robman1130 said:
HG131 said:
ravens_nest said:
They should have called the RSPCA instead...
That's the Animal Cops to non-Britons...
Using a tazer is probably overkill in this situation. But what were they gonna do? Shoot her with a tranq gun? Gassed her? Smack with a club? The kid was acting like an animal, I think the police were justified to defend themselves especially since she attacked them. But her mum is clearly a ***** who can't raise a decent child...
Exactly. They had every right to tase her.
would yall have liked it better if the cop shot her?
If she had grabbed a kitchen knife and went for the cop then it would absolutely justified. Cops don't put themselves in harms way for fun, they have every right to incapacitate someone who is threatning either his or somebody else's life. Now it would be tragic if it came down to it but you couldn't fault the cop for thinking their life or mine...
Clearly the cop needs training on how to deal with cases like this without resorting to such extreme measures but it was probably the most effective, non-lethal and caused the least injury to the girl. I wouldn't call him a hero or anything but I think he did the right thing given the options
she gave him.
Instances like this will become more common if would-be-do-folder laws like no spanking etc become common place. Kids today are practically rabid compared to 50 years ago. I'm quite a liberal person but this kind of warped liberal thinking is making things worse...