Tampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Al Reyes was the latest victim of a police Tasering, after officers intervened to stop a fight between him and another patron of the Hyde Park Cafe in Tampa. The other patron punched Reyes in the face after the two exchanged words, after which Reyes began spitting blood and swinging his arms wildly, according to the ESPN news report.
When Reyes would not settle down and continued spitting blood, police used a Taser to knock the 230-pound pitcher to the ground, then shocked him again when he disobeyed commands to remain on the ground.
Student safety should obviously be a top concern of schools, especially in this day and age when schools may not seem as safe as they once were. With that said, a Tampa elementary school seems to have taken the issue a bit far after a young girl with knee problems was denied using her crutches due to a “communications” miscommunication involving a school policy about having a doctor’s note for such devices.
The result of the school being too overcautious: the girl’s knee was damaged even more significantly and her family has notified the school of its intention to file an injury lawsuit.
In what is one of the more disturbing stories that I’ve come across the Web in a long time, the parents of a North Carolina high school student have had to file a personal injury lawsuit against their son’s bullies.
It seems that these bullies have been harassing the high school student at great lengths, from mugging and robbing him to even going as far as to create a Facebook page to incite further bullying.
