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August 24th, 2009, 02:40 PM #1
Juvenile Tasered as police break up fights near University of Scranton
Faced with an unruly crowd near the University of Scranton, city police Saturday night Tasered and arrested a 16-year-old who attempted to assault an officer.
The boy was one of three teens arrested and charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and failure to disperse on official order, Sgt. James Sheerin said.
The juveniles were part of an estimated 30-person crowd police found when called to Ridge Row for reports of a fight just before 11 p.m. A security guard at the nearby Jacobson Hat Co. said he was harassed.
When police confronted the boy who pushed the guard, he became disruptive and needed to be subdued with an electroshock gun, Sgt. Sheerin said. Scranton police have been carrying Tasers since May.
Sgt. Sheerin said the crowd then surrounded the officers and would not follow orders to disperse. Two more teens, a 15-year-old girl and 16-year-old boy, were taken into custody without being Tasered.
Scranton police did not release the names of the juveniles.
Sgt. Sheerin said the incident was one of several fights within a few blocks of the scene - including the 300 block of Prescott Avenue and the 1500 and 1700 blocks of Linden Street - but it is unknown whether the fights were related to each other.
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August 24th, 2009, 03:57 PM #2
Re: Juvenile Tasered as police break up fights near University of Scranton
Friggin' bangers getting together to 'welcome' the new students.
These a-holes surrounded the police cars, and the fool that got tased tried to smack down one of the cops."...a REPUBLIC, if you can keep it."
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August 24th, 2009, 04:04 PM #3Super Member
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Re: Juvenile Tasered as police break up fights near University of Scranton
My approval of taserings is generally inversely proportional to the recipients age.
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August 24th, 2009, 04:23 PM #7
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August 24th, 2009, 04:31 PM #8
Re: Juvenile Tasered as police break up fights near University of Scranton
20 or 30 years ago they would have been beaten bloody with night sticks. The police never asked your age before hitting you with a club, if you were acting up and told to stop. Just saying.
I was not there I don’t know if the kid deserved it or not. It is not a good idea to surround LEO’s as a crowd though.
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August 24th, 2009, 04:39 PM #9
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August 24th, 2009, 04:52 PM #10
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