From
HuffPo Story.
A small-town Ohio police department was shut down Friday after a cop allegedly used a taser on a 9-year-old boy, and the police chief kept quiet about it.
Details about the taser incident on Tuesday are few, but the Coshocton Tribune reported that the officer had been called to a Mount Sterling apartment where a child was refusing to go to school.
At some point, the visit became hostile and the part-time officer allegedly used a taser to subdue the boy. The police chief is accused of hiding the incident from village leaders.
City officials suspended Mount Sterling Police Chief Mike McCoy for three days, leaving the village without a police department. Meanwhile, the office's computers and weapons were seized, and state investigators are probing the incident, 10-TV reported.
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sholesays...wow, someone in power actually realizing police are not immune.
now how do we get this for stations with more than five guys on the payroll?
bmacs27says...Okay, something has to be done. It's time to take away their tasers.
GeeSussFreeKsays...Indeed, it might be counter intuitive, but non-lethal weapons might increase the chances of violence in certain contexts
http://videosift.com/video/TED-Stephen-Coleman-The-moral-dangers-of-non-lethal-weapons
Very good TED.
>> ^bmacs27:
Okay, something has to be done. It's time to take away their tasers.
bmacs27says...Worse, they haven't shown any evidence that it reduces violence in any circumstance. Like you said, counter-intuitive, but intuition is quite often wrong. >> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Indeed, it might be counter intuitive, but non-lethal weapons might increase the chances of violence in certain contexts
http://videosift.com/video/TED-Stephen-Coleman-The-moral
-dangers-of-non-lethal-weapons
Very good TED.
>> ^bmacs27:
Okay, something has to be done. It's time to take away their tasers.
Yogisays...>> ^bmacs27:
Worse, they haven't shown any evidence that it reduces violence in any circumstance. Like you said, counter-intuitive, but intuition is quite often wrong. >> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Indeed, it might be counter intuitive, but non-lethal weapons might increase the chances of violence in certain contexts
http://videosift.com/video/TED-Stephen-Coleman-The-moral
-dangers-of-non-lethal-weapons
Very good TED.
>> ^bmacs27:
Okay, something has to be done. It's time to take away their tasers.
Before Tasers have you heard of too many children and old people being assaulted by police officers? I say we take away their tasers...make them us WORDS and maybe they'll actually be a part of the community rather than just it's jailers.
Trancecoachsays...When cops get bored, kids get tased.
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