In light of the fact that NYPD pumped over 50 rounds into Sean Bell on the morning of his wedding, and LAPD billyclubbed Rodney King into paralysis while he was down (not to mention NYPD and Amadou Diallo), is this kid getting more sympathy than they did?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/18/student.tasered.ap/index.html
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