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Police Say Tasering 8-Year-Old Native American Girl Was Justified
http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/12/native-american-police-over-reacting/Date Written: 2014-12-09 Publisher: Counter Current News Year Published: 2014 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX19746 The mother of an 8-year-old Native American girl is suing police who maintain that they were justified in using a taser on the child. The family lives in Pierre, South Dakota and belong to the Rosebud Sioux community. Four police officers decided that this young girl who had a small paring knife was "a danger to herself," requiring them to taser her. Subject Headings |