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Teenager Tased In School By Police For Not Complying and
Showing I.D.
School defends action against sixteen year old
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A sixteen year old child was shocked with a Taser stun gun by
police at a North Carolina school last week for failing to comply
with orders to show an officer his I.D. badge.
Quayshaun Leak was tased and arrested in an incident
which Richmond Senior High School has since defended as proper
policy and "within appropriate bounds of the officer's authority.”
The Richmond
County Daily Journal reports:
Quayshaun Leak was charged with disorderly conduct
by disturbing students, assault on a governmental official/employee
and resisting a public officer. The incident involved the Richmond
County Schools Special Police at RSHS.
During the incident Leak admits to not complying
with the officers instructions, but denies giving the officer
any reason to tase him.
“I didn’t give him my I.D. badge when he asked
for it,” Leak said. “I threw it on the floor. And
as for when he grabbed me by my shirt, I didn’t push the
officer. I just shrugged away and backed up against the wall.”
According to Leak’s statements, that was when he was
tased by the officer.
(Article continues below)
The incident has prompted the cousin of the young
boy to file two discrimination complaints with the United States
Department of Health and Human Services Officer for Civil Rights:
...the first complaint alleges Leak was “brutally
attacked” and that his mother was not allowed to view
the video tape of the incident. The second claims Leak was denied
the right to file charges against the arresting officer because
the magistrate “did not believe the child’s version.”
A spokesman for the school defended the action,
referring to the policy of Richmond County Schools Special Police
which states “The use of a Taser, an instrument that is
classified as ‘non-deadly force,’ may be considered
as a reasonable use of force in limited circumstances in the professional
discretion of the special police officer."
In the past month
multiple medical experts have gone on record stating
that they believe there is ample evidence to suggest the "less
than lethal" weapons affect the heart of those shocked and
and can even induce sudden and lethal cardiac arrest.
Despite this, Taser International continues to win
lawsuit after lawsuit, effectively silencing medical researchers,
victims and critics of the stun guns.
Doctors have condemned
as corporate "intimidation" court decisions
ordering medical examiners to remove any references to the use
of a tasers in autopsy reports. Hundreds of deaths after the use
of Tasers have prompted prominent groups such as Amnesty
to call for a suspension on all transfers and use
of Tasers.
In addition, the UN's
Committee Against Torture issued a report last year
which read: "The use of TaserX26 weapons, provoking extreme
pain, constituted a form of torture, and that in certain cases
it could also cause death, as shown by several reliable studies
and by certain cases that had happened after practical use."
Despite these facts, the comments on the Richmond
County Daily Journal article exemplify the attitude that has allowed
an environment that promotes this kind of activity to be fostered
within schools and in everyday life.
A selection of some of the most toe curling comments
follows:
" Maybe MOM shoulda taught the kid not
to be such a punk and he wouldn't have had to ride the lightning.
Maybe he didn't need to be tased....but perhaps, he should've
followed a directive from a superior authority. Lesson learned!
We hope."
" I say tase a few more of them, that
will keep them unruly kids in check."
" I think the trouble maker got off easy.
He should have been tased fully and then he might behave himself.
Evidently he didn't get the instructions correct from his parents
to behave at school and in public. What we have here is a failure
to communicate."
" Its all about respect. If he would
have had respect for adults in the beginning he wouldnt be in
this position. He wouldnt have been asked to see his ID badge
because he would have had it where it was supposed to be in
the first place. ANYONE who doesnt follow the rules and gets
out of hand as this young man did deserves the same punishment."
"He should have been following directions!
He put himself in this position-the fault or blame lies on no
one but the boy. He is 16 and old enough to take responsibity
for his actions or to understand that there are consequences
when you dont follow directions!"
" I feel like the Officer should get
a raise in pay and carry at least two tasers for people like
this."
The majority of the comments engender the idea that
a lack of respect is the key factor in this and similar incidents.
However, it is hardly surprising that young people feel the urge
to resist when they are forced to carry I.D. cards, are constantly
watched by cameras, are subjected to fingerprinting, iris recognition
and biometric hand scanners, and are faced with armed government-hired
thugs policing schools that have more
in common with maximum security prisons than real
institutions of education.
This is the lesson young people are being taught,
if you do not carry identification at all times, if you do not
accept constant surveillance and adhere to systems of tracking
and control, if you do not comply with orders to do so by the
authorities in charge of those systems you will be punished, most
likely in the form of infliction of pain and further stripping
of your freedom.
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