Taser gun used on 10-year-old girl who 'refused to take shower'

[phill4paul]

The officer had been called to the girl's home in Ozark, Arkansas, by her mother because she was behaving in an unruly manner and refusing to take a shower.

In a report on the incident the officer, Dustin Bradshaw, said the mother gave him permission to use the Taser.
When he arrived, the girl was curled up on the floor, screaming, and resisting as her mother tried to get her in the shower before bed.

"Her mother told me to take her if I needed to," the officer wrote.

The child was "violently kicking and verbally combative" when he tried to take her into custody and she kicked him in the groin.

The girl's father, Anthony Medlock, who is divorced from her mother, said the girl showed signs of emotional problems but did not deserve to be "treated like an animal".

He said: "Ten years old and they shot electricity through her body, and I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this.
"If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her, then I don't think you need to be an officer. She doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger." Local Mayor Vernon McDaniel said the FBI should investigate.

The local Police Chief Jim Noggle said no disciplinary action was taken against Bradshaw.

"We didn't use the Taser to punish the child, just to bring the child under control so she wouldn't hurt herself or somebody else," he said.

He said if the officer tried to forcefully put the girl in handcuffs, he could have accidentally broken her arm or leg.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ke-shower.html

[Suzanimal]

Geez, with a Mom like that I don't doubt the kid has emotional problems. Dad needs to get her outta that house asap, sounds like he has some sense.

As far as the cop goes, he's scum too. Really? A taser on a 10 year old girl? WTF, mom & the pig should be in jail for child abuse.

[phill4paul]

Geez, with a Mom like that I don't doubt the kid has emotional problems. Dad needs to get her outta that house asap, sounds like he has some sense.

As far as the cop goes, he's scum too. Really? A taser on a 10 year old girl? WTF, mom & the pig should be in jail for child abuse.

If a fellow citizen, one without special immunity, had used a tazer for compliance with an unruly child one could imagine the outcome.

[specsaregood]

The girl's father, Anthony Medlock, who is divorced from her mother, said the girl showed signs of emotional problems but did not deserve to be "treated like an animal".

If a munane had done that to an animal they would most likely be facing charges.

My first instinct would probably have been to drag the kid outside and turn the hose on her. Teach her that showers are the enjoyable alternative...

[kathy88]

Dads pissed about the taser, but okay with handcuffing her and hauling her off. What a dick.

[Wooden Indian]

Show me a kid that doesn't raise hell here and there when it's bath time. It's what they do for Christ's sake!

1. Mom calling the friggin cops on a 10 year old child for throwing a tantrum?
2. Cop electrocuting the kid?
3. Dad thinking it would have been OK had he just handcuffed the kid and hauled her to a jail cell?

This entire story makes me ill.
I hope this woman is properly shunned by her friends and family. Of course, instead she'll be told how "brave" she is for calling for "help".

[Suzanimal]

Dads pissed about the taser, but okay with handcuffing her and hauling her off. What a dick.

Oh I miss read, I thought the Mayor said that, oops. In that case, I agree, Dad's an $#@! too.

[kathy88]

Oh I miss read, I thought the Mayor said that, oops. In that case, I agree, Dad's an $#@! too.

Ha! I figured you misread it. If it had been someone I didn't like I probably would have jumped all over that $#@!.

[Suzanimal]

Ha! I figured you misread it. If it had been someone I didn't like I probably would have jumped all over that $#@!.

Thanks, I'm a little slow sometimes.

[Root]

So much fail, I don't even know what to say.

[Natural Citizen]

Gosh. It pains me to read reports like this that are popping up on these boards more and more every day. The girl is probably going through some tough times and on the surface it seems like mom is a gem alright. A real peach.

[pcosmar]

So much fail, I don't even know what to say.

Get OUT of the cities.

[Root]

Get OUT of the cities.

Yeah, no doubt. I'm working on it.

[Nirvikalpa]

Excuse me as I send electricity through your body, it's for your own damn benefit after-all.

Mother gave cop permission.

10 year old girl.

Is this real life?

[pcosmar]

Is this real life?

People do stupid things,, always have and very likely will in the future.

It is yet another reason why the Police should not even exist.

[aGameOfThrones]

Child abuse by the parents.

[heavenlyboy34]

OMFG. /speechless If this is the Glorious Future our Fearless Dear Leaders envision for us, I'm getting off this ride...

[asurfaholic]

Imagine the outrage if some parents were letting their kids play unsupervised. that would be deserving of arrest of the parents.

Mother calls taser corps on her 10 year old. Fine.

[tod evans]

Excuse me as I send electricity through your body, it's for your own damn benefit after-all.

Mother gave cop permission.

10 year old girl.

Is this real life?

It's okay they called for a brave officer to subject their child to state sanctioned discipline....

[FloralScent]

I had 'emotional problems' too...until I heard dad's belt coming unbuckled. I wonder who instigated the divorce; if it was dad, he needs to STFU.

[presence]

Excuse me as I send electricity through your body, it's for your own damn benefit after-all.

Mother gave cop permission.

10 year old girl.

Is this real life?

Its kind of like a rite of passage these days... electrical shock... few days in jail... forced psyche meds. I thought everybody gets some. What's the big deal?

[Anti Federalist]

Celebrate "freedom", idiots...

[Anti Federalist]

And while Alex was getting that "treatment", I'm sure you all recall what became of his fellow Droogs...

Its kind of like a rite of passage these days... electrical shock... few days in jail... forced psyche meds. I thought everybody gets some. What's the big deal?

[amy31416]

I think most of us can remember being 10 yrs old--would it really have taken a taser to get you in line? Jesus, a stern look from my dad did the trick.

WTF is wrong with people?

[heavenlyboy34]

I think most of us can remember being 10 yrs old--would it really have taken a taser to get you in line? Jesus, a stern look from my dad did the trick.

WTF is wrong with people?

Meds in teh municipal water supply?

[Anti Federalist]

What is this "father" person you people are talking about?

[Anti Federalist]

"We didn't use the Taser to punish the child, just to bring the child under control so she wouldn't hurt herself or somebody else," he said.

"We knocked her down and inflicted severe pain, so she would not get hurt."

Jesus wept...

[presence]

And while Alex was getting that "treatment", I'm sure you all recall what became of his fellow Droogs...

"Treatment" has such a negative connotation comrade. We're discussing this child's necessary aversion therapy here aren't we?

[heavenlyboy34]

"Treatment" has such a negative connotation comrade. We're discussing this child's necessary aversion therapy here aren't we?

That's what my Newspeak dictionary says.

[Henry Rogue]

Show me a kid that doesn't raise hell here and there when it's bath time. It's what they do for Christ's sake!

1. Mom calling the friggin cops on a 10 year old child for throwing a tantrum?
2. Cop electrocuting the kid?
3. Dad thinking it would have been OK had he just handcuffed the kid and hauled her to a jail cell?

This entire story makes me ill.
I hope this woman is properly shunned by her friends and family. Of course, instead she'll be told how "brave" she is for calling for "help".

It takes a village to raise a child. Oh, and a tazer too.