11 Year Old Girl Tasered At An Elementary School
Girl, 11, Tasered After Punching Cop
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An altercation at a Florida elementary school ended with an 11-year-old girl being tasered and sent to the hospital on Thursday.
It happened at Moss Park Elementary in Orange County.
Authorities said the altercation happened during the school’s morning announcements and both the student and the officer were injured.
The deputy shocked the student with the Taser gun after the student allegedly punched her in the face.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the student who was shocked was trying to push another student into oncoming traffic.
Other students went to teachers to report the incident.
“There should be guidance counselors. The principal should have been there to calm the child down instead of having an officer do it,” parent Cherley Constant said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said there were a few teachers around.
They said the 11-year-old shoved a desk and chair, started spitting at the teachers and refused to go to the principal’s office.
“She was crying. She had tears coming down her face. She was bright red,” student Taliesin Ploeg said of the girl who got shocked with a Taser gun.
The teachers called in the campus resource officer, but she said she was punched in the nose by the student.
That’s when she used her Taser gun.
“I think they should be able to restrain the child without having to Taser the child, especially at such a young age,” parent Brenda Aloiau said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office demonstrated on a towel what it’s like to be shocked with a Taser gun, and it said a Taser gun can be used on a child if he or she poses a threat, but it also depends on his or her size.
“The policy reads that, yes, you can Tase a student, if they are aggressive and also if they’re fighting the officer. In this case, this student, it is my understanding she is approximately 5-foot-5″, which is my height, and she is approximately 160 to 170 pounds, so this is a pretty big student,” one official said.
“I think there’s a lack of discipline in the schools, and unfortunately, it’s led to a lot of problems in the public schools. Teachers aren’t allowed to touch children, but when you have a situation like this, what do you do?” parent Sarah Miller said.
School officials are not commenting on the incident.
“They didn’t say anything. I tried to find out, but nobody was talking,” one parent said.
Parents received a letter Thursday calling the use of the Taser gun a “last resort action that was taken by the school resource officer.”
The 11-year-old had to have the prongs from the Taser removed at the hospital, and she is going to be arrested and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, disrupting a school function and resisting with violence.
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A Grown Cop can’t …
A Grown Cop can’t handle an little 11 y.o. child? Weak….that’s just weak. I’m not saying she shouldn’t have been handled, but really….lazy cop….
shes a mother …
shes a mother girl no matter how big shes still young and a girl you just dont hit a girl and who the tasers a little kid god the the world is up anybody hear about the 9 year old charged for rape
That 11 year old …
That 11 year old must be almost the same size and weight as the cop. I guess in the moment the cop saw her as an adult and busted out the taser.
thats a bit xsesive …
thats a bit xsesive but she wont act a fool anymore!
Damn, that’s a bit …
Damn, that’s a bit excessive, was the officer completely weak that he is unable to restrain her even after getting punched in the face?
Uhmm, shes 11. dont …
Uhmm, shes 11. dont do that to a girl that age. SHES 11. Use your muscles and put her on the ground and take control. god sakes..
Welcome to reality. …
Welcome to reality.
America is the shithole of the world.
NOTHING IS RIGHT WITH THIS COUNTRY!!!
What a retarded cop …
What a retarded cop i didnt think our country was that up!
You’ve got to love …
You’ve got to love the US! What a hilarious country!
What percentage of Americans would come up with the solution “if the girl had been properly armed she would have been able to defend herself properly (which is her constitutional right)”
lol, we’re all fucked.
Why not a swat on …
Why not a swat on the ass? Oh, wait. That’s illegal.
Well, guess we have to break out the beanbag shotguns, boys.
She punched the …
She punched the officer in the face, tried to push someone into traffic, spit on the teachers. Is the officer supposed to just sit there? Would it be better for the cop haters here if the officer bull-dogged her, and fought with her, possibly causing damage? Think about it.
Yeah tasers have …
Yeah tasers have killed before, no doubt, its shameful how much the police use them. If the 11 year old had a knife or something maybe a tasering would be justified. But physical constraint is always better then tasering, and again it was a 11 year old.
As I said if they can’t handle her then they should not be on the job, Just like the 80 year old that was tasered, you are a if you need to taser a 80 year old or a 11 year old.
She was being …
She was being aggressive. What was the cop supposed to do? Punch her back? Tasers aren’t going to kill you and they are WAY easier than kicking the out of the kid. Sure, the cop may have been able to slam her on the ground, drive a knee the back and cuff her. Then EVERYBODY would claim police brutality. It’s a lose/ lose situation. The officer did what was necessary to safely neutralize the situation. Maybe next time that girl will stop and think before she acts out.
She is 11 years old …
She is 11 years old, if a adult cannot handle a 11 year old, they should not be in that job. But yeah, you do have the right to say that, just like the 11 year old had the right not to be tased.
How the do I …
How the do I sound like a dumb bible thumper? I served as an 11B in the US Army, so I earned my right to have a say so as well, and I say tase the for spitting and beating on the police officer.
If a cop/ guard …
If a cop/ guard can get hassled by a 11 year old, he should not be a cop. No, children should be protected, the are learning, not aware of consequences. You sound like a dumbass bible humper, I served in the corps, and I did not defend for guys with no dick, to tase 11 year olds. Yeah, shame on that guy, should fire him for doing that.
If you can’t subdue …
If you can’t subdue a 11 year old girl, then you are a pussy, and should not be cops. Sorry for the foul language but If that happened to my child, the person would begged to be tased, it would be loud and nasty. Unbelievable what can happen in our country. Land of the Free really seems like bullshit when they tase 80 year olds and 11 year olds, its bad enough when they do it to innocent people.
fuck them its a …
them its a child omg
At 11, children do …
At 11, children do NOT understand “cause and effect”, they’re still learning. At 11, children look around them and see what others do. What is this kid seeing in Florida? A whole shitload of crap.
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