Miami police official defends use of Tasers on children.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Ihosvani Rodriguez

MIAMI _ The director of the Miami-Dade Police Department on Friday deflected mounting criticism over two separate incidents in which juveniles were shocked with stun guns by reemphasizing that the department is still reviewing its Taser policy and that changes are possible.

Director Robert Parker responded to the criticism leveled recently by community leaders and other critics who have blasted the department for using Tasers in recent months on a 6-year-old boy and a...

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