so, it would have been better if the NINE YEAR OLD was handcuffed, led out to a squad car, transported downtown, fingerprinted and mug shot taken, BECAUSE HE WAS HAVING A TEMPER TANTRUM LIKE NINE YEAR OLDS DO AND DID NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL??? The mother is not a mother, the hyped out on steroids, on a power trip, you damn well better respect me cop is not a cop.... NINE YEARS OLD... ain’t you ever had kids before??? The more I think about this the angrier I get, and some of the ignorance being spewed on this thread is making me even more angry....
Yes I have kids and Yes, it is far better that the boy learn that if he does not control himself, someone else will.
One of the issues here is that his almost man never learned to respect authority, never learned to submit to his mother, never learned to obey his teachers, never learned that if he gets out of hand someone will come and put him back in his place. Unfortunatly, he had to receive a life lesson. Hopefully he will learn from it. Most criminals walk this path of disrespect to authority do not ever learn that lesson. I agree that there was a long overdue parental moment that likely never happened.
And who said anything about being hyped on steriods, or on a power trip? So let me ask you this. Do you think the 9 year old need a good spanking? Do you believe that the application of some pain here to get the boy to comply was appropriate? I hope you would. Now guess what, just about every action in the pain compliance measures has a risk of injury or death. So now think about this from a police officer who knows that every action he takes is going to be reviewed by a lawyer for the opportunity to file a lawsuit.
The officer already tried to pull the boy’s arms out and cuff him without success. So what now? Choke hold? Sleeper? Kick him? Pull your belt off and beat him? Punch him? Spray him with pepper spray? Use your night stick to force his arms out? Come on.... man up. Chose one of the techniques above or supply your own. If you are going to Monday night quarter back go all in.
But let me give you a hint. The force continuum is studied and restudied and looked at every year. The risk of death or permanent injury for each one of those actions above is GREATER than that of the taser. Some of the techniques listed above has a mortality rate that is over 20%. Studies of tasers fired on criminals show less than 2% mortality.
So lets get down to brass tacks ... what would you have done that was not already done?