Student at alternative school Tasered to stop fight

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Two students at a city alternative school were suspended for 10 days for fighting. A police officer used a Taser on a 15-year-old boy to stop him from fighting.

The officer, who was working at Redirection School, Hudson Avenue, heard a disturbance coming from the school’s lunchroom around

11 a.m. Monday.

The officer saw two students fighting, with the principal holding onto one and a teacher trying to pull the other student back.

The 15-year-old boy was trying to kick and get loose to continue fighting, so the officer used a Taser to stop him, police said.