12-year-old tased by police officer

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Sure, you've evolved since then and moved on. It doesn't matter that this was a CHILD or actually, no, you pretty much haven't backed off of that one. Perhaps you can educate us on how your world view has evolved since then? It is now okay to taser a CHILD or it never is?

Hmmm...let me break this down for you. Some of us are discussing whether tasering policies and practices should vary by age (and perhaps other characteristics that have been mentioned in this thread such as mental condition). As PiKA2001 stated, there are already policies and practices regarding tasering children and there are exceptions to these policies and practices. That is the larger issue that some of us were looking at in order to see beyond the specifics of these events and find commonalities. What do these incidents (how rare these incidents are does not matter since there are many things that are relatively rare but are the foundation for research, discussions, and policies) have in common and how can these commonalities fuel tasering policies and practices.

Okay.....

Originally Posted by Kevin

You were wanting guidelines and casting racial aspersions and refusing to commit to anything and now I'm the slow one?

Dear, he who believes that "no one is holding you back but yourself," perhaps you are trying to divert attention from your horrible attempt at a Sandusky joke. You are the only person who brought up and keeps talking about white privilege in this thread. You have memory relapse if you think I ever have a problem saying exactly what I want to say and sticking to it.