Seattle Police

Kenneth Ruffer is a student at Tyee High School in SeaTac. Ruffer was shocked with a taser four times in the neck by Seattle police officers after the car he was riding in was stopped for a broken tail light. He says the police officers were too quick to use the taser and that he was not fighting when officers tased him in the back of the neck. The 18 year old said in an interview that, "I was in a headlock, face down in the dirt and couldn't breathe. I heard someone say, 'Tase him again.'" Ruffer received a $25,000 settlement from the city, which admitted no wrongdoing in the lawsuit. Ruffer was never charged with a crime. (Nov-30-04) [SEATTLE PI]

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