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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

High School student Tasered (Transcript)



On January 31, 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mario Traver a sophomore at Monssen High School. Was tasered by a security guard after a basketball game when he was looking for his sister. He was believed to be tasered because he was sought to be running away from security officials when he was searching for his sister. So the security officials took action and tased him due to an order from the principal. The Parents of Mario seemed to be very agitated about the whole situation. Tarver's mother said she saw her son run into the gym and he collapsed at her feet. Mario said "I can't breath, my heart hurts," and then some officers came in and they're trying to make him put his hands behind his back. Hence the Tarver family says they plan to press charges against the school and the Monessen Police Department. All in all the whole altercation turned out to be a misunderstanding due to the chaos and the hetic situation. Read the article , . A Taser is an electromagnetic device that emits the electricity once applied to the target.

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