06.12.2013 - 16:25 [ Techdirt ]

ACLU Calls For Ban On Nonlethal Weapons In Schools After Tased Student Ends Up In Coma

The fallout continues to accumulate from an in-school altercation that left a student in a medically-induced coma after being tased by a school resource officer (read: sheriff‘s deputy). In addition to a lawsuit being filed against the school and sheriff‘s office by the student‘s parents, a collection of civil rights groups is now calling for a ban on the use of nonlethal weapons by school police officers.