Taser a 10-year-old
posted on November 19th, 2009 by Dustin at 6:13 pm (EST) with 12 Comments
ARKANSAS — Ozark police officer Dustin Bradshaw and I have something in common. Not only do we share the same first name, but also a profound hatred for children.
On Tuesday, Bradshaw responded to call from a frantic mother, saying her 10-year-old daughter was misbehaving. When he arrived at the house, the little girl was acting wildly. Every time her mother approached, the girl would kick and scream.
The officer warned the girl that she was going to be arrested if she didn’t cooperate. She answered back with a swift kick to his groin. Big mistake.
“Use the taser on her, if you have to,” said the mother. So he did.
A short burst of electricity was administered to the girl’s back, and she was arrested.
Let me get this straight: You can’t legally open-hand smack your kid in the face for being a dick. But you can call the police and be like, “I can’t handle this kid, use the taser.”
The girl’s father Anthony Medlock is outraged by the incident and considers it excessive force, even though his wife gave Bradshaw the go-ahead to taser their daughter:
“I want to know how the heck in God’s green earth can they get away with this,” he told reporters. “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.”
He does make a good point though — Police officers are supposed to be tough guys. It’s pathetic if a grown man can’t even manhandle a 10-year-old. Wait, that sounds bad.
After the incident, the Ozark police chief suspended Officer Bradshaw for 7 days without pay for “forgetting” to engage the video recorder on his stun gun before using it. It’s police protocol to record everyone they zap (so they can upload it on Youtube, hopefully).
Bonus: At least Bradshaw got to experience the joy of tasering a unruly child. I’ve always wanted to make a kid twitch like crazy without having to decapitate them first.
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Quality Comments: “If you can’t control your 10-year-old, you don’t need to be a parent.” — Lee
“Can’t wait to be a cop!” — Lucy
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Comment from Lee
Time November 20, 2009 at 6:58 am
i love how the dad is like “if you can’t take her to your car and cuff her, you shouldn’t be a police officer”.
fuck you, if you can’t control your ten year old kid, you don’t need to be a parent.
Comment from Stuart
Time November 20, 2009 at 12:05 pm
even without the whole tasering thing, since when can you call the cops just because your kid is being a little shit? does this mean the next time im in a restaurant and some kid wont shut the fuck up i can call the police?
Comment from Lucy
Time November 21, 2009 at 11:13 am
Can’t wait to be a cop!
Comment from Shannon
Time November 21, 2009 at 3:45 pm
People are pathetic –”hey, I can’t manage my own life, so why don’t you come manage it for me!?”
Yet another reason why I hate people!
Comment from patrick
Time November 21, 2009 at 6:18 pm
tasers have made cops even lazier
Comment from BRANDON
Time November 21, 2009 at 11:20 pm
YEA I THINK OF THE COPS NEXT TIME IN WAL MART & A KID IS SCREAMING ARE CUTING THE FUCK UP , LOL , I’LL JUST HAVE THE BIG BAD ASS POLICE COME & STING’EM WITH THAT GUN , LOL , DAMN COPS GET WORSE EVERYDAY , GOOD STORY & YEA MAYBE THEY’LL POST IT ON YOU TUBE , SHITHEADS , GOOD STORY ……
Comment from Camila
Time November 25, 2009 at 12:15 pm
damn he should have been wearing those camera shoes… lol
Comment from Jonathan
Time November 29, 2009 at 12:30 am
calling the cops next time my brother starts being a dickhead.
Comment from Robert
Time October 2, 2010 at 7:30 am
In defense of the cop, she may have been only ten, but she was as tough as a twelve year old.
I never realized the danger I was in while raising my four daughters. l should have had a Taser too. I bet this cop felt really ‘TUFF’ after surviving this life endangering endeavour. Can you imagine the fear this strikes in a person everytime they pass a ten year old on the street?
Comment from BlueToohHighFlood
Time January 27, 2011 at 2:05 am
Lol, “Hey a pissing dog!” *Tazed* “Hey, you got my Donuts mixed up! *Tazed*
Comment from Andrea
Time November 19, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I need to get one of themjust in case of bad drunk people or some sick men;))