The 65-pound girl was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car Feb. 7 when she was shocked twice with a 50,000-volt Taser, according to a Sheriff's Office report.
So, she was already in handcuffs, and already in the back of the patrol car. Even if she was screaming and kicking, she was only endangering the seat of the car. They shot her twice with a taser for being annoying?
The girl was handcuffed and placed into a patrol car, but she managed to slide her cuffed arms to the front of her. Police said she refused requests to put her arms behind her back and began kicking and screaming.
An officer attempted to subdue the girl with a neck lock, but was unable to get control of her.
There are pretty good reasons why perps have their hands cuffed behind their backs, and this particular perp had already demonstrated violent behavior. She wasn't simply being annoying; she wasn't complying with procedures probably designed to control violent perps (again, of whom she was demonstrably one). Her size and age are irrelevant (I'm a father of three, by the way).
Had she been engaging in annoying singing or yelling, I'd have objected to the use of the taser. This wasn't that sort of annoying behavior.
stun guns can kill fully grown adult males. are you FUCKING serious guy? a little tiny girl?? they could have killed her, ebcause her and her mother were arguing?? im sorry, but nothing permits coming close to killing a girl over a family violence domestic despute. wtf?
if she died, could she have seen the sun rise again? could she have learned from her mistakes?
Note that she survived the first Tasering just fine, and was even conscious (and still non-compliant). I am unfamiliar with the usage of putting it directly against the skin, but if that does indeed somehow localize the electrical discharge, that sounds even safer than a standard use).
I've wrestled 60-pound girls before at work. It's harder than it looks, and there's no way to know from one news story how much danger she was presenting to herself or others. See below for a discussion of levels of force.
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Date: 2005-03-08 06:01 pm (UTC)So, she was already in handcuffs, and already in the back of the patrol car. Even if she was screaming and kicking, she was only endangering the seat of the car. They shot her twice with a taser for being annoying?
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Date: 2005-03-08 06:22 pm (UTC)The girl was handcuffed and placed into a patrol car, but she managed to slide her cuffed arms to the front of her. Police said she refused requests to put her arms behind her back and began kicking and screaming.
An officer attempted to subdue the girl with a neck lock, but was unable to get control of her.
There are pretty good reasons why perps have their hands cuffed behind their backs, and this particular perp had already demonstrated violent behavior. She wasn't simply being annoying; she wasn't complying with procedures probably designed to control violent perps (again, of whom she was demonstrably one). Her size and age are irrelevant (I'm a father of three, by the way).
Had she been engaging in annoying singing or yelling, I'd have objected to the use of the taser. This wasn't that sort of annoying behavior.
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Date: 2005-03-08 10:01 pm (UTC)if she died, could she have seen the sun rise again?
could she have learned from her mistakes?
no.
.......death is the only consistant in life.
Please document deaths due to Taser usage (and not mitigating factors) in healthy persons.
Date: 2005-03-09 03:10 am (UTC)I've wrestled 60-pound girls before at work. It's harder than it looks, and there's no way to know from one news story how much danger she was presenting to herself or others. See below for a discussion of levels of force.
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Date: 2005-03-08 10:02 pm (UTC)