I work in a psychiatric facility and have been physically assaulted by children ages 4-17 and up to 6 feet tall (I'm 5'3"). I still am against using a taser on a child for multiple reasons ETA: unless that child is armed with a weapon and has clear intent to do severe harm to his/herself or another person.
The questions I have after seeing the news reports:
1. Was this a one-man arrest? I was under the impression that you would have back up or at least a partner present when trying to arrest a woman in a potentially crowded store so there should be another officer's perspective on what happened unless that's not protocol for SLPD (which is possible).
2. The girl had 2 taser marks--one on her chest and one on her stomach. What exactly was she doing that she needed to be tased twice?
3. Dejamon (not her mother) said she was tased at the store and at the police station; however, someone else should have seen that if it happened. Why hasn't a PD rep released a statement saying "X amount of personnel were present at the station and can attest that did not happen?"
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Last edited by christiangirl; 08-03-2012 at 09:05 PM.
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