2713 Jul 2015 #30

I think in addition to the lawsuits filed against municipalities, Vinca Jul 2015 #13

Good idea as many professionals need liability insurance Person 2713 Jul 2015 #31

Its not the first time police use tasers on epileptic seizure victims d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #14

I am now thankful that my little lady has severe epilespy. jwirr Jul 2015 #27

"To Protect and Serve" LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL nt Logical Jul 2015 #15

... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #17

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2015 #22

I tried to link to one that didnt have awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #24

+1000 nt Logical Jul 2015 #29

And where were the good cops? Ino Jul 2015 #18

On the same fantasy planet as good Republicans hobbit709 Jul 2015 #23

When the police are the bad guys, who polices the police? Initech Jul 2015 #25

Sadistic morons. Bad combo for having lethal weapons. nt ladjf Jul 2015 #26

Its the same across the world. Give them an electric torture device and they will use it. Sunlei Jul 2015 #34

They use Tasers the way cattle prods are used--to "herd" their victim, to force him or her tblue37 Jul 2015 #36

Police press the prod to the skin to torture/punish people. Sunlei Jul 2015 #37

This is absolutely believable. raven mad Jul 2015 #35