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Good grief. femmocrat Jun 2013 #1
Damn it!!! police must be better trained to recognize autistic and MR kids who can't respond! JackN415 Jun 2013 #2
you don't tase naked 11 year olds whether austistic or not. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #7
Easy to say that behind a keyboard duffyduff Jun 2013 #49
so tazing an 11-year-old is just fine with you? really? chillfactor Jun 2013 #57
Dam cops can be brutally dumb sometimes. Rex Jun 2013 #3
Calling the police usually makes situations worse. ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #4
Yeah, just let the little girl wander around on the freeway and be roadkill duffyduff Jun 2013 #50
give it up already.. chillfactor Jun 2013 #58
assholes n/t warrprayer Jun 2013 #5
a naked 11-year old & they copuldn't just grab her? quite obviously not hiding a weapon, HiPointDem Jun 2013 #6
Not Necessary RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #8
isn't this F****** lovely? THE GIRL will not be charged with a crime niyad Jun 2013 #9
Well isn't that nice of them? kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #11
made me sick when I read this. it never occured to them that this was a CHILD? I remember niyad Jun 2013 #14
I would like to know the name of that heroic trooper. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #10
Amen! theHandpuppet Jun 2013 #35
How many times do we have to hear this story before.... kentuck Jun 2013 #12
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
How about risk your life and limb you fucking worthless pig? bobduca Jun 2013 #15
Sounds like P.D. protocol. To prevent cops from wrestling people Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #16
Holy fuck. Bonobo Jun 2013 #17
You understand that the cops don't write the manuals? They are required to follow it. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #18
Complete BS. Bonobo Jun 2013 #21
And there is no company in teh US that takes away an employee's power of individual Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #44
Dude, have you no common sense? Bonobo Jun 2013 #48
I call bullshit. Th1onein Jun 2013 #25
TASERS ARE NOT COMPLIANCE DEVICES. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #31
You've read that p.d.'s manual? Hmmm. Forgive me for doubting that. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #42
You wouldn't happen to be a police officer, would you? Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #43
No. I've read several reports on the MANUFACTURER'S HANDBOOK. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #45
I live right down the road from Taser International. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #46
It would depend on how you phrase the question probably. TheMadMonk Jun 2013 #55
As I have mentioned before, back in the day I was a LEO (deputy) The Straight Story Jun 2013 #47
WHO CARES IF IT'S IN ANY MANUAL??!!?? tkmorris Jun 2013 #54
Guessing Snowden said the same thing The Straight Story Jun 2013 #56
There are simple non-harmful intervention moves, such as the Escort Basketweave, Zorra Jun 2013 #22
She's 11. If their policy calls for tasering a non-aggressive kid, they should change their policy. pnwmom Jun 2013 #24
Protocol is to tazer a naked, unarmed 12 year old girl in distress? Rex Jun 2013 #28
And does this afore-mentioned 'protocol' apply to children? PotatoChip Jun 2013 #34
LOL, I read this post and then said 'I wonder if some idiot will.... Logical Jun 2013 #52
"Officials also say she will not be charged with any crimes..." brentspeak Jun 2013 #19
Charging an 11 year autistic girl was Ilsa Jun 2013 #39
A cop with no common sense is a very dangerous person. n/t UtahLib Jun 2013 #20
Good thing she wasn't carrying skittles, she might've been shot uppityperson Jun 2013 #23
I literally feel like throwing up, after reading this article. Th1onein Jun 2013 #26
Ahh only if it was skittles and Arizona ice tea. avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #30
11 years young SamKnause Jun 2013 #27
Happy birthday, wish I could have offered it under better circumstances. And also... Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #32
Light SamKnause Jun 2013 #33
So basically the dude tazed that little naked napalmed girl running down the road in Vietnam. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #29
And when that happens, JoeyT Jun 2013 #40
^ Truth. Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #41
And on that day, someone will defend it. Bonobo Jun 2013 #53
It's bad enough that we have to B Calm Jun 2013 #36
In such a situation, in the US, I would never call the cops. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #37
Yeah, just let her get hit by a car duffyduff Jun 2013 #51
apparently you now nothing about autistic children chillfactor Jun 2013 #60
Because calling the cops is the only option, sheesh. Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #61
The taser is the convenient off switch tyrants have dreamed of for millennia. Orsino Jun 2013 #38
I found a video on the story with an eyewitness account Revanchist Jun 2013 #59
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