"U.S. Magistrate Judge William Lynch approved the settlement – the precise amount of which is confidential – at a hearing earlier this month, and the lawsuit was dismissed Monday with “no admission, finding or implication of negligence, liability or wrongdoing” by the officer, Chris Webb. The lawsuit alleged Webb pointed the stun gun at the boy after the boy made a joke and said, “Let me show you what happens to people who do not listen to the police.” According to the lawsuit, Webb was presenting at a career day program at Tularosa Intermediate School, which serves students in third through sixth grade. He asked a group of students if they would like to clean his patrol car, and according to the suit, the 10-year-old victim “jokingly” said he did not want to. Webb pointed his stun gun at the boy, commented about consequences for people not listening to police and Tased the boy in the chest, sending 50,000 volts of electricity through his body for five seconds, the lawsuit said. The boy, who weighs less than 100 pounds, blacked out." abqjournal/247508/news/state-settles-lawsuit-over-tasered-child.html
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 05:36:56 +0000
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