A 17-year-old boy says Redwood City police officers fired a Taser at him and then joked about it, according to a claim filed against the city.

The Redwood City City Council rejected the claim at its April 25 meeting.

John Burris, an Oakland-based civil rights and personal injury attorney who represents the youth, said a lawsuit may be filed now that the council has rejected the claim.

“I’ve had many more serious beating cases, but it’s an example of a young boy who had his rights violated and someone has to stick up for those rights,” said Burris, who also represents the family of Oscar Grant, an unarmed man fatally shot by a BART police officer in 2009.

Interim police Chief Ed Hernandez said he couldn’t comment on the claim, but stated in an email that “both my officers conducted themselves professionally, appropriately and were within department policy in their response to a strong-armed robbery.”

According to Burris, the incident took place after the teen went into the Safeway store on El Camino Real with a friend at about 8:30 p.m on Sept. 25, 2010. The friend swiped a bottle of alcohol and the two then left the store, Burris said. But his client took off in a different direction to meet up with his mother at a restaurant on Broadway, Burris said. That’s when he was stopped by the two police officers at Jefferson Street and Middlefield Road.

One officer pushed the youth, according to the claim. The teen raised his hands but officers drew their Tasers. After sitting down, he was forced to the ground as “one or both of the officers placed their weight on the claimant’s back,” the claim states.

When the youth complained that his arm was pinned, both officers fired their Tasers at him, according to the claim.

“The officers laughed and joked about the maximum voltage of their Tasers,” the claim says.

One officer allegedly grabbed the youth by the hair, pushed his face to the ground, and told him in a singing voice “that when a cop tells you to stop, you f—— stop.”

The teen’s mother arrived and demanded that the officers give their names or badge numbers, but they refused, according to the claim. The mother is an attorney, Burris said.

The teen was later taken to a hospital by one of the officers, who attempted to question him there. The officer told the youth he did not have a right to talk to an attorney, according to the claim.

The teen was charged with theft, as well as criminal conspiracy and obstruction, according to the claim. Burris said no store merchandise was found on his client, who spent four days in juvenile detention. Because he is only handling the teen’s civil claim, Burris said he doesn’t know the status of criminal charges in the case.

The claim states that the teen suffered emotional distress as a result of bodily injuries and that the family has incurred medical expenses related to the incident.

The claim charges police with making a false arrest, negligence, assault and battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The claim does not specify how much money the teen is seeking in damages, but Burris said the amount will be more than $25,000.

Redwood City City Attorney Pamela Thompson declined to comment on the claim other than to say “the city denies the allegations.”

Email Bonnie Eslinger at beslinger@dailynewsgroup.com.