Police taser 10 year old.

[Nuke_em_05]

One, if the child is that unruly just over taking a shower, something is wrong with them or the parenting.

Calling the police over it? If you can't control your own child, you don't deserve to have them.

The child obviously didn't acknowledge the authority and capabilities of the police officer, so there's a clue to her state-of mind. It seems like she was posing a threat to herself and others.

Physically restraining her would have been a bad decision. The "big bad burly police officer" vs "small innocent fragile little girl" is the exact reason. If she was resisting, and he was restraining, he could have accidentally caused her severe injuries. You have to go through very specific training before you are allowed to physically restrain a child in any "caregiving" profession. Even then, it is only under very very very specific sets of circumstances. Using the stun instead of physical restraint was, at least as the officer assessed (and they are actually trained to assess those risks on the fly), safer for her.

 

[ucciolord1]

It is a bit much.
Still... a groin kick....

 

[lSHaDoW-FoXl]

The first thing that comes to my mind is the word 'Jesus Christ!' simply because how odd this entire situation is. For one, Did the mother 'really' need to get the cops? I mean, for the love of god, this is a kid, how strong can this little hell spawn be? She's not a teenager, she's a damn ten year old. Secondly, this is over a shower. So, it boggles my mind on why the mother even had to get the cops in the first place.

Then once the cops get there, do you really mean to tell me she continued? She was still fighting, over a shower? That even the cops had troubles? If a girl is that much of a...well, I can't even begin to think of the words to best describe the thing that she is. But, if extreme measures are necessary, then perhaps they should be used. What baffles me however is how a trained Cop had troubles with a ten year old.

If the mother had to call the police just to get her into the shower, there was probably something wrong with the girl. Borderline or ADHD or whatever, she obviously needs professional help.

Still, there's no excuse for tasering a 10-year old.

I believe every single one of us here can agree that either the mother or the daughter had extreme problems, but I disagree with you on the ADHD part. I have/had ADD and I never did something like that. I personally think she might have something far more severe, and perhaps even dangerous.

I am pretty much am against the tazering (I'm only taking a guess that's a word) as well. Not because it invokes harm, but because it doesn't necessarily teach her too much of a lesson.
She'll probably be taking her insane tantrums still.

 

[Worsle]

Also who just randomly says by the way you can taser my child?

Abusive parents.

True, all the more reason for the officer to not use it.

You can find the story on other news outlets and seems they have different view points.
And they never tell you everything to make the story more biased in the first place. If he tasered her she'd be in the hospital to remove darts.

As well you make a good point, now be that police officer, get 35k a year and know any 70 year old you pull over can shoot you for little to no reason or a 7 year old playing with what looks like a toy gun pops a cap in you.

If mommy was a good parent she'd of done something to start with, bring in the law and have them be attacked? Why? Can't punish your own child so you hope someone else does? Kid still assaulted a police officer. Period. Even if the officer shouldn't have responded to the call. Now.... you really think 911 or a police dispatcher would have sent a cop quickly to a call "My daughter won't take a shower?" call? No....

Hit about 6 different news stories and the BS is cleared up a bit more.

Who says the cop came quickly? Also having poor parents mean the police can do what they want to you? That is some spurious logic if ever I heard some.

However you are right it must be a tough life for those cops with all these 10 year old and 73 year old hell raisers running around ( http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/11/caught_on_tape_73-year-old_wom.php ). The term tasered is used because stun gunned sounds stupid. Oh and I have read a few articles on this, but surprisingly not many take a good view on a cop needing to taser a 10 year old. Funny that.

 

[Carlston]

Also who just randomly says by the way you can taser my child?

Abusive parents.

True, all the more reason for the officer to not use it.

You can find the story on other news outlets and seems they have different view points.
And they never tell you everything to make the story more biased in the first place. If he tasered her she'd be in the hospital to remove darts.

As well you make a good point, now be that police officer, get 35k a year and know any 70 year old you pull over can shoot you for little to no reason or a 7 year old playing with what looks like a toy gun pops a cap in you.

If mommy was a good parent she'd of done something to start with, bring in the law and have them be attacked? Why? Can't punish your own child so you hope someone else does? Kid still assaulted a police officer. Period. Even if the officer shouldn't have responded to the call. Now.... you really think 911 or a police dispatcher would have sent a cop quickly to a call "My daughter won't take a shower?" call? No....

Hit about 6 different news stories and the BS is cleared up a bit more.

Who says the cop came quickly? Also having poor parents mean the police can do what they want to you? That is some spurious logic if ever I heard some.

However you are right it must be a tough life for those cops with all these 10 year old and 73 year old hell raisers running around ( http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/11/caught_on_tape_73-year-old_wom.php ). The term tasered is used because stun gunned sounds stupid. Oh and I have read a few articles on this, but surprisingly not many take a good view on a cop needing to taser a 10 year old. Funny that.

But that's it for me, honestly I can't debate it anymore. It's illegal to attack a cop, and if the cop saw it better than bashing down the kid. His call.

Thing is there is not enough real fact about the story, the call to the police and the kid behavior to make a educated debate.

Only thing I see is another over amped story to make us feel offended...then again a 10 year old can still stab your eyes with fingernails.

I'll figure out if i care or not if they release everything, not a little blurb because they don't call H1N1 Swine flu anymore and its a slow news day.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

Hmmm...

Conflicting modalities of my perspective...

First...

YAY! A child got tasered! Awesome! Did they follow up with pepper spray or did they just start curb stomping her?!

Second...

"Thanks mom."

Third...

Would a quick leg sweep and a punch to the throat solved this better? What is the best manner to subdue a child without causing permanent damage?

fourth...

I want to blame poor parenting, but for this level of aggressive behavior, I am more inclined to point the finger at chemical imbalances, and developmental disabilities.

Fifth, and possibly most important!!!

A parent no longer has the right to initiate the level of physical attention necessary to forcefully make a child desist in violent behavior. Calling in police, if only to act as witnesses, is pertinent if not advised in this scenario. Anything less, and CPS gets called and charges get pressed.

 

[Nouw]

I'd rather the two tazers.

OT:In the groin? Makes a bad example of kids. As I could be classified as one. Well in the movies anyway.

 

[lord canti]

its about time people stop letting little kids get away with everything.

 

[Rigs83]

It's ok because she's Americans and American kids are dangerous.

 

[Krythe]

So... the police came to force a child into a bath tub because her mother was a psychotic *****...

... ... ...

Isn't there any actual, I dunno, crime they could be combating?

 

[Krythe]

It's ok because she's Americans and American kids are dangerous.

Says the person with a 500 S&W revolver chamber as their avatar...

 

[Rooster893]

She kicked him in the groin, he shocked her very briefly with a weapon authorised to take down violent and non co-operative individuals.

What's the problem?

The problem is her dad didn't get custody and wants to use this as leverage to get it, and any lawyer with a shitty degree could put a pretty gnarly spin on this story to do this.

 

[park92]

that officer must've been pretty pissed

 

[Rigs83]

It's ok because she's Americans and American kids are dangerous.

Says the person with a 500 S&W revolver chamber as their avatar...

And I am an American so are we in agreement?

 

[Krythe]

It's ok because she's Americans and American kids are dangerous.

Says the person with a 500 S&W revolver chamber as their avatar...

And I am an American so are we in agreement?

If I didn't also live here and thoroughly enjoy every bit of your people's strange yankie hoplophilia, I'd protest, but with things as they are...

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!!!

 

[Chaos Bringer]

ZAP *****!