Police Officer Uses Taser On 10-Year-Old Girl
OZARK, Ark. -- Ozark police said they were called to a home where a mother asked for help with her unruly child, but the 10-year-old's father said he's outraged at the force police used against his daughter.
"I would like to say Ozark police Tased this little girl right here. 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," said the girl's father, Anthony Medlock.
Medlock said his daughter was at her mother's house when Ozark police Officer Dustin Bradshaw shocked her in the back with a Taser and arrested her.
"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," Medlock said.
Medlock said his daughter does show signs of having emotional issues, but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog. She's not a tiger."
According to a police report, the officer was called to the home by the mother and witnessed the child kicking and screaming.
The officer's statement said the girl's mother, Kelly Hamlert, told him to use a Taser on her if he needed to.
The officer did shock the girl after he said she kicked him in the groin.
"He had no other choice. He had to get the child under control," said Ozark police Chief Jim Noggle.
Noggle said the officer shocked the girl for about a second.
Ozark police said it is their policy to use a Taser on someone who is a threat to others, no matter their age.
Noggle said simply restraining the child could be harmful.
"Well, if he tried to restrain her, he might hurt her by restraining her. If you grab somebody, you can slip an arm out of joint. They can slip from you and fall on the ground," Noggle said.
"I don't know what kind of policy it is. I don't think it's right," Medlock said.
1 comment:
police use their badges to do as they please they can do what we do but nothing is done to them they hide behind the badge instead of doing whats right. no child should be tased no matter what .some peoples bodies cant take it , if a police officer cant handle a 10 or 12 year old tell me what hes going to do against an adult, pull out a bat. police should do their job the way its suppose to be done or find another proffesion .its always the other person who did wrong never the police, thats bullshit my son had his neck broke by a security guard but of course it was my sons fault,i was sitting on a side street in front of my brothers and was told to move and not in the drive yiu have to leave the street wasnt dong anything it was because the person i was with was black. people get fucked by police everyday and nothing happens and they say police are here to help, in my opinion there not worth the uniform they wear.
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