Family Of Reno Knife Boy Demands Cops Give Thugs A Fighting Chance

By Bob Owens

Cheryl Pitchford, the mother of a Reno (NV) teen who pulled out a pair of butcher knives and attempted to hack his classmates into kibble is demanding that school police use less-lethal systems so that violent thugs like her child stand a fighting chance.

The family and friends of a 14-year-old Reno boy who was shot by a school district police officer marched to the district headquarters Wednesday afternoon to protest the use of lethal force at the high school campus.

Logan Clark’s mother, Cheryl Pitchford, was joined by about 100 people who jammed into the reception area at the Washoe County School District headquarters Wednesday afternoon to demand someone formally accept the petition that calls for campus officers to carry Tasers and pepper spray.

She was joined by Demick La Flamme, the father of a friend of the hospitalized boy, who led the 2-mile march and delivered the petition to school officials.

Police say Clark, who was publicly identified by his father Justin Clark, was threatening others with knives when he was shot in the chest December 7 while surrounded by dozens of students in a school courtyard at Procter R. Hug High School.

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Source:: Bearing Arms