Orlando: Autistic Teen Tasered

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Orlando, Fla. AP - An Orlando police officer

Tasered an autistic middle school student after the teen refused to leave a

bathroom and broke the officer's hand.

The incident happened Friday at Glenridge Middle

School after a teacher called police. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound student was

washing his hands when an officer confronted him. The boy then swung around an

punched the officer in the face and struck his

hand. Police say the student was not

injured but that they would ask prosecutors to charge the student with battery.

Teach your children that

it's better to lose on their own terms than to win on someone else's.