US cops zap schoolgirl

[Kowalski]

In an astonishing incident reported today in the Sun Newspaper (?) it was reported that Cops in Cincinatti USA zapped a 12 year old schoolgirl with a Taser Stun gun. Teachers had called police when this dangerous kid refused to go to lessons. The school kid now faces charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

It could only happen in America...:clap

Cheers

Kowalski

 

[Darkdale]

Really? In the Middle East they'd just kill them.

 

[Aqualung]

Really? In the Middle East they'd just kill them.

Good Point! if the girl was misbehaving, and resisting arrest, she deserved to get tazed.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

In the UK There is an enquiry if even an armed man gets tazed.They can not even be used with out special authorization.
Anyone Tazing a schoolgirl would think the world had fallen on their head.

Terry

 

[Aqualung]

Thanks for the view from the far right, no wonder American society is rotten to the core.

Cheers

K

Nope. It's the liberals making it rotten.

 

[michel]

The fact that this was reported in the Sun newspaper makes my hakles rize, in the first place. I'll check on this, if you don't mind; though I am sure they wouldn't dare print something that 'out of bounds'.

Kowalski, I can't find the article; could you give me a link, please?

 

[Valjean]

No doubt there's a bit more to it than the header let on, but it's usually prudent not to underestimate the tendancy of police to get carried away when things get dicey. At least they didn't shoot her in the head.

Michel -- at least they didn't feature her on page three...

 

[Kowalski]

The fact that this was reported in the Sun newspaper makes my hakles rize, in the first place. I'll check on this, if you don't mind; though I am sure they wouldn't dare print something that 'out of bounds'.

Kowalski, I can't find the article; could you give me a link, please?

Michel, it's on Page 27, todays issue, and comprises of about an inch of text at the foot of the page.


Cheers

K

 

[michel]

In the UK There is an enquiry if even an armed man gets tazed.They can not even be used with out special authorization.
Anyone Tazing a schoolgirl would think the world had fallen on their head.

Terry

I agree; what bothers me is that trawl as i have through the internet, I can find no article on this incident.

 

[Kowalski]

Michel,

here's your link : http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050909/NEWS02/509090377/1014

K

 

[michel]

Thank you Kowalski;

Sounds like she asked for it:
Part quote"When police officers arrived, about 11:20 a.m., the girl, who is 5-feet-5 and weighs 120 pounds, was combative, police said.
A police report says that when a police officer tried to lead the girl by the arm to the in-school-suspension class, she began kicking and biting the two officers.

Police said officers warned the girl several times she would be tased if she did not calm down, the police report said.

Police officials reviewed Officer Darrel Rhone's use of his Taser and determined it was in compliance with police department policy."
I lead a closeted life.

 

[Kowalski]

I can't believe that the cops could not of simply cuffed the kid; trained cops can't handle a schoolgirl of Twelve, I call what they did unreasonable force.

Cheers

K

 

[Valjean]

Handcuffing a twelve-year-old would have been just as controversial as tazing/stunning her.

Happily, this incident was unusual enough, and controversial enough, to generate articles in the local papers.

 

[Aqualung]

I can't believe that the cops could not of simply cuffed the kid; trained cops can't handle a schoolgirl of Twelve, I call what they did unreasonable force.

Cheers

K

because she was biting. Cops have to protect themsleves, too, especially against diseases and the like. It's a bad thing to get bit. Plus, they warned her. It's hard to cuff a kicking, biting girl if you're also trying to keep from getting bit yourself.

 

[Kowalski]

because she was biting. Cops have to protect themsleves, too, especially against diseases and the like. It's a bad thing to get bit. Plus, they warned her. It's hard to cuff a kicking, biting girl if you're also trying to keep from getting bit yourself.

Yeah, but surely the cops are trained on how to handle difficult cases and I mean adults, but a kid? you need to stun a kid, wouldn't happen in this country, no way.

cheers

K

 

[Aqualung]

Yeah, but surely the cops are trained on how to handle difficult cases and I mean adults, but a kid? you need to stun a kid, wouldn't happen in this country, no way.

cheers

K

SHE WAS BITING!!! They didn't know what sort of diseases she could have had. What would you rather they have done? Pepper sprayed her? Pepper spray does actual damage. Tasers just hurt real bad. Tackled her and beat her with their night sticks. Same results as pepper spray.

 

[Kowalski]

I've seen how they can restrain a person here, Cops had them on the ground and pinned in seconds. Anyway, I just don't think it was the right thing to do.

Cheers

K

 

[mr.guy]

Tasers just hurt real bad. .

Not true. Still hear of (healthy) people dying from tasers and stun guns. Goes across your heart, and you could be done for. Maybe if that happend, they could just taser the person back, i suppose.

 

[Aqualung]

Not true. Still hear of (healthy) people dying from tasers and stun guns. Goes across your heart, and you could be done for. Maybe if that happend, they could just taser the person back, i suppose.

As a matter of fact, that's not true. My dad, being part of a police force, got tased, as did the entire sherriffs office. No harm. It jsut hurts.

 

[michel]

As a matter of fact, that's not true. My dad, being part of a police force, got tased, as did the entire sherriffs office. No harm. It jsut hurts.

Maybe so; but if you have an incipient heart problem............