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- gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -86/+385If two cars had to swerve to miss him, I'm pretty sure the cop was just doing anything he could to get the kid off the street as fast as possible. If the mother couldn't control him with reasoning, and had to call the cops, how does she expect the cops to?
This does not seem that monstrous to me. They probably save that boy's life. - j0ew00ds, on 10/10/2007, -5/+104Digg! We need a "Taser" section!
- Napoleone, on 10/10/2007, -60/+149Are all these "non-lethal" weapons just a ploy by law-enforcement to be able to openly assault people?
It's always for the person's own "safety" or "benefit." But they could never get away with saying they clubbed somebody for their own safety. No one would buy it. Or if in reality the use of tasers is not that big a deal, would it be alright now if parents used them as disciplinary tools?
The guidelines for the proper use of non-lethal weapons need to be drilled into the brains of these SS wannabe *****. - Falldog, on 10/10/2007, -1/+90Last I heard cops got tasered as a part of the training...
- crazybugger, on 10/10/2007, -31/+116All the cops must be tasered at least once. So that they will remember not to be trigger happy.
- SilentJay74, on 10/10/2007, -21/+99Don't tase me bro!
- kcb2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+70One of the possible symptoms of autism is violence - I have seen documentaries where autistic kids beat the crap out of their parents. Just because he is 15 doesn't mean he is weak or couldn't inflict harm on someone. Many autistic kids also have an aversion to touch, so that when an officer goes to restrict the child, he would react violently. I don't know all the details of what went down here, but I wouldn't rule out using a taser just because the kid has autism.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50Did any of you read the ***** story??
He was an autistic kid running across traffic, unknowing that cars could kill him.
He was probably going to get hit by a car, so either tase him or scrape him up from the freeway later on. I think the cops made the right choice - rajkalex, on 10/10/2007, -5/+52Did you read the article? The police were blamed for being too aggressive. How do you think it would have looked if they chased him and he got hit by a car. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Nothing like being the Monday morning quarterback is there?
- shaka776, on 10/10/2007, -5/+52Let me Get this straight:
The kid almost causes two accidents, he looks like an adult (The way I read the story, the cops may not have known who it was initially), and he is not listening to the cops?
Tasering was a good option here. The kid is fine, no one got hurt, including the people he could have gotten killed by running into traffic.
I hate this sensationalistic crap. - shaka776, on 10/10/2007, -7/+50And we found our idiotic, anti-police, embittered statement in the same thread. It's a two-fer!!!
- AZTriGuy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+38Thank you, you are correct, more people need to understand how the autistic boy might have reacted to touch and that, like most autistic kids, isn't going to react strongly to verbal cues if he's already in distress.. My autistic son can react violently like that and I can certainly see the logic. It can come out of nowhere, really. Our kid hasn't tried to hit, but he used to bite - thankfully we were able to break that behavior. He does not like being confined, so if you try to hold him back or subdue him he's gonna flip out harder than anything most parents would expect. As the parent of autistic children, I commend the police officer's actions. I certainly wouldn't feel good about my kid having to be tased to be subdued, but I could see the situation happening for sure. I'd rather have him not flattened by a car.
- TheGort, on 10/10/2007, -11/+45The kid was running across streets causing cars to swerve. Either tase him and stop him there or run after him and have the possibility of him running in front of more cars...
- doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -13/+46It's a little illogical to take a couple of isolated incidents out on ALL the fine men and women of the police forces, don't you think?
- ICSU, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4715? *****, you look 30.
- Machismo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36PEOPLE! He was running in TRAFFIC! The use of the taser SAVED his LIFE!
READ PEOPLE!!!! - hoowahman, on 10/10/2007, -11/+43Cop who tased him said would you rather your son hit by a car or be tased? He has a point if it is valid. Would probably be better to be tased don't you think?
- kosmoX, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31And maced.
- hammradio, on 10/10/2007, -2/+32I miss the days when a sheriff could just lasso a man and pull him to safety.
- fritzinator, on 10/10/2007, -9/+39What are the alternatives, granted verbal intervention should always be a LEO's first option. However the use of the taser as opposed to physical intervention is a much better option.
How many of you have ever been tasered? I have and I can guarantee that it is a much better action than having two or three guys jump on you to forcefully put on restraints. - BritishGolgo13, on 10/10/2007, -9/+39Maybe he yelled, "Don't taze me, bro!"
Commence digg down. - therealkdog, on 10/10/2007, -5/+34Dugg because the cops helped the boy.
- hadessniper, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29While I agree with what you said I have to digg you down because autism is not mental retardation and some one who is autistic definitely isn't a 'retard.'
- 46reasons, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24The majority of them are tased as part of the taser training. They know how it feels so that they can articulate the effects in court.
- stygis, on 10/10/2007, -19/+42I think these US cops are in competition to see who can get the most diggs
- KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23Read the damn story and get the details
- nkasoff, on 10/10/2007, -10/+31That's not weaseling ... the kid was running through traffic. I'm sure it's no fun to be tasered. But if they'd let him keep running, and he'd been killed by a car, the same people dissing the cops for tasering would be blaming them for his death.
Nick Kasoff
http://www.thugreport.com - Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -42/+62Trigger happy cops make me nervous...
