Carmen Vizcaino represents 6 year old boy tasered by policeSUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): CNN has seen photographs of the 6-year-old boy shortly after he was Tasered by police. Four adults, including two police officers, had him cornered in a school office. This photo provided by the boy's attorneys shows mark on the first grader's torso, a small puncture wound near the top of his chest, a larger bruise below his waist.
CARMEN VIZCAINO, ATTORNEY: We've managed to educate children and discipline them for hundreds of years in the absence of a Taser. The fact that anyone would have the position that we had no choice but to use a Taser I find to be preposterous. CANDIOTTI: The youngster is just under 3.5-feet tall and, according to the family, weighs 53 pounds. DAVID GORDON, BOY'S ATTORNEY: It's outrageous to me that these grown adults would use that type of discretion on a grown child. CANDIOTTI: A Taser shoots... (END VIDEOTAPE) |
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