Stun Gun Used On Handcuffed, 65-Pound, 13-Year-Old Girl

[struggle4progress]

POSTED: 11:49 am EST March 2, 2005
UPDATED: 12:08 pm EST March 2, 2005

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- State Attorney Harry Shorstein said Wednesday that excessive force may have been used by police officers who used a stun gun on a 13-year-old girl who was being uncooperative after they took her into custody for fighting with her mother.

The 65-pound girl was handcuffed in the back of a patrol car Feb. 7 when she was shocked twice with a 50,000-volt Taser, according to a Sheriff's Office report. <snip>

http://www.wftv.com/news/4246435/detail.html

[YankeyMCC]

1. is that wftv or WTFv ?

[beyurslf]

2. A 13yo who probably weighed 100-150 pounds less than police

was a threat even after being handcuffed and placed in the back of the patrol?

[Bark Bark Bark]

3. Well, Maybe Not A "Threat"...

"She wuz lookin' at me! With her EYES!! She wuz tryin' to tempt me with her feminine wiles! I HAD TA DO IT!! Din't hurt none--she calmed right down after that n'let me feel her up."
--Officer Zappy O'Triggerhappy (currently on paid suspension)

WE'RE BETTER THAN THE TALIBAN. NO, REALLY. WE ARE. STOP LAUGHING. I'LL BURN YOUR ASS IF YOU DON'T GET IN LINE AND STOP LAUGHING.

[beyurslf]

4. LOL. Well put