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what the f*ck?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041113/ap_on_re_us/children_tasered_1

do you think that it is justifiable for a 38 yr old cop to taser a 12 yr old kid? personally, if the cop was in shape, he should've been able to chase her... especially after alleging that the kid was drunk.

well one dout too many.............

Well, I don't think under-aged drinking and skipping school merrit the use of a taser gun. Besides, when the little girl out ran him, it wasn't like he didin't know that she could be tracked down other ways. If this little girl was shooting up a gas station, yeah, fry her ass.

It was a bit excesive if you ask me.

ye but if she was running into traffic whilst under the influence she could have been killed.

you run from the cops...you get tasered.

NO ONE should be aloud to complain about the treatment they recieve for running from the cops. You aren't only endangering the lives of yourself and the cop, but also of other innocent people.

Granted nothing bad happened in this case, but if she ran into traffic and either got run over, or if a car ran off the road to avoid her....a much worst result could have occured.

All I can say is, the brat got what was coming for her.

Would letting a drunk kid run into traffic have been better? That's why he used the taser.

if you can shoot a 6 year old kid with 50,000 volts. Then you should be allowed to pump atleast 75,000 into a drunken 12 year old who is running away from the cops.

oh wait....lets make a bigger deal about this because she's a girl....

erm.....

If the young boy who got tasered had of cut himself with the glass insted, the cop would have got in trouble or would have been accused of not doing enough.

If the young girl had run into traffic the cop would have been ridiculed for letting her run out there.

The cops can't win, they will be criticized for everything that they do.

End result, the boy has no permanent damage from cutting himself and the girl did not get killed by a car. They have no permanent effects left from the taser.

I was watching Cops like 3 weeks ago during the middle of the day, and in Portland, Oregon there were these two cops (male and female) patrolling the district of the city with a lot of clubs.

They turned the corner and there was this huge fight going on in the middle of the street between a group of people and the bouncers of the club. Some guy is getting pulled away and lead into the back seat of the squad car by some cops, while his girlfriend is face down being hand cuffed by the 2 other cops who arrived on the scene.

The girlfriend screams, the boyfriend breaks free of the cops, and tugs the female cop off the girlfriend. Then these 2 huge male cops take down the boyfriend, put the hand cuffs on him while he's on his stomache.....and just for good measure, the female comes over and says "don't you ever touch an officer of the law" while she promptly pulls out her taser and zaps his ass while he's already been restrained.

The guy busted his eye open on the curb while he was jolting around from the taser.

Funniest thing I think I've ever seen on cops...but it kind of make me think the female had gone too far. Granted the boyfriend should have never broke free and put his hands on the officer, but he had already got the rough treatment from the male cops....she was just adding insult to injury

she definitley crossed the line if he was already restrained

that was funny. the thing i don't like about that is the female cop acting like she was above everybody. that was kinda sucky since the guy was already restrained.

actually, i don't know why i said the word "promptly" because she fiddled with the carrying case on her belt for like 3 or 4 seconds before she even had the taser in her hand.

And then afterwards the female and the male partner are sitting there telling everyone how this boyfriend brutally attacked the female and that she "had to" use the taser to restrain him. They kept insisting that it was necessary in front of the camera.



I don't feel bad for the guy because what he did was border line retarded, and I don't think being shot with a taser is THAT big of a deal. Atleast it wasn't a bean bag or rubber bullet.

i don't care if i get tasered... well, i would if i loose my bladder and bowel controls. on the other hand, yes i would mind.

now that they are selling tasers for civilian use, all you have to do is get one, and practice tasering your own kids for fun and for training, to toughen them up against the effects of the 50,000 volt jolt.


that'll teach those damn cops for trying to use non-lethal force to subdue your out of control kids!!

hysterical

Gee, I didn't realize people on this board were such fascists.

There is NEVER any justification for using a taser on a 6 year old. Never.


corn

this is just f**king sickening.

From the Article:

"Nelson, 38, said he chased her and yelled several times for her to stop before firing the Taser when she began to run into traffic. "

What an Idiot! If the cop yelled at her telling to stop she should have STOP! Man, why the hell would you run away from the cops? That's simpy stupid!

You're right. They should have let him cut his throat. Because, you know, that would have been better than being tasered. I guess?

but how hard was it to reach over and take the shard away from the kid?

too true Gregory. I was just about to make that comment.

What was the result of zapping a 6 year old with a taser? He stopped cutting himself with a shard of glass that was taken from a picture frame the kid broke. he had already slashed himself under the eye, on the arm, and on the thigh....and he was threatening to cut his own throat.

but heaven forbid someone do anything to prevent this kid from doing anything further.

