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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