Posted on 11/18/2009 8:34:35 AM PST by JoeProBono
The first mistake was in calling the police to deal with the child.
Sorry, I side with the cop.
They are there to deal with violent, dangerous situations.
If you don't have a violent, dangerous situation going on, you shouldn't invite the cops over.
The officer’s statement said the girl’s mother, Kelly Hamlert, told him to use a Taser on her if he needed to.
The officer did shock the girl after he said she kicked him in the groin.
Green light by Mom, then a kick to the groin. I can’t imagine it turning out any other way.
I might have used a taser on her too at that point, but what kind of idiot parent brood sow calls the cops to deal with a ten year old kid?
They should give the girl to the father, since the mother obviously can’t control her.
Given that the girl kicked the officer in the groin, I think the tasing was justified. But it’s also possible that the officer attempted to grab the girl without first trying to talk to her.
he fathered a child he left behind....he does not have custody, she has been in a juvenile facility before.....perhaps he should have thought about his love for her years ago.....sounds like she needs more than a little love. like a real family, say starting back to when she was born.
The more I get to know (some) kids, the better I like dogs.
So mommy calls the police to assist her with parenting and gets upset by the cops treatment of the nutcase she raised. Well isn’t THAT predictable as hell.
all bets are off if there’s a kick in the groin.
Cops don’t wear cups?
Mommy didn’t get upset about the tazing. She TOLD the officer to do it if he needed to.
It was the non-custodial father who seems to have the problem.
LOL!
It happens all the time all over the country; part of our nanny state culture, you see.
Had a friend of mine on the local sheriffs department that told me that she gets called out all the time by parents who can't control their children, including small children.
If your 10 year old is having a tantrum and kicks out at you, there are places in America where you would be arrested if you dared to even give the darling a swat on the behind. But you can call the cops and have your child tazered? Why not just issue tazers to parents and schools and let them use this new behaviour modification tool without inconveniencing the police.
Tazers were supposed to be an alternate to the use of potentially lethal force - a last resort before an officer pulled out a gun. They were never intended to eliminate the need for police officers to use physical force to restrain people who were merely unruly.
Can you imagine a judge ordering, as punishment, that a criminal be given a certain number of tazer shots? It would be struck down immediately as cruel and unusual punishment. Why then should the police be permitted to use this type of force unless there is a life-threatening situation that would ordinarily permit the use of a gun?
We don't know that he "left her behind" but we do know that he doesn't have custody. We also know that he is now trying to get custody. If is very possible that he wanted custody all along rather than "leaving her behind" but was denied by the family court system that all to often assumes the mother to be the better parent (when it certainly appears in this case that was a wrong assumption).
She apparently kicked the officer? Also note: some 10 year olds can be HUGE.
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