Kid Shock
by digby
In the words of George W. Bush and Barack Obama: the United States doesn’t torture. Except, of course, when it does:
The 17-year-old boy was arrested for fighting on April 24, charged with disorderly conduct and placed in a holding cell, according to sources. The officer allegedly Tasered the boy up to nine times, sources said, for reasons that are still unclear. The juvenile was allegedly Tasered once in the head and may have been handcuffed, sources said.
Officials declined to confirm the identity of the officer who is under investigation. Deputy Chief Wendell Reed said that there is “somewhat of an investigation going on” and he’s “been working on it for a minute.”
“The investigation involves an officer involved with a juvenile, yes,” Reed said. “The juvenile is fine, there is no issues, no problems. It’s just more of a matter of procedure than it is the incident itself.”
Colwyn Mayor Daniel Rutland seemed far more concerned about the matter.
“I can tell you right now suspensions are going to be coming,” he said. “More than one will be coming.”
He declined to say why more than one officer may be suspended for the incident, but he did say that he is looking into allegations of a coverup or, at the very least, that the proper protocols were not followed.
Rutland said that he was not informed of the incident until four days after it occurred, and that was only after he began receiving anonymous calls about it and started asking questions on his own.
But tasering is just a joke right? It’s featured in movies and on TV shows as a big punch line. What’s the problem?
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