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><http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10170605.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp>
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>MIAMI-DADE POLICE
>Police Tasered truant girl, 12
>
>Miami-Dade police said an officer should not have used a stun gun to
>stop a 12-year-old girl who was skipping school.
>
>BY SUSANNAH A. NESMITH
>snesmith at herald.com
>
>A Miami-Dade police officer used a Taser to stop an unarmed, 12-year-old
>girl who was running away from him after she was caught skipping school,
>police acknowledged Friday night.
>
>But Parker said Friday that he could not defend the decision to shock
>the fleeing 12-year-old, who was apparently drunk.
>
>Officer William Nelson responded to an anonymous complaint that some
>kids were swimming in a West Kendall pool, drinking alcohol and smoking
>cigars about 11 a.m.
>
>Nelson said he noticed the girl was intoxicated and told her to get
>dressed so he could take her back to school.
>
>"While walking [the girl] to the police car, [she] took off running
>through the parking lot," Nelson wrote in his report.
>
>Nelson, 38, a 15-year veteran, said he chased her and yelled several
>times for her to stop. Nelson said he pulled out the Taser and fired
>when the girl began to run into traffic.
>
>The electric probes hit the girl in the neck and lower back,
>immobilizing her with 50,000 volts.
>
>His department is already under fire for using a Taser to subdue the
>6-year-old last month. That zapping has made national headlines and
>prompted calls from child advocates that Miami-Dade review its Taser use.
>
>Police Director Bobby Parker said Friday night that his department will
>review its Taser policy. "That doesn't mean that we're going to change
>it," he said.
>
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