Reply #59: I'm no proponent of Tasers, as all my other posts on this

[pnwmom]

subject will attest. They are often abused and should never be used in a case where force isn't necessary.

But this case, IF the facts are as the police have reported, may be one of the more justified cases. A 200 pound boy had jumped on an 85 pound girl and was pounding her on the face and head. He could have broken her jaw, or her facial bones, or given her a concussion. The police woman there was only five feet tall and 140 pounds. I'm a lot taller than she and I know I wouldn't be able to restrain an angry, out of control, 200 pound boy.

The old fashioned alternative would have been for her to give him a crack with her baton. Would you have preferred that? The thing is, there wasn't time to call in for reinforcements. The boy was hitting another child half his size. Something had to be done quickly.