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In reply to the discussion: Taser Used on Naked, 11 Year Old Autistic Girl Wandering Lost [View all]Gravitycollapse
(8,155 posts)43. You wouldn't happen to be a police officer, would you?
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Taser Used on Naked, 11 Year Old Autistic Girl Wandering Lost [View all]
The Straight Story
Jun 2013
OP
Damn it!!! police must be better trained to recognize autistic and MR kids who can't respond!
JackN415
Jun 2013
#2
a naked 11-year old & they copuldn't just grab her? quite obviously not hiding a weapon,
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#6
made me sick when I read this. it never occured to them that this was a CHILD? I remember
niyad
Jun 2013
#14
Why do they have to taser or shoot someone simply because they don't repsond. Shouldn't they save
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#13
You understand that the cops don't write the manuals? They are required to follow it.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#18
And there is no company in teh US that takes away an employee's power of individual
Honeycombe8
Jun 2013
#44
She's 11. If their policy calls for tasering a non-aggressive kid, they should change their policy.
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#24
Happy birthday, wish I could have offered it under better circumstances. And also...
Poll_Blind
Jun 2013
#32
So basically the dude tazed that little naked napalmed girl running down the road in Vietnam.
Poll_Blind
Jun 2013
#29