[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

This poor child is seriously disturbed. One must wonder about his family enviroment.

[A Cyrenian]

Spare the Taser, spoil the child.

[Michael Goldsberry]

50,000 volts seems like too much. One would think that they could adjust the setting.

Beeber to stune?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Oh... wait. Wait. You said TAZER, right...?

[newzjunkey]

He's SIX! How ridiculous is it that he couldn't be disarmed by a grown security guard.

Taser? Overkill much?

I hope this kid gets the psychological and social services help it seems he desparately needs.

[TheCrusader]

Praise God for modern technology. What would the police have done with this six year old boy before the advent of tasers?

[helen crump]

How in the world does a child get so angry and violent by the time he is 6!?

[CindyDawg]

Now I suppose all picture frames will have to be banned from schools.

[mollynme]

Maybe a little shock treatment will do him some good?

[Archangelsk]

I have a five year old. I am 3.9 times his weight. I have very highly developed reflexes. I am still, for my age, very quick and very coordinated. I don't think I need a Taser to subdue a child of this stature under any circumstances (provided the child is not wielding a gun).

We have become a nation of wussies.

[OXENinFLA]

HE'S ONLY 6, TAKE THE GLASS AWAY FROM HIM!!!

[556x45]

Any word on whether they shot his dog?

[Towed_Jumper]

I can hear the principal now speaking after the police have "subdued" this kid. "Thank you gentleman. You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training." ...geez, what a couple of whimps...remember "officer safety" is paramount in all contacts with the public. Temper tantrums by six year olds are "tactical scenarios" requiring high tech solutions. Lord help us all...

[Don Simmons]

I wonder if the kid will remember the valuable lesson: "Act like a heathen brat - get tazered"??? I sure would.

This is what happens when you don't spank your children.

Boys especially need a spanking every day. Even if they didn't do anything wrong - they damn sure thought about it.

I got my ass tore up on a regular basis and I turned out just fine. (My head is twitching violently to the left and I'm giving you all an evil stare...)

:-)

[ruiner]

Thats not an incendiary headline is it :)

[5Madman2]

I don't want to get into the second guess game on this-on the surface it looks like the cops may have done a wussy thing. I also know that edged weapons are nothing to mess with, no matter who has them in their hand. TV gives us a mistaken impression that fighting someone with a knife is a matter of a few Karate Kicks, and it's just not that way.

The default action to deal with someone with a knife within 21 ft is to shoot them. On that level, these officers exercised restraint. Was there a better way than a Taser? Probably. Was a taser better than some of the other options, probably. None of us were there to see the totality of the circumstance. To paraphrase, it is easier to comment from the sidelines than to be the man in the arena

[BureaucratusMaximus]

The boy, who was not identified, was shocked with 50,000 volts on October 20 at Kelsey Pharr Elementary School.

Its not the volts that get you dead...its the Amps. ;)

[elli1]

Obviously the little 6 y.o. heathen was trained in the fine art of hand to hand combat and was probably slurping steroids w/ his Lucky Charms & was just too tough for the coppers to handle. Like, have you ever tried to arm wrestle one of these pumped up toddlers? Scary. I'm sitting here thinking, ''Ratz, why is it that tasers weren't around 10-15 years ago when my little darlins' were resisting going to bed and leaving the front door open & the dog kept getting out?'' (Yes, I'm being sarcastic.)

[BritishBulldog]

Unbelievable.

Simply astounding.

There was no teacher, security guy or police officer who could disarm a 6 year old?

Disgraceful.

[steplock]

this is a case of proper use of the taser.