Quinceanera in Florida Ends With 9 Arrests (16yo tasers and peper spray

[wakeme2008]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Quinceanera-Melee.html

August 1, 2005
Quinceanera in Florida Ends With 9 Arrests
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 8:21 a.m. ET

WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) -- Deputies broke up a teenage girl's coming-of-age party with Taser stun guns, pepper spray and their elbows and fists after they were summoned to diffuse a fight over a spilled drink.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's office said the crowd of 300 was ''unruly and hostile.'' Nine guests were arrested Sunday and one was taken to a hospital for face and head injuries.

Crystal Rodriguez, 15, said the deputies wrecked her quinceanera party, traditionally held in Latin American communities to mark a girl's 15th birthday.

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Some guests said the fight, which began over a spilled drink on the dance floor, was over and people were trying to leave by the time deputies arrived.


..more at link..

this one will be something to follow... more at link...

[sleipnir]

1. Funny thing is, it doesn't say who caused the hospitalization

Even odds, it was the cops. Using torture weapons against our own citizens again, I see.

[wakeme2008]

3. But this could be a Cuban-American party

and nothing gets Repugs shitting in their pants and pissing off the C-A community. :)

[alarcojon]

2. Dare I say it?

Excessive force? Naaaah...

I know, I know - let's wait till all the facts are in.

[wli]

4. excessive force seems to be a given with nonlethal weapons

It seems like the "nonlethal" moniker is interpreted as "fire at will."