----- Original Message ----- From: Nesmith, Susannah To: 'Leigh Meyers' Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:15 AM Subject: RE: Ethnicity Question?: Police Tasered truant girl, 12
Leigh,
The 6-year-old is black Hispanic and the 12-year-old is white Hispanic. The 6-year-old lives in a rather poor neighborhood of predominantly blacks and first-generation Hispanic immigrants. The 12-year-old lives in an upper-middle class suburb of primarily whites and second- and third-generation immigrants.
Hope that helps.
Susannah
-----Original Message----- From: Leigh Meyers [mailto:leighcmeyers at yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:44 PM To: Nesmith, Susannah Subject: Ethnicity Question?: Police Tasered truant girl, 12
Ms. Nesmith,
I am attempting to ascertain the ethnic backrounds of the 12 and 6 year old children mentioned in your Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004 story in the Miami Herald.
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Thank you, Leigh Meyers leighcmeyers at yahoo.com ~~~
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. <http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/10170605.htm?template=contentModules/p rintstory.jsp&1c> 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.
The incident happened Nov. 5, just over two weeks after other Miami-Dade officers used a stun gun to restrain a first-grader. In that case, police said the 6-year-old boy was holding a shard of glass and threatening to cut himself. Police Director Bobby Parker defended the decision to shock the boy because he could have seriously hurt himself. [...]