RCMP use Taser on 11-year-old B.C. boy

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Source: CBC News

RCMP have used a Taser to subdue an 11-year-old boy in Prince George, B.C.

Police used the electrical stun weapon after responding to a 911 call about a stabbing at a home in the city at about 5:30 p.m. PT Thursday.

After officers arrived at the residence, "police confirmed that a 37-year-old male had been allegedly stabbed by an 11-year-old male," RCMP Supt. Brenda Butterworth-Carr, commander of the Prince George detachment, said in a statement Friday..

Butterworth-Carr said officers located the suspect at a nearby property.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/04/08/bc-prince-george-boy-taser-rcmp.html

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Just a few days after Colorado police used pepper spray on an 8 year old boy. Are cops getting crazier or are those children getting so out of control it takes that much force to subdue them?

[boppers]

1. The kid already used lethal force on another human being.

People forget how young a person can be.... and still be a murderer.

[Demit]

9. I don't think it's the job of the police to inflict punishment. That's for a judge or jury to decide

The real shame is that people are forgetting that the police used to be able to figure out how to deal with 11 year olds before there were tasers.

[IamK]

11. or they would have just shot him....

[PADemD]

10. And how big was the child?

Some are the size of adults at that age and just as strong.

[Angry Dragon]

2. The world is going insane and it is trickling down

at least there is one thing that trickles down

[defendandprotect]

3. The rise of the right is only possible via violence -- and political violence --

And we've had 50 years of political violence in America --

Well, of course, stolen elections -- propaganda of lies --

Abuse of women and children -- also of course on the rise --

Abuse of labor -- unions ---

Abuse of health of citizens --

Capitalism is suicidal -- and if we don't stop them soon they'll take us all with them!



The Rightwing Koch Bros. Funded the DLC --

http://www.democrats.com/node/7789

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x498414

[avaistheone1]

6. Well said.

[northernlights]

8. agreed. but this was in Canada....

close enough, I guess. They have their own problem with rightwing nutcases.

Anyway, one thing I've noticed is kids are a *lot* bigger these days than when I was a kid. An 11 year old can be pretty darn big and strong...and this one was armed. So I don't blame the tasering so much. But society in general for raising little monsters.

[defendandprotect]

12. Well ...

I think the most recent outing of fascism in Germany/Italy/Spain at the end was

used as a stepping off point for the next outing -- see: Operation Paperclip --

where tens of thousands of NAZIS were brought to America and used to found the CIA,

funneled into the FBI, and other agencies -- Werner Von Braun at NASA, of course.

Think they came to understand you have to take everyone down at the same time so there

is no one left standing to save anyone!

And, certainly there seem to be signs everywhere of the right wing rising.


I'd additionally comment on this ....

Anyway, one thing I've noticed is kids are a *lot* bigger these days than when I was a kid. An 11 year old can be pretty darn big and strong...and this one was armed. So I don't blame the tasering so much. But society in general for raising little monsters.

Don't think justice for children is based on size!

It's about maturity -- what they might understand at that age.

Actually, I didn't read the whole article so I'll have to go back and see whether he was

"armed" when they tasered him. Too many of these tools have been turned into weapons.

And we are seeing the problems with the use of tasers pretty much everywhere.




PS:

After officers arrived at the residence, "police confirmed that a 37-year-old male had been allegedly stabbed by an 11-year-old male," RCMP Supt. Brenda Butterworth-Carr, commander of the Prince George detachment, said in a statement Friday.

Butterworth-Carr said officers located the young suspect at a nearby property.

"Efforts were made to get the individual out of the house, and when he emerged from the home, a Conducted Energy Weapon was deployed by a member," Butterworth-Carr said.

[midnight]

4. What is going on with training?

[Incitatus]

5. An 11 year old with a knife is a little different than an 8 year old with a stick. nt

[PatrynXX]

7. Not a pro paddle or belt person by any means

Frankly the metal end of the belt kinda hurt and left mental scars.

But spanking is mostly out. So how's a kid supposed to know whats right or wrong (course in my house I'm always at fault so nevermind :P broke the internet earlier.. or so says my dad zzzz)

Albeit that should have a lower voltage taser for kids. but thats better than a pepper spray with a kid with a stick. wish is harmless unless it's adults trying to go for a stick The Last Samurai style. (down goes fraiser )