Miami : USA Miami-Dade County police shocked a 6-year-old boy with a 50,000-volt stun gun to keep him from hurting himself with a piece of glass he was waving around in a school office, officials confirmed Thursday.
But the incident, which occurred Oct. 20 at Kelsey Pharr Elementary in Brownsville, has child advocates and experts shaking their heads in disbelief.
''It just sounds excessive to me to Taser gun a 6-year-old when everyone else around there were adults,'' said retired Broward County Juvenile Judge Frank Orlando, who runs a youth-law clinic at Nova Southeastern University. ``They couldn't subdue a 6-year-old? Must have been a pretty big kid.''
Miami's Police Department has been in trouble before for heavy-handed treatment of people. But this one takes the cake! A couple of beefy polimen cannot subdue a 6-year old? Come on! What is this world we are getting into?
Full article at: Miami Herald (may require -stupid- free registration).
But the incident, which occurred Oct. 20 at Kelsey Pharr Elementary in Brownsville, has child advocates and experts shaking their heads in disbelief.
''It just sounds excessive to me to Taser gun a 6-year-old when everyone else around there were adults,'' said retired Broward County Juvenile Judge Frank Orlando, who runs a youth-law clinic at Nova Southeastern University. ``They couldn't subdue a 6-year-old? Must have been a pretty big kid.''
Miami's Police Department has been in trouble before for heavy-handed treatment of people. But this one takes the cake! A couple of beefy polimen cannot subdue a 6-year old? Come on! What is this world we are getting into?
Full article at: Miami Herald (may require -stupid- free registration).
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