Police Taser 6 Year Old Boy At Elementary School

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MIAMI -- A 6-year-old boy was subdued with a Taser while wielding a piece of glass and threatening to hurt himself in the principal's office, officials said Thursday.

The boy, who was not identified, was shocked by police with 50,000 volts of electric current on Oct. 20 at Kelsey Pharr Elementary School.

Principal Maria Mason called 911 after the child broke a picture frame in her office and waved the piece of glass, holding a security guard back.

When two Miami-Dade County police officers and a school officer arrived, the boy had already cut himself under his eye and on his hand.

The officers talked to the boy without success. When he cut his own leg, one officer shocked him with a Taser, then another grabbed him to prevent him from falling, police said.

He was treated by Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue and taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he was committed for psychiatric evaluation.

"By using the Taser, we were able to stop the situation, stop him from hurting himself," police spokesman Juan DelCastillo told The Miami Herald. "Sure he could have been tackled and maybe injured, maybe his arm broken or maybe that glass could have cut him in a critical area."

Retired Juvenile Judge Frank Orlando called the incident "ridiculous."

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when he gets older.
He was just doing some body mods that he checked out on BME! Let the kid customize.
http://www.bmezine.com/

A great attitude for authority now. May be this event will shock him into reality

are driven by emotion. To "shock" a 6 year old back into reality is an oxymoron. To condone this is to admit that one has an aggressive streak.

I think they did well, IF THAT REPORT IS ACCURATE.

why couldn't they just grab him?

He wasn't 16, he was 6.

SIX.

Jeez, man, are we going to start tasering infants when they cry too much now?

traumatizing an already disturbed little boy.

If they tackled him, he'd cut himself more. Maybe in the "suicide vein" in the wrists, maybe in the jugular.

:grr:

Keeps little psychos at bay.

No folks, this is NOT a typical 6 year old. Just because your child is perfect doesn't get them ALL off the hook.

some people here will make any excuse for aggressive behavior by the cops. what did they do before tasers? all they had to do was grap the kip and make him drop the piece of glass. this is not a dangerous situation necessitating the use of tasers.