- cgruber, on 10/10/2007, -8/+27or MAYBE the parents need to control their children. Kid was endangering himself and others.
- mc4_a, on 10/10/2007, -17/+35As a parent with an Autistic child I find these posts to be incredibly misinformed. There is no indication that this boy was being violent. He got scared off when the officer confronted him inappropriately and ran. This is what Autistic children do. The police need training on how to recognize and deal with Autistic people, because confronting them the way most police officers do will only make the situation worse.
If the officer was close enough to use a taser, he was close enough to apprehend the boy without using one. These replies are ridiculous. - NSMike, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19Actually, the wheelchair woman was killed in April of '06. The news was that her family was suing. The Amnesty International documentation of overuse of tazers already shows elderly people getting it.
- KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19RTFA before commenting!! "Amormino said Taylor yelled something when approached by a deputy, then ran across Newport Avenue, causing two cars to swerve. It was then that a deputy shot him with a Taser gun."
- nj2005, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Seeing that autistic children do not necessarily have any physical issues (and this kid in specific seemed to be in pretty good shape since he had walked 15 miles home), and one of the main problems with autism is the lack of social understanding and an inability to read and empathize with others emotions... Probably not. It is doubtful that he would listen to any of the officers requests, and would probably fight back if subdued. Do some cops inappropriately use their tasers? Yes. Is this one of those cases? No.
- Spartan225, on 10/10/2007, -16/+33How come all these taser stories are coming out within this week? One incident at Kerry's thing and now all of a sudden you cannot go two hours on Digg without running across a story. Are these stories just getting dugg now, or are these incidents increasing in frequency?
Also it looks like the deputy was just lazy. Your telling me this guy couldn't run down a 15 year old autistic kid? C'mon that isn't that hard. - doctorfungi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18So you'd rather that they use nightsticks and firearms?
- raitchison, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Autistic != Retarded. Often cases Autistic people are skilled, even gifted in one or more academic/mental area, the problem is that his (almost all autistic kids are boys) brain isn't functioning right in other areas (coping skills, personal interaction, etc.).
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -10/+25more grist for the outrage machine.
- KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -12/+27You didn't read the story either did you? "Amormino said Taylor yelled something when approached by a deputy, then ran across Newport Avenue, causing two cars to swerve. It was then that a deputy shot him with a Taser gun."
- cgruber, on 10/10/2007, -6/+20The unhurt kid that is still alive thanks to quick thinking.
- sumrandommember, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14I remember seeing on Digg awhile back about a man who was tazered by hospital security while holding his baby. Is that close enough?
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Houston_guard_uses_Ta ... - Insane666, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16After reading the story, I believe they did the right thing. If the kid was hit by a car, everyone would be saying "Why didn't the cops do anything?". Which would you prefer: getting hit with a taser for 5 seconds or being hit by a car?
- pooboyc4, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15The police did the right move if it were not for him then then the autistic kid might be dead. the cop helped the kid and should not be punished for helping the mentally disabled
- brstilson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Autism =/= retardation
A lot of Austic people are actually smarter than you. - brstilson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Autism is a social and speech/language developmental disorder. My brother is autistic and was on the wrestling and football teams in high school, while maintaining a 3.7 GPA. It does not have an effect on physical growth or development. It was wrong for the cop to taser a KID, period, but autism doesn't make someone weak and infirmed.
- jeaniy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14"The kid is Autistic and screwed up enough that he fled rather than go to a counselor."
Um, I have to say, your phrasing makes you sound like a dick. Those with autism have problems being in strange situations with new people. Routine is a must. Anything out of the ordinary, like going to a new place to talk to a stranger, can really throw them off and cause them to panic or freak out or run away.
He isn't some psycho, he's a kid with autism.
And if the cop didn't know he was autistic, he just saw some kid start yelling, then running out into traffic. He made a snap decision to try and prevent both the kid and the drivers from getting hurt.
It's too bad the boy is autistic, though, because I have to imagine this won't help any of his development. - KevenM, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14So you're suggesting the police officer should have also run through traffic risking additional lives of motorists and his own?
- ragingranny, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14While I agree with your sentiments, the kid is not "retarded" but autistic. There's a big difference.
- BJNK, on 10/10/2007, -7/+19Glad to see someone has a little common sense. The shock of a taser is nothing compared to getting hit by a car. Anytime a taser is used everyone seems to instantly say thats crazy! police state! police brutality! etc etc etc. Id be willing to say most of you (probably more like 99%) have never been tased. I have.. its NOT THAT BAD. It doesn't feel good, but it's not that horrific. If you don't put yourself in the situation it probably won't happen to you. Quit acting like everytime the police have to use force it's some gross human rights violation.
- dragon76, on 10/10/2007, -5/+16I've never seen a police coat of arms that says, "To PHYSICALLY stop you from doing stupid *****." They always say "Protect and Serve". But Oceania obviously has a badge I've never seen.
- rebz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11you're right, i forgot autistic kids can't run. autism is more of a social issue than it is a physical one, dumbass.
"brain disorder that begins in early childhood and persists throughout adulthood; affects three crucial areas of development: communication, social interaction, and creative or imaginative play."
15 year olds have quite a bit of energy, and the picture of the kid made it pretty obvious he wasn't a fatty either -
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