Police taser 10 year old.
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They are being accused of excessive use of force right now. Holding a child's arms where she can't get any leverage isn't going to cause any damage while tazers do though not as much as a billy-club or mace. They're properly called less-lethal deterents for a reason.
So pins and arm holds on a 10 year old is excessive force, making Tasering a legitimate alternative? Not a chance! I have 10 year old family member who I have wrestled with for fun, and I have pinned them with no danger and no fuss (I let them win most of the time of course). Granted a problem child will likely flail a lot more, but if you're even remotely competent, you will be unlucky if you get a light bruise, with almost no danger to the kid. As for tasers...well, lets just say that there's a reason why they have moved away from calling them, "Non-lethal weapons", and towards calling them, "Less-lethal weapons". Sure, a properly used taser on a full grown, healthy adult presents a fairly small risk, but a 10 year old girl? There's a fairly decent chance of that killing the child. Using basic pins and restraints would have been both easy and far, far safer.UltraParanoia said:
I'm sick of hearing all this "kids these days" bullshit. How old are the guys saying this, 80? Kids were always little shits.
I'd say after 14 taserin's fair game if there's no other way to subdue the kid. But a grown-ass man, and a trained police officer at that, who can't get a 10-yr-old into handcuffs and his squadcar backseat? Either it's bullshit, or that's one pussy-fied cop. I haven't worked out a day in my life, but I'd take a 10-year-old quarterback down before I tried to taser him/her.
At the very least, the cop should lose his badge forever. I wouldn't lose sleep if both he and the mother were charged with assault on a child, as well.
I'd say after 14 taserin's fair game if there's no other way to subdue the kid. But a grown-ass man, and a trained police officer at that, who can't get a 10-yr-old into handcuffs and his squadcar backseat? Either it's bullshit, or that's one pussy-fied cop. I haven't worked out a day in my life, but I'd take a 10-year-old quarterback down before I tried to taser him/her.
At the very least, the cop should lose his badge forever. I wouldn't lose sleep if both he and the mother were charged with assault on a child, as well.
Oh, I'm sorry, which factors in the situation am I failing to notice against your keen eye?PuppetMaster said:
Possibly, the child's loitering could cause major civil unrest, and when finished injuring the officer she's going to go on a one girl rampage of wanton Hannah Montana influenced carnage? At which point assault with a weapon becomes the last option and the only way of stopping somebody that's about three foot tall?
I applaud you good sir. Especially on the first part. People get all nostalgic about the past, and completely forget that 99 times out of 100, it was just as bad, if not worse, back then.funguy2121 said:
Im not sure I entirely agree with the degree of blame you put on the cop and mother. If I was kicked in the groin, I could see myself making some rash decisions. It certainly reflects negatively on the cop, but I also think that there are mitigating circumstances. Also, the extent of the mothers involvement seems to be calling the cops, but it sounds like, considering what this child was capable of doing, she likely had reason to be concerned with her and her childs (And possibly other family members) safety. Sounds to me that the mothers only crime was giving birth to a child with a mental disorder.
I know you're just playing around, but I'm not playing around, sorry. This isn't a grown woman on drugs refusing to comply with a law enforcement officer (law enforcement, key term here folks). It was a 10 year old little girl. It's not funny, at all. I know you all think, "Well shit, I know it's bad, and a lot of cops are out of control, but I can't do anything about, so whatever." You can think that, fine, but you don't have to crack jokes at this crap. It's just evil Have none of you ever watched a Disney movie? You should know these things by now.HG131 said:
And no I wasn't a jock.
I was really shocked to see you're from the UK. (Wait for me to conceal my sarcastic face.)Gingerman said:
I guess you're used to it, enjoying CCTV up your ass 24/7 and growing a lawless corporate police force. Must be cool.
No, America isn't better either, just saying.
That approach is probably the most sure fire way of creating a little monster like this girl. Corporeal Punishment hasn't fallen out of favor because we have become weak as a society, it has fallen out of favor because it doesn't really work. It teaches a child to solve problems with violence. In the folksy wisdom of the average firm-handed nostalgic versus the peer reviewed science on behavior, I'm going with the science.JimmyBassatti said:
laughable on paper, but age is subjective. if the article was girl A called the cops on her room mate, girl B for situation X, when the cops arrived girl B was unruly, violent, ect and assaulted the officer, resulting in a tazering. you and anyone else would call that "problem solved" but as soon as girl B is a minor, you turn blind to the real issue.ugeine said:
you do NOT assault an officer
you do NOT dissobey your parents
