Tased at School

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A family may pursue excessive force claims against a school security guard who confronted a 14-year-old student as he was attempting to leave school and tased him in the abdomen. The student was not acting violently but merely attempted to walk away from the guard. </span>

ST. LOUIS – A family may pursue excessive-force claims against a school security guard who confronted a 14-year-old student as he was attempting to leave school and tased him in the abdomen. The student was not acting violently but merely attempted to walk away from the guard.

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