Cop Tasers 10-Year-Old Girl

 

I think he could have at least called for backup and probably could have handled it with more manpower but then people would say they beat her so no matter what he did someone would have something to say about it.

- Jenny

Posted 11/18/09 12:54 PM

 

 

I think the girl should be removed from the home. It’s clear to me that the mother is not in charge and for her to call the cops on her kid demonstrates to me she is incompetent. Was she a menace to society that she didn’t want to take a bath and then to stun her was OUTRAGEOUS! It seems to me the little girl may have some behavioral issues that require medical intervention, not the police. I’d hate to learn that my tax dollars were being spent on the “bath police!”. I know the Ozarks is depressed place, but to place a child under arrest for not taking a bath, it must be the biggest backward place in the world.

- Gigohead

Posted 11/18/09 02:21 PM

 

 

this is what tasers are for. this is exactly their purpose. for use on people where you cannot use a firearm or baton on, but when they are violently resisting the officer. pulling another officer off of the street to deal with a 10 year old girl is a misallocation of resources, especially when the officer had the perfect tool for the job on his belt.

- chris

Posted 11/18/09 02:26 PM

 

 

I agree with Chris.I think the situation was handled properly. The child became combative and was not cooperating with law enforsement therfore was tased. Although I don’t think mom should have called the police because her daughter threw a fit.

- Anonymous

Posted 11/18/09 02:52 PM

 

 

The police shouldn’t have even shown up at the house after receiving a call that a child refused to take a shower. The child was not breaking any law (unless refusing to shower is illegal) the mother has shown that can clearly can not be left responsible for the girl though. She’s young, was possibly scared. The police man should have called for backup instead of trying to force the girl out. I’d of fought back too.

- Mer

Posted 11/18/09 03:36 PM

 

 

Proper responses to a parent requesting the tasering of their unruly children; a) NO U b) Taser, the parent c) “Lady, that’s wrong” PLUS, ask the little girl if there is another guardian she’ll like to phone. The police officer is full of so much manure, if he can’t handle a child, how is he suppose to serve and protect? It’s easy to restrain children if you know how (ask a babysitter of sibs that won’t stop fighting to demonstrate), heck, adults can be restrained with strength and training that police should have, that wouldn’t require tasering or beating.

- Georgia

Posted 11/18/09 05:05 PM

 

 

WOW!! First of all, what the hell did she do that was illegal? She is a 10 year old child that is refusing a bath. Officers should never have been called in the first place. Second, she wasn’t harming herself or anyone else. As stated above, she was balled up on the floor crying. She only kicked when someone touched her. Here’s a thought, close the door and let her have her tantrum. When she’s calmed down, try to talk to her then. Third, I think CPS needs a call, what mother in her right mind would give permission for someone to taser her 10 year old child. Fourth, why didn’t this officer restrain the child without using a weapon that could result in injury or death? A taser uses electrical current to disrupt voluntary control of muscles. It’s a pain compliance technique. I understand that the child kicked him in the groin during her tantrum but does that really constitute him to inflict pain on a child? The mother may have given permission but he is a officer of the law. Therefore, he is held to a higher standard. He showed no judgment and should be reprimanded.

- Jen

Posted 11/18/09 05:48 PM

 

 

If someone kicked me in the groin I’d want to tase them…

- Anonymous

Posted 11/18/09 06:08 PM

 

 

I’am completly amazed that the police even responded to this can you imagine the 911 call? “My daughter wont take a bath.” Obviously, this child has some serious issues if she is fighting with police at the age of ten but seriously he couldn’t get a little girl into hand cuffs without tazing her?

- mercaties

Posted 11/18/09 06:26 PM

 

 

I too am surprised that the police responded to call becasue a child wouldn’t take a bath. But the child was obviously out of control and became physically agressive. She needed to learn consquences for such behavior. especailly assualt any adult, particularly a police officer. She was old enough to know better.

- Chrissy

Posted 11/18/09 07:32 PM

 

 

yes she was assaulting him. kicks to the groin are dangerous and with parental consent the officer did nothing wrong.

