NeoRayden
02-23-2008, 02:02 AM
Deputy Tasers High School Student Despite Orders
http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2008/02/deputy-tasers-high-school-student.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGP_e1HJ2B4
A minor altercation after a Maryland high school basketball game led to a student being tasered by a Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Deputy, despite orders by a superior officer against it.
The fight began when Brandon Bennett, a sophomore and Kent Island High School basketball player, was slapped in the face by another student. The two were separated by officials and students without much problem.
However, at that point, according to Julius Bennett, the student's father, Deputy Anthony Lenzi fired a Taser at his son after being told twice by a senior officer it was not necessary.
"He left two puncture wounds just above his heart in his chest," says Bennett. "And [Brandon] said to me that he was in quite a bit of pain because he could feel electric shocks going throughout his whole body."
The father says he has written proof Sgt. Mathew Kempel twice ordered Lenzi to holster the weapon. The statement reads "I told Deputy Anthony Lenzi not to taze Brandon."
Lenzi has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2008/02/deputy-tasers-high-school-student.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGP_e1HJ2B4
A minor altercation after a Maryland high school basketball game led to a student being tasered by a Queen Anne's County Sheriff's Deputy, despite orders by a superior officer against it.
The fight began when Brandon Bennett, a sophomore and Kent Island High School basketball player, was slapped in the face by another student. The two were separated by officials and students without much problem.
However, at that point, according to Julius Bennett, the student's father, Deputy Anthony Lenzi fired a Taser at his son after being told twice by a senior officer it was not necessary.
"He left two puncture wounds just above his heart in his chest," says Bennett. "And [Brandon] said to me that he was in quite a bit of pain because he could feel electric shocks going throughout his whole body."
The father says he has written proof Sgt. Mathew Kempel twice ordered Lenzi to holster the weapon. The statement reads "I told Deputy Anthony Lenzi not to taze Brandon."
Lenzi has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.