Police use stun gun on 6-year-old boy

[skahound]

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Police used a stun gun on a 6-year-old boy in his principal's office because he was wielding a piece of glass and threatening to hurt himself, officials said Thursday.

The boy, who was not identified, was shocked with 50,000 volts on October 20 at Kelsey Pharr Elementary School.

Principal Maria Mason called 911 after the child broke a picture frame in her office and waved a piece of glass, holding a security guard back.

When two Miami-Dade County police officers and a school officer arrived, the boy had already cut himself under his eye and on his hand.

The officers talked to the boy without success. When the boy cut his own leg, one officer shocked him with a Taser and another grabbed him to prevent him from falling, police said.

He was treated and taken to a hospital, where he was committed for psychiatric evaluation.

"By using the Taser, we were able to stop the situation, stop him from hurting himself," police spokesman Juan DelCastillo told The Miami Herald.

The case was under review.

This also recently happened in Orlando but it was on a 12 year old girl at her middle school. The girl hardly stands 5 feet tall and weighs roughly 90 pounds. The situation happened where the girl was jumped by a group of 3 other girls and the school resource officer was the one that used his/her taser on the victim.

[Balanc3]

Scary topic... sounds like the boy was out of control, they had him committed. I have witnessed officers tase someone in my apartment complex. They shot him several times in the chest... tell me that doesn't hurt. The barbs have to be surgically removed. Was it in Orlando where the man was killed by a taser?

[skahound]

Was it in Orlando where the man was killed by a taser?

It's happened a couple of times in Orlando. Our own sherrif went on the local t.v. to get tased to 'prove' that it's 'no big deal'. The local authorities have been investigated on several occassions due to unneccesary use of their tasers. It will be hard though to ever prove that they're acting outside of their boundaries since there is no citizen review board and they are investigated by a group of their peers.

[Jibgolly]

just happened this week or last week here.
cops used a tazer on a 20 something black male and it killed him.
i'll look for a proper link of that story later.

[Civic_Zen]

So for you ska, or anyone else living in Florida.

What the hell is wrong with people that live there?? Must be the humidity.

[Jibgolly]

heat does weird things to peoples heads cz.
wanna come chill sometime?

[Civic_Zen]

Oh I've been there. At least your night life kicks ass, I was clubbing at 18 and drinking like a fish. One of the few places I don't think I've ever been carded. Even the hotel bar I was staying at didn't card me.

[skahound]

So for you ska, or anyone else living in Florida.

What the hell is wrong with people that live there?? Must be the humidity.

Here are a few reasons:

[thrualoooop]

heat does weird things to peoples heads cz.
wanna come chill sometime?

it's not the "heat" it's the "stupidity"

[rewing3]

sick fucks.

[Steve Graham]

heat does weird things to peoples heads cz.
wanna come chill sometime?

it's not the "heat" it's the "stupidity"

HAHAHAHAH....A

[erin eden]

Re: Police use stun gun on 6-year-old boy

a friend of mine was training to be a police officer and she told me that as part of the training, every cadet gets shot with a tazer. ouch!

[picklemonkey]

they have to go through all of it, don't they? sprayed with pepper spray, stun gun, etc

[skahound]

^^ Yeah, my brother is going through the academy right now and that's part of their training.

[day_for_night]

ok, how hard is it to wrestle a piece of glass away from a SIX YEAR OLD? that they needed to use a tazer on the kid is pathetic. next thing you know they'll be zapping anyone who looks at them the wrong way.