12-year-old tased by police officer

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Every reputable news source that I found states "traffic tickets." There are some ignorant forums that state "drug trafficking." If you can find news sources that confirm that it is drug trafficking, please post the links.

Try this: https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/ca...earchType=name

and enter her name Charlene E Bratton and note the criminal drug cases for several years.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by thetalady

Try this: https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/ca...earchType=name

and enter her name Charlene E Bratton and note the criminal drug cases for several years.

Does that mean that she was being arrested for a drug trafficking warrant last week?

I should create a thread about Charlene E. Bratton because this thread is about a 12 year old child being tasered.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil;

I should create a thread about Charlene E. Bratton because this thread is about a 12 year old child being tasered.

No, it's about taking Charlene E Bratton, convicted felon at her word when she tells us her tale of woe about an arrest. It's much more likely that the 12-year old and the accompanying adults were refusing to obey lawful orders and acting in a threatening manner than the officer tazing a little girl for "just standing there." You've picked the wrong side of this fight and probably because of the skin color of the alleged victim.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

No, it's about taking Charlene E Bratton, convicted felon at her word when she tells us her tale of woe about an arrest.

No, this thread is about a 12 year old being tasered. That is why it is titled "12 year old tase(re)d by police officer."

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

No, this thread is about a 12 year old being tasered. That is why it is titled "12 year old tase(re)d by police officer."

But let's not pretend that no thread ever gets derailed. Although, I'm not really sure I'd consider this a derailment. I think the train is just headed in a different direction.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

But let's not pretend that no thread ever gets derailed. Although, I'm not really sure I'd consider this a derailment. I think the train is just headed in a different direction.

And since some of you do not think this is a derailment or a mere clarifying the details, I again state that this thread is about a 12 year old child being tasered.

Kevin does not care about age. I do. I would like to read what other GCers think instead of reading about Charlene E. Bratton's charges and whether she is being completely honest about the details of what happened at Victoria Secrets. What is fact is that a 12 year old child was tasered by a police officer. No debate there.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

No, this thread is about a 12 year old being tasered. That is why it is titled "12 year old tase(re)d by police officer."

Read the information in the article from the officer's report. That's probably what happened. A 12-year old girl can be as much of a danger to an officer as anyone else. Especially when other adults are involved.

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I should create a thread about Charlene E. Bratton because this thread is about a 12 year old child being tasered.

Whatever... I was just trying to answer the question that you asked about the mother.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by thetalady

Whatever... I was just trying to answer the question that you asked about the mother.

Actually, no, you stated that the article(s) was inaccurate. I appreciate your attempt to clarify however (1) the article(s) may very well be accurate; and (2) it only highlighted the mother's history with the criminal justice system as Kevin was doing.

Are there instances where GCers besides Kevin believe children should be tasered?

[tcsparky]

I work with 11-15 year old "children" every day. They can be extremely violent, think that they are grown, do not listen to instructions in the heat of the moment and are full sized humans. I can completely see an officer using a taser to subdue an unruly 12 year old. Based on my experiences in physically subduing persons this age, the taser will likely result in less physical damage to both participants.

To give one example: I am still dealing with a back injury that happened in November resulting from a 12 year old who was determined to get through me to finish bloodying another one who gave back her sweater smelling "musty." I can imagine that the rage of the 12 year who feels she is protecting her mother is far greater than one who is unhappy about her sweater.