12-year-old tased by police officer

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Good.

You caught me mid-edit. Long story short, the negative experiences of other people are not a figment of their imagination and they do have an impact on you. Likewise, the positive experiences that you share are not a figment of your imagination and they have an impact on other people. It all works together. Police officers and law enforcement practices should never be trusted to the extreme and unchallenged. How we legally express our distrust and challenge is the issue. A 12 year old child may have done a horrible job at legally expressing distrust or challenge, but I cannot say that an angry yet unarmed 12 year old child needs to be tasered.

Oh absolutely. I feel like I'm kind of coming off like "lololol those silly minorities are always making stuff up, I'm a white girl and I've never had a problem with cops!!!!" which is what I'm trying to avoid as I'd smack me for saying it. When we get more info and/or it comes out that the officer overreacted, I will absolutely agree with you.