The taser wars continue
by digby
Even in Canada, where they are far more concerned about the problem, it still happens:
The Prince George RCMP officer who Tasered an 11-year-old boy last week has been placed on administrative leave, says the West Vancouver police department, which
has been assigned to investigate the case.
[…]
Alex Neve, secretary-general of Amnesty International Canada, said strict guidelines are needed to govern the use of Tasers, especially on children, and that alternative and less dangerous methods of enforcement should be exhausted before the device is used by police.”Police forces should adopt guidelines which prohibit the use of Tasers against children unless there is an immediate threat to life that cannot be dealt with though lesser means,” Neve said Monday.”It’s a pretty high standard -it’s an immediate threat to life, not an immediate threat of harm or injury,” he said.
Read this article to see how differently the Canadian press reports this stuff than they do in the US. Here there’s really not much controversy around tasering children. They do it all the time.
No wonder our young people think torture is no big deal.
And by the way, when did so many cops become total idiots?