A young girl from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe was tasered at a home on 2431 East Sully Avenue in Pierre, South Dakota. Image from Google Maps

The mother of an nine-year-old Indian girl who was tasered by a police officer has filed a lawsuit in federal court.

Dawn Stenstrom accuses the city of Pierre and its police chief of failing to train police officers on the use of tasers. Her lawsuit blames unnamed officers for "excessive force" and seeks punitive and compensatory damages on behalf of her daughter, who is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

The girl, identified as L.M.J., "suffered grievous bodily harm, physical pain, emotional suffering, and the deprivation of the right to be free of unreasonable seizure of her person, in violation of the laws of the United States," the July 24 complaint states.

The girl was eight years old at the time of the October 4, 2013, incident. An internal investigation cleared officers of wrongdoing.

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Relevant Documents:
Complaint: Stenstrom v. Pierre (July 24, 2014)
Pierre Police Department Use of Force Summary (October 4, 2013)

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