- Anonymous

Posted 11/18/09 07:54 PM

 

 

While my almost 10 year old daughter weighs 80 pounds soaking wet, my almost 12 year old daughter was 5’3” and weighed 110 when she was 10. Then, and more so now that she is taller and heavier, it would have been quite an effort if I had had to physically try to get her to obey me. I doubt that was the first time that mother had problems controlling that child. Every child has to learn at some point that they do not rule the house or the world they live in. Harsh lesson, that taser, but it sounds like she deserved it and maybe she will think twice before physically attacking her mother or a police officer again. Any bleeding-heart sob saying “Oh poor little child” should volunteer to take her into their home.

- tennmom

Posted 11/18/09 08:40 PM

 

 

Are we reading the same story? She did not kick until she was touched. I am sure the kick to the groin was not done on purpose. It sounds more like the child was throwing a tantrum and flailing her legs and kicked him there. I am not saying she should not suffer consequences for her behavior but tasering a 10 year old child is not and should never be appropriate. I guess I am a bleeding heart because I would never give permission for someone to put 50,000 volts of electricity through my child’s body. Let’s not forget that a taser has 248 documented cases of individuals dying after it was used on them. In addition, there are studies that prove after being tasered, that it can impair people’s cognitive functioning. We don’t know the long-term effects that being tasered could have on a individual, let alone a child. Remember people, this is a child, NOT A ANIMAL!!

- Jen

Posted 11/18/09 11:12 PM

 

 

Wow! I can’t believe how many people think this was acceptable! This is extremely wrong, people. I don’t care if it was a “very very brief” stunning, you just don’t hit ten year old girls with a stun gun unless they have a weapon. This is absurd! What, did she hurt his feelings? What justifies this? I’m especially mad that the mom asked the officer to do it, but more mad that the officer did! Look, it’s been proven that tasers can, and have, killed. They are meant to be used on healthy adults. If a taser can kill a person because of some small heart defect, logic says it’s not too far off to think it could kill someone whose heart has not fully developed. You just can’t taze little girls!!!

- Matt

Posted 11/19/09 05:08 AM

 

 

We’re not allowed to spank the child when they need discipline, but it’s ok to call the police and have them taser the unruly child. Strange world we have created.

- Anonymous

Posted 11/19/09 08:24 AM

 

 

… are some of you smoking crack? 30 years in the business and I will tell you there is NEVER a time when this would be appropriate. The justification of the use of a taser is simple: Would a higher level of force be necessary to overcome the actions of the person, to save a life, or to stop a crime in progress. Why not let mom make you cup of coffee and have a seat to watch the show? Let the little girl work out her demons, throw a tantrum, whatever… They will never find a (real) defensive tactics expert to condone this action.

- jack

Posted 11/19/09 08:40 AM

 

 

I’m not a bloody bleeding heart, I believe in bleeding out the hearts of people who would harm children. I hope the father gets custody, but if the child had died the mother and the fail cop should have been strung up together in barb wires.

- Georgia

Posted 11/19/09 01:06 PM

 

 

I work at a children’s psych hospital… I don’t see anything wrong with what the Cop did!!!! We’ve had 8 year old kids here who should of been tased!!!!

- KYmom

Posted 11/20/09 10:44 AM

 

 

wtffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! she a 10 year old. its her fault if she wants to stink. the mother needs to be taken a look at and put in the home. the little girl was not harming anyone, just dont touch her. some children are like that. GOD the cops and the mother was wrong the cop needs to lose there jobs and rights. the taser was not needed and the cop was stupid for agreeing with the mom. getting kicked is not the worst she could have done. people need to listen to the common sense !!!!!!!!1

- aleah

Posted 11/22/09 10:42 AM

 

 

“I work at a children’s psych hospital”??? That’s code for “I never went to college to get a decent job, so I have to clean noses and bedpans for a living…” NOT the person we need dealing with special-needs kids, handicapped or even the criminally inclined children… Juvenile Psych wards can either help or dangerously enable children on the edge… Try this on… “you want fries with that?” THIS is not the place for your opinions…

- jack

Posted 11/23/09 08:34 AM

 

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