Police use stun gun on 6-year-old

[K1052]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/....tasered.ap/index.html

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Police used a stun gun on a 6-year-old boy in his principal's office because he was wielding a piece of glass and threatening to hurt himself, officials said Thursday.

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

Principal Maria Mason called 911 after the child broke a picture frame in her office and waved a piece of glass, holding a security guard back.

When two Miami-Dade County police officers and a school officer arrived, the boy had already cut himself under his eye and on his hand.

The officers talked to the boy without success. When the boy cut his own leg, one officer shocked him with a Taser and another grabbed him to prevent him from falling, police said.

He was treated and taken to a hospital, where he was committed for psychiatric evaluation.

"By using the Taser, we were able to stop the situation, stop him from hurting himself," police spokesman Juan DelCastillo told The Miami Herald.

The case was under review.

That is a little strange.

 

[eakers]

omg, hes six years old for gods sake!

 

[pulse8]

Why the hell was he cutting himself in the first place?

 

[Zysoclaplem]

WTF?
Broke a perfectly good picture frame. I'd be pissed. Picture frames aren't cheap.

 

[yllus]

LMAO! How hard is it to move quicker than a 6 year old and grab his stupid hand?

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: eakers
omg, hes six years old for gods sake!

What should they have done? I think they did their job perfectly. They prevented him from injuring himself further, and they ensured their own safety. GG Cops.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: yllus
LMAO! How hard is it to move quicker than a 6 year old and grab his stupid hand?

No sh!t. Even with a good sized piece of glass, you aught to be able to maybe get a minor injury at most unless this kid is the child of speedy gonzales.

 

[KK]

I can bet his parents are great role models.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: yllus
LMAO! How hard is it to move quicker than a 6 year old and grab his stupid hand?

the cop had to have his daily powertrip. and cops are only brave against unarmed 6 year olds.

 

[TwiceOver]

They should have just shot him. Nothing like a bullet wound to remind a person how stupid they are.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Hm... I wonder why they used non-lethal force? Society will end up paying for that mistake in the future.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: datalink7

Originally posted by: yllus
LMAO! How hard is it to move quicker than a 6 year old and grab his stupid hand?

No sh!t. Even with a good sized piece of glass, you aught to be able to maybe get a minor injury at most unless this kid is the child of speedy gonzales.

Perhaps the kid knew the location of his carotid artery.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Sounds like a perfect case for the tazer to me.

 

[spidey07]

wow, nice job guys!

I love to see heart warming stories like this where officers save lives.

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: eakers
omg, hes six years old for gods sake!

What should they have done? I think they did their job perfectly. They prevented him from injuring himself further, and they ensured their own safety. GG Cops.

grabbed him and spanked him!

 

Originally posted by: spidey07
wow, nice job guys!

I love to see heart warming stories like this where officers save lives.

:thumbsup:

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Crazy solutions to crazy problems in a crazy world.

 

[40Hands]

Tazers have been known to kill people. What if this had been one of those cases?

 

[moshquerade]

well since none of us were there we don't really know the extent to how much this kid was whacking out.
but i'll bet the police didn't use the gun on him for fun.

 

[machintos]

a 6-year old can still go swinging his arms, making it difficult to approach him without getting hurt. I think a 6-year old who's willing to cut himself up with a piece of glass deserves the tazer to prevent injuring himself more.

 

[Deeko]

I think he did his job fine. The kid had a piece of glass that was obviously sharp enough to cut and he was obviously not afraid to use it. Just cuz he's 6 doesn't mean he can't slash your wrist.

 

[amoeba]

hey its cool, they set the taser to stun and not kill.

 

[AdamDuritz99]

So what's the problem here?

ok honestly when i read the title I was thinking WTF are the officers doing. But after reading it and seeing how the kid did physically harm himself after in front of the police, I think they did their job appropriatly. Hell one of the officers was nice enough to catch the kid before he fell.

peace
sean

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: BroeBo
Tazers have been known to kill people. What if this had been one of those cases?

Pieces of sharp glass have been known to kill people. What if this had been one of those cases?

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: AdamDuritz99
So what's the problem here?

ok honestly when i read the title I was thinking WTF are the officers doing. But after reading it and seeing how the kid did physically harm himself after in front of the police, I think they did their job appropriatly. Hell one of the officers was nice enough to catch the kid before he fell.

peace
sean

it's still reckless. tazers are design to be used on adults, not 6 year old gids. tazers can killed people. recently in the news there have been a couple of cases even. one in dallas was a 21 year old guy.