Taser the sh!t out of the little son of a b!tch...that'll teach him.

It would probably have taken more time to reach over than it would for the kid to permanently mess himself up.

they might have tried and nearly had their fingers cut off.... as long as they tried other steps first, i dont see wat the problem was if it solved the situation and did little or no damage - i dunno how badly a 6 yr old would be affected by a taser...

ummm.,...you DO realise that an electric shock causes convulsions and also causes muscles to lock, so that cop could have sealed that kids fate.
there was NO other way to stop a six year old kid? wow

dont any of you people have kids in your families? just that anyone here can accept a cop tazing a little 6 year old kid...practically a todler...its sad

Sure. He could have shot him. Or snuck up behind him and bludgeoned him with his night stick. People are harping on the kid's age, but here's news for you: razors are just as sharp when a six-year old uses them as they are when anybody else does, and a kid can slit his own throat just as efficiently as an adult.

When the officers tried to talk the kid down, he cut himself on the arm, when they stepped closer and intensified their tones, he cut himself in the thigh.

Then he held the blade to his neck and threatened to kill himself.

Taser was used. No further damage was done.



you DO realize what could have happened in the few seconds before a cop could get within the child's reach...don't you?

ok, please read the entirety of my post, ok?

do you ever see a cop use a tazer on a guy with a gun to his own head?

NO

you know why?

electric current causes C-O-N-V-U-L-S-I-O-N-S....
so the jolt could cause him to pull the trigger,
just as it could easily cause the kid to cut himself.

Yes, and if the kid had been actually holding the razor to his throat, this would have been relevant. But as far as I know, he wasn't.

I say let the stupid kid kill himself. One less person with no intelligence roaming the planet. I think more people who want to commit suicide should. More planet for the rest of us, who are actually grateful for being alive in the first place. I'll probably get flamed for that.

Anyway, if you can't chase down a 12 year old girl, you're seriously out of shape. Drop the doghnuts fatty, and do some sit-ups.

exactly. how fast do drunk 12 yr olds run?

faster than a fat cop....

shouldn't you be able to sue a police officer or a fire fighter for being fat and out of shape?

I mean....doesn't that hinder their ability to do their job properly and couldn't that cost the lives of people?

i don't think you can sue them. can you? if so, i may have a few cases pending...

yea but it takes the amusement factor out of it - theres nothing like watching a fat cop chase after a drug dealer or something.

i think the department only keeps them so they can be filmed in "COPS."

Gregory, some day (hopefully) you'll grow up and have kids and wonder why you said such things.

And Linkalicious? Sue cops who are out of shape? Yeah, right. Remember, the police are not the military, they don't have to be in tip top condition if they don't want to be. That's something that a few people on this board may not realize.

Some day I'll grow up, have kids, and wonder why I didn't want the police to let a child cut his own throat?

No, they aren't forced to be in tip-top shape, but they should be in some sort of healthy physical condition. If not for their own safety, then for the safety of the people that they are being paid to protect. If I can handle a situation better than a police officer, there's something wrong. Not only are they trained for their job, but are paid to keep things under control. I shouldn't be able to control a situation better than a police officer because the officer likes to shove Krispy Kremes into his fat mouth all day.

Hey, don't knock Krispy Kreme.

corn

And frankly, if it takes "the people" to keep things in line, then I don't have a problem with that. I don't put every ounce of my trust in the police.

When we do that, we lose our freedom.


corn

I don't put all of my trust in the police either, specifically because events like this happen. BUT, if they are being paid to protect me, then that's what they should do.

i totally agree - im surprised that they dont get bollocked by their superiors for being overweight.

I just watch this on tv.I think that it came to me as a surprise.This girl should not had been shot by one of those gun things but then agian she should not had been skiping school.
Not to sound racist or anything but when ever this happens it is always on the news because this girl is spanish.Why can't say I have no idea.JM

Fine by me, she shouldn't have run from a cop, stupid brat.

i would have agreed with the decision made on the 12 year old ; running into traffic had to five the cop a split second decision.

but the 6 year old in an office is too vague of a scenario to judge. i would rather talk it out with the kid but if the 'glint in the milkman's eye' starts getting cocky by all means zap him before he goes blind or digitless

One more thing inleast she was not killed!Right backfire?JM

i think in rare cases its justifiable to shock a kid with a tazer.
take jackie malfoy for instance...

LMAO

In most cases puting jerks like pvs on a list is a good thing to do before you shot him wiht a taser!JM Now that is funny!

What the hell, was he going to have a heart attack? Porker needs to run around out a bit more .

However, about the six-year-old...I wonder how deeply the kid had cut himself?

all i can say is next to porn tazers are the coolest things ever invented