Teenager hit with Taser 3 times during grand mal seizure

[KamaAina]

http://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/index.ssf/2015/07/lawsuit_police_fired_taser_3_t.html

A lawsuit filed this month by an Etowah County woman alleges that police officers from Rainbow City repeatedly fired Tasers at her and her teenage daughter at a concert while the daughter was suffering from grand mal seizures.

The 32-page lawsuit, filed July 9 in U.S. District Court, accuses at least five Rainbow City officers and three Gadsden officers who were allegedly handling security for a Jan. 16 hip-hop concert of excessive force, torture "and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment." It also names Rainbow City Police Chief Greg Carroll and Center Stage, the entertainment venue where the suit alleges the incident took place....

"A Taser was used three times on a child's chest, during a medical emergency, while she was pinned to the ground by officers," he said. "Other officers present at the scene failed to intervene. Her mother was knocked to the ground, handcuffed, and then she herself Tased and arrested." ...

This caused the crowd to part around the girl, and her younger sister informed employees of Center Stage that she was suffering a seizure. The suit states an employee picked her up and carried her to the lobby, where she was "unceremoniously dumped" onto the floor and held with a chokehold.

[haikugal]

1. They're totally out of control. Torture, the new normal. nt

[drm604]

2. A lawsuit? That's all?

What about assault charges?

[Daemonaquila]

3. Suck 'em dry to the last penny.

So sick of cops thinking they're immune no matter how insane their actions, and whose lives they take or destroy.