MIAMI-DADE POLICE TANSERED TRUANT GIRL, 12

Miami Herald ^ | 11/13/2004 | Susannah A. Nesmith

[Libertarian4Bush]

KEEP YER CLAMPOSURE!

[paws_and_whiskers]

Tansered=Tasered.

The police tansered before they tasered.

[Garattler]

Wonder what punishment their "fathers" meted out?


None, probably, because they don't want to be thrown in jail by the mothers.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

The Chair! The Chair! Give her the chair!

[HaveGunWillTravel]

Yeah..Right...Should have used a 45 magnum on the kid..And she was chewing gum too....the horror...and running away..the brat...just a dangerous psychopathic 12 year old...too bad she didn't have a weak heart. ;(

Agreed. Only, to be consistent with a truly free and humane society, the cop should have called for backup so they all could have taken turns jumping up and down on her head before beheading her and chopping her up into little pieces. After all, truancy by a twelve year old is a very serious crime.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

It like a bad episode of the little rascals gone wrong.

[the invisib1e hand]

in my neighborhood the deputies are doped up on steroids and quite high strung. but those esteemed public servants in miami make these guys (and those umm women, too) look like choirboys.

[squirt-gun]

Perhaps this officer was lured away from Janet Reno's Justice Department.

By Golly I think your on the right track. After all, Janet solved the Waco problem permanetly by not worrying about collateral damage.

Have a nice day.

[Racehorse]

Nelson said he fired ''for my safety along with [the girl's] safety.'' He could not be reached for comment. [ . . . ] ( Police Director Bobby) Parker said Friday night that his department will review its Taser policy. ''That doesn't mean that we're going to change it,'' he said.

I truly support the police, but this is the kind of thing that makes them look bad . . . because, it is bad. The director should have said something like, "Yeah, we're going to review our policy and we're going to change it to make damn sure every officer know when and how to exercise proper judgement. We're done zapping little kids!"

[WakeUpAndVote]

I would like to know something.

What was her blood alcohol level?
Where did she get the alcohol and are they under arrest?
Cigars, was there pot in the cigars? Let's not be naive!
Who's house pool was it? Are they being questioned?
Why wasn't she cuffed and arrested for underage drinking?
Why wasn't she cuffed and arrested for possession?
Was she the only one drinking there, who else, over 21?
What was the first thing the mother did, smack her a$$ or call a lawyer?

Nope, it was ALL the cops fault. He stopped her. He cut into her "social" thing. Now how is she going to get knocked up and on welfare by age 13? These damn cops. They always are keeping our teens from having babies.


/rant

[squirt-gun]

See # 48.....You are on to something too and also deserve a nice day.

But I loved the Janet Reno gambit.

She solved everyones problems at Waco by simply killing everyone...along with the help of the FBI and others of course...but, give her credit, no more religious fanatics on her watch.

[highimpact]

What was her blood alcohol level? Where did she get the alcohol and are they under arrest? Cigars, was there pot in the cigars? Let's not be naive! Who's house pool was it? Are they being questioned? Why wasn't she cuffed and arrested for underage drinking? Why wasn't she cuffed and arrested for possession? Was she the only one drinking there, who else, over 21? What was the first thing the mother did, smack her a$$ or call a lawyer?

All good questions. The reporter attacks the officer for trying to save the girl's life before she ran stoned and drunk into the street. I guess the story about a girl being tased is more sensational news than the kids' hedonistic party, but the root cause of this whole mess was caused by the kids' misbehavior, not the officer's questionable decision.

I agree with the previous freeper who postulated an alternative headline: "Stoned girl killed by car as she fled officer who chased her into street."

[rodguy911]

The kid is drunk and about to run into traffic. The officer

tases her. Does he get a medal or a reprimand. In the "blue"

portion of Dade County a reprimand. This whole thing is

bogus. Actions like this are what turn good policemen away.

[Clemenza]

Actually, West Kendall is in the red (good guys) portion of Miami-Dade County. The kids were probably the Section 8'ers that the landlords at rental communities all over South Florida have been letting take 20% of the complexes.

[TexasCajun]

Just Shocking!

[TexasCajun]

Not a big deal!

Bob! Man! I'm worried about ya? How's that twitch?

[WildTurkey]

You can ask the Admin Moderator to fix your mistake.

[BobS]

There is no twitch. When you expect to be shocked, the nervous system readily adapts. Your body is just another resistor in a circuit. Don't be afraid. The farmer showed me the path through the thumb is less than an inch when stuck in a light socket. You feel only a localized buzz at the end of your thumb. Harmless stuff that saves a hell of a lot of time when you're busy.

[OwnershipSociety]

Drinking alcohol and smoking cigars?!!!

Been known to do the same thing myself...

---

Cigars no less, not cigarettes! Those kids got style.

[JesseHousman]

Good rant.