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Originally Posted by DrPhil
No, not whatever. Dejamon Baker is 12 years old.
Controlling for her mother's traffic warrants, perhaps you would view tasering a 12 year old child differently if she looked like this 12 year old girl:
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Nope and what a classless move to even suggest as much.
I don't care how old the child was. If she was not obeying lawful orders and the officer followed appropriate procedures for escalation of force, that's all I care about. Ultimately, what the officer did prevented all involved from escalating the violence any further and much to my surprise, only the mother went to jail that day. It sounds like the officer used a lot of discretion in not charging the other individuals who were interfering.
From the story, apparently another adult was also engaged in the resistance. This felon-mother wasn't going away quietly.