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?
lets dissect your statements...
1) One of the issues here is that this almost man never learned to respect authority.
He is NINE years old.. he cannot even spell authority, let alone tell you what it means... you are an idiot.
2) Who said anything about being hyped up on steroids
I know personally a number of police officers. The particularly nasty ones almost all use steroids, and lack basic reasoning skills. If you cannot outhink a NINE YEAR OLD and resort to taser, then you are nasty and lack basic reasoning skills. The leap to roid rage is not that far a jump.
3) The officers already tried to pull the boys arms out and cuff him.
This is the first time you have admitted that this was a boy, a NINE YEAR OLD boy. The simple fact that this roid rage induced so called officer was going to arrest, handcuff, transport and process as a prisoner a NINE YEAR OLD BOY HAVING A TEMPER TANTRUM tells me everything I need to know.
If you support this action, and the actions of the officer, then you sir need to take some basic reasoning skills classes, because you cannot outthink a nine year old.