11-Year Old Florida Student Tasered
Authorities in central Florida say a sheriff's deputy tasered an 11-year-old
girl who punched her in the face.
They say it all started when the girl pushed another student into oncoming
traffic Thursday morning.
Adam Longo talked with a girl who witnessed the tasering.
Student: She grabbed her and she swinged her arm and it hit her nose.
Adam: So when the officer swung her arm that's what hit her nose?
Student: Yah. She's a strong girl.
THIS GIRL DIDN'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR FEAR OF REPRISAL FROM THE SCHOOL.
BUT SHE WAS INSIDE THE 4TH GRADE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASS WHEN THE INCIDENT UNFOLDED.
Adam: Do you think they needed to shock her to calm her down?
Student: Yes, cause to calm her down and stop punching.
THE GIRL TELLS US THAT THALIA OFTEN THREATENS OTHER STUDENTS AND CUSSES IN SCHOOL.
BUT SHE AND HER CLASSMATES WERE QUITE SURPRISED HOW IT WENT DOWN.
Student: A lot of people in class started crying.
Adam: Why?
Student: Cause when she got shocker her eyes was closed for like a minute .. it was scary.
REACTION TO THE TAZING .. MIXED AMONG PARENTS .. WHO GOT A NOTE SENT HOME WITH THEIR KIDS.
I think there could have been another way of handling the situation other than tasering the child.
I believe our officer had every right to do what she did. 99 percent of us we
stand behind her.
The 11-year-old girl was taken to a hospital to get checked out.
She's now in a juvenille detention center.. facing charges of battery on a law
enforcement officer, disrupting a school function and resisting with violence.
Recent blog posts
- 7/3/09 This Week's Garden of the Week!
- 7/3/09 One of the Driest on Record for June
- Nightfall Preview: J.J. Grey and Mofro
- Your Firework Forecast!
- 7/1/09 Holiday Weekend Forecast!
- 6/29/09 The Good, The Bad and the Less Humid!
- 6/29/09 Weather at Camp Ridgedale!
- 6/26/09 This Week's Garden of the Week!
- Code Orange Health Watch Issued for Today!
- Nightfall Preview: Reed Lawrence Band



























Recent comments
14 hours 41 min ago
16 hours 6 min ago
16 hours 13 min ago
16 hours 43 min ago
16 hours 44 min ago
17 hours 31 min ago
18 hours 16 min ago
18 hours 38 min ago
19 hours 2 min ago
19 hours 24 min ago