Deputy Uses Taser On 12-Year-Old Girl Skipping School
Posted: 11:48 am EST November 15, 2004
MIAMI -- Miami-Dade police will review their "use of force" policies this week, after an officer tased a 12-year-old girl.
Officer William Nelson discovered the girl was ditching school, drinking alcohol and smoking pot. When nelson tried to take her back to school, she ran from him and out into traffic.According to Nelson's police report, that's when he stunned her, saying it was for his and her safety."It felt like I couldn't breath, couldn't breath, they did mess up, they did mess up, obviously they did, because I'm underage and all I did was skip school, which is something everyone has done, and I know that for a fact," says Sylvana Gomez.This is the second time a Miami-Dade officer has used a taser on a child in less than a week. Last week, another officer used a taser on a six-year-old boy. That officer said the boy was threatening to cut himself with broken glass and he had no choice.
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