Texas boy tasered by officer after breaking up school fight, remains in a coma

Source : Larry D. Moore

A high school student suffered a brain injury and is in a coma after a Texas sheriff's deputy Tasered him without cause in a school hallway, the boy's mother claims in court.

Maria Acosta sued Bastrop County, its school district and Randy McMillan, a Bastrop County sheriff's officer who works as a school resource officer.

Acosta's son suffered "a severe brain hemorrhage" when McMillan Tasered him after the boy had successfully intervened to stop two girls fighting at Cedar Creek High School a week ago, the mother claims in her federal lawsuit.

Acosta's son, N.N., "stepped in to break up the fight" on Nov. 20, to stop it from escalating before police could arrive, the mother says.

School officials called McMillan and another security officer to break up the fight. Acosta claims that her son had "diffused the situation" by the time the officers arrived. McMillan told him to step back, and he did so, with his hands in the air, but McMillan Tasered him anyway, the mother says.

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