10YO Girl tasered by police for kicking a police officer

[mamadiva]

SKY news story

Just saw this and couldn't beleve it, whilst I know that striking an officer is against the law surely a 10YO should not be violently harmed (which tasing is IMO]] in retalliation!

And as for her mother telling him to do it if he had to... well enough said...

Good grief. That is dreadful.

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

And that is disorderly conduct is it?

Americans are mad!

How about "well, if you won't shower you'll be smelly and I bet your friends will let you know about it soon enough"?

I did actually use to have to pin dd down when she had panic attacks, and I'm only 5 foot 4. And have had no police training whatsoever.

Whimp of a mother, whimp of a policeman. And all over a shower ffs.

I don't suppose all Americans are mad, Riven; if they were, this would hardly have made the news, would it?

Just got back on, so glad that it wasn't just me who thought this was a bit harsh!

If anything I think the mother and policeman should be fined or something as surely this is somehow breaching laws... even in America

FUCKING HELL!

What? Eh?

I am flabbergasted.

Can you tell

Does it say who rang the police?

I'm sure I read it was the mother who rang the police. Total idiot, who on earth rings the police for their kid having a tantrum. I guess they'll sue now.

Was a bit shocked though that the girl is actually been charged with something.

What a delightful child, sooooo glad she's in another country (hmm]

busybutterfly - you think that the child is at fault here?

If she has emotional problems then I'm guessing her parents may be the root of them - "tase her if you need to" can you imagine saying that to an armed policeman simply because your teenage duaghter was having a strop?

My toddler occasionally lies on teh ground in the shopping centre, especially when I say it's time to leave the little play car thingy.

Should she be nicked for disorderly behaviour?

Blimey, my 9 year old daughter with special needs quite often has meltdowns where she gets violent- only last week I gor kicked in the throat and had my nipple nearly twisted off , but it would never occur to me in a million years to ring the police. I am going to ask Social Services if there is some kind of course I can go on to learn safe restraint techniques, and get their help to make her room a safer space for her when this happens. What kind of a crazy world are we living in?

I don't think that administering a massive electric shock is a lighter option than holding them down

Tasers have killed people. And I imagine the setting is set to incapacitate a large man rather than a teenage girl.

Sorry for some reason I had it in my head the girl was 15.

She is ten.

FFS this is nuts.