Boot lickers; not hardly.
Twenty years ago, okay, maybe 30 years ago you wouldn’t have to go to extreme measures to stop a young person this age but everything is on the table now because these kids don’t act like they are much more than a feral wolverine. Some have zero discipline from their parents or anyone else. The best thing that could happen to them is going to juvenile jail for a while to wake them up; if they can be helped at all.
Don’t look at the age; look at the behavior and the safety of the officers on scene. They don’t want to hurt some idiot kid anymore than you do so tazing them is actually quite humane.
I forgot, all that matters is that they get home safely at the end of the day, no matter who or what they have to trample on to do so.
Was she stealing food because she was hungry and her parents weren't taking care of her? Was she hungry and desperate?
Did the parents send her into the store with the backpack to steal for them? Was she forced to do this for them?
Is she being used by a group of people to steal as they do in drug stores and then sell the merchandise in corner stores like those you find in 'immigrant' neighborhoods? (This was a trend a few years ago).
Is she just some kid who steals?
It will take a couple days, if ever, for all the facts to come out.
I'm not making excuses for her stealing but I want the full story.
As the media always does in these cases, the media is spinning this story to create a 'narrative'. An 'innocent, helpless young girl was tasered by violent out of control cops.'
I want to know the full circumstances.
The very fact that Kroger notified the police tells me that something else was going on besides mere shoplifting.
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Well said.