While it would be all too easy to discuss the recurrent theme of genetics in the Ozarks, I will force myself to stay away and note just two salient details from this AP story about Officer Dustin Bradshaw’s decision to taser an unruly 10 year old girl.
First, he only did so after her mother, who happens to be the person who called the police for help in dealing with her child’s tantrum, told the officer to taser her. The good news is that Mom never suggested that the cop plug her between the eyes, despite earlier reports.
Second:
I can’t help but wonder how this advances testing of tasers on the physical and mental development 10 year olds. Perhaps this will open the door to tasers in the classroom if the unruly child has learned her lesson?
H/T Injustice Everywhere (and if you’re not following @InjusticeNews on twitter, then you’re wasting your time reading Simple Justice).
First, he only did so after her mother, who happens to be the person who called the police for help in dealing with her child’s tantrum, told the officer to taser her. The good news is that Mom never suggested that the cop plug her between the eyes, despite earlier reports.
Second:
The report said Bradshaw administered a “very, very brief” stun with the Taser, put the girl in handcuffs and carried her to his patrol car. She was taken to the Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil.This is critical, because its so much better when delivering a shock of 60,000 volts to limit it to a “very, very brief” period. Isn’t that right, Old Sparky?
I can’t help but wonder how this advances testing of tasers on the physical and mental development 10 year olds. Perhaps this will open the door to tasers in the classroom if the unruly child has learned her lesson?
H/T Injustice Everywhere (and if you’re not following @InjusticeNews on twitter, then you’re wasting your time reading Simple Justice).
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Once again, an inadequately trained cop uses a less-lethal device when it is unnecessary. In the escalation of force, only a firearm is higher than a Taser. This officer should have called for backup, and/or a social worker. Somewhere along the line, cops have forgotten that numerical superiority is the most effective way to control a situation. The 10 year old girl has not been born that can resist four grown men.
Ya think?
Especially when they use their batons on her.
Isn’t Ark also the home of Jericho, of recent news fame? I see a trend developing here in law enforcement in Ark. and it’s not a nice one. You know the old adage, spare the taser, spoil the child.
You guys should have seen my brother at ten. The tantrums are incredibly violent. Biting, scratching, flailing. “Just hold her down” seems easy enough to say. Simply controlling the demonic beast could hurt the kid more than a Taser. I hate to get all politically incorrect, but “retard strength” does exist. My nasty little brother had amazing feats of strength when his endocrine system ran on all 8 cylinders.
Oh, and yes, my brother finally made it to prison – as this ten-year-old girl will eventually find herself. Some kids are just “bad seeds.” Whether that means they have some serious mental illness, demonic possession, or whatever…Who knows? It does seem that some people come out of the womb badly, and that nothing you can do can change them.
We all have different conceptions of a ten-year old. At ten, my brother was breaking windows with wrenches and chasing our younger brother around the house with a hammer. Having lived with a ten-year-old terror (I could tell he was bad when he was only 5; ultimately he was a diagnosed as psychopath) makes me a lot more sympathetic to the cop and mom than I’d otherwise be.
Nothing like a little self-serving projection there.
Of course, when your brother was b’b’b’b’bad to the bone, you were a bit younger too. It’s hard to shake off your childhood trauma when a post strikes a sympaethic note.
Well, I’m in kind of the same camp as Mike, in terms of experience, so I’m tempted to agree.
But I’ll resist. About the only thing we know, assuming that everything in the story is true (which, other than some of the grammar, is possible), is that she’s ten, she was light enough that the cop could initially carry her into the living room (and, later, when handcuffed, to the car), and she was able to get in a shot to the nuts, and was subsequently tazed, with her mother’s encouragement.
I’m tempted to connect the dots, myself. But it’s not impossible that it’s not what it all sure appears to be, just unlikely.
SHG: No need to project. Experience informs judgment. Who knows what that 10-year-old girl was like? Neither you nor I have personal knowledge of her. She might be a little angel or a demon spawn. We don’t personally know.
Thus, each of us is going to form a conception of “10-year old” based on personal experience with other 10-year olds. Most form the conception of a delicate child. Well, that’s usually accurate. There are abnormalities.
Jdog: So they grab the kid. The kid won’t stop flailing, even though she’s being held. Now the kid has bruises all over her arms. What’s the headline then going to say? Cops rough up 10-year old! Look at the bruises!
People want to act as if this is a simple case. Could be. Or it could be that this girl was a demon spawn. If she was a demon spawn, then simply grabbing her is not nearly as simple as it sounds.
No matter how they come out of the womb, with some decent and appropriate attention, whether it be love, a firm hand or psychotropic medication, we can help them. No one comes out of the womb in need of a good tasering.
When my kid gets a little difficult and whiny about going to bed, I usually find that a quick shot of pepper spray does the trick. The taser’s for animals.
Huh…I don’t think I realized you can be arrested for Disorderly Conduct in your own home. I guess she should be thankful her mother didn’t Trespass her…