cops taz a 10 year old girl

[AllanF]

Un-fucking-believable!!

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Police were called to a home in Ozark, near Little Rock, over a domestic disturbance, according to a report by Officer Dustin Bradshaw.

When he arrived, the girl was curled up on the floor and screaming, he wrote.

The youngster was also kicking and resisting every time her mother tried to get her in the shower before bed, the report continued.

Mr Bradshaw wrote: "Her mother told me to 'tase' her, if I needed to."

The officer tried to take the girl into custody but she was "violently kicking and verbally combative" and struck him, the report continued.

So he delivered "a very brief drive stun to her back", the report said.

The girl's father Anthony Medlock told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that his daughter has emotional problems, but she was unarmed and should not have been tasered.

"My daughter does not deserve to be tasered and be treated like an animal," said Mr Medlock, who is divorced from the girl's mother and does not have custody.

Ozark mayor Vernon McDaniel said the youngster was not injured but wanted Arkansas State Police to investigate the incident.

"People here feel like that he made a mistake in using a Taser, and maybe he did, but we will not know until we get an impartial investigation," Mr McDaniel said.

The state police refused to launch a probe, saying it only gets involved with criminal investigations rather than matters of policy.

Police Chief Jim Noggle said no disciplinary action was taken against the officer and insisted Tasers are a safe way to subdue people who are a danger to themselves or others.

"We didn't use the Taser to punish the child - just to bring the child under control so she wouldn't hurt herself or somebody else," Mr Noggle said.

The girl, who was taken to Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil, will face disorderly conduct charges.

[Strange]

he was sick on the day they taught self defence and restraint.
that straight face looks real good on you chief!

police in singapore handles COBRAS without tasers!!!!

[Chris Fleming]

"he was sick on the day they taught self defense and restraint"

I know what you are saying but wrap your head around these two things: this IS what they teach in self defense and restraint class and if cops are willing to use their electric torture devices on a 10 year old girl, what do you think they would do to the rest of us?

[Dmitri]

Sounds like mommy's the one who needed to be restrained there...
Poor kid...


"The girl ... will face disorderly conduct charges."
Now what the FUCK is wrong with that picture?!

Man oh man...

[Ian]

I don't know what's worse - that carrying a taser automatically turns you into a charlie oscar charlie kilo, or that grown adults can't handle a 10 year old girl.

[Strange]

"this IS what they teach in self defense and restraint class..."
oh my goodiness

[DeusTrismegistus]

So we have a girl that the mother obviously cant control and calls the cops to help. We have a cop who says the mother told him it was ok to taze her, no reported disagreement on that fact by the mother. Sounds to me like the girl needed to be taught a lesson, she did kick the cop in the balls which is technically assaulting a police officer, and she got tased as a result. I find the whole mess amusing and sad. Its sad that parents have lost so much control over their children that they have to call the cops, which unfortunately reinforces to the child that the parents can't control them and regardless of the tasing will likely cause the child's behavior to worsen. Sad situation all around, but amusing to me as well.

[Strange]

is spanking illegal in arkansas?

[Michael]

No, I'm pretty sure spanking's legal in Arkansas, although I never lived there.

The girl might have kicked the cop in the balls, but that's what they say every time they use excessive force.

[AllanF]

So a 10 YEAR OLD GIRL kicked the cop in the balls if that justifies tazing the kid then it turely is a fucked up world!

[Dmitri]

So a 10 YEAR OLD GIRL kicked the cop in the balls if that justifies tazing the kid then it turely is a fucked up world!

Dude, she's 65 pounds and 4' 6" tall!! She's a freakin' MONSTER!!

[shawnsegler]

If someone tazed my kid, they'd better be quick on the draw to get me too.

[Strange]

...or use a bagua/xy side side to evade the shot, grab the wire, charge in and use it as a garrote

[Josealb]

What should have happened...

Cop: Maam...so its ok if i taze her to control her?

Mother: Yessir she earned it!

Cop tazes the mother on the spot.