Police pepper spray 8 year old

[Konaerix]

Pepper spray is better then a few bullets when it comes to little kids threating to KILL two of his teachers.
However, I have wonder why two full grown adults couldn't have handled a single 8-year old child having an emotional outburst...even if the kid had a "stick".

 

[Dango]

SNIP

He may have anger problems, but still he's just an eight year old armed with a stick. I'm not sure how much experience you have in dealing with pissed off eight year olds (although I may just have an abnormally high amount of experience with them), but eight year olds, even ones as angry as that, would be intimidated (not to mention extremely confused) by 2 armed police officers rushing towards them and yelling. Even if he fought back, eight year olds tire out pretty quickly. If they simply picked him up, he would tire himself out with all his kicking and screaming within a minute or two, so gently placing him inside of a police car wouldn't be much of a daunting task.

Not to mention he was the only one in the classroom, so they could have just waited it out until his mom showed up.

 

[Kuilui]

If the kid was as nuts as they he was then sure I'm sure it made him stop quick. The article said hes normal everywhere else but school. Maybe that pain will stick with him and chill him out from now on.

 

[Sporky111]

"And then they could have also called and asked for a special [police] unit who deals with children..."

I wonder if that's the same police unit that kids are told will take them to jail if they don't eat all their vegetables.

Seriously though, this is blown way out of proportion. It seems like the mom has her head up her ass. Several doctors say there's nothing mentally wrong with the boy, and even though she says she understands what triggers his outbursts she didn't pull him from school.

That being said, I'm sure the police didn't need pepper spray. They should have been more than capable of subduing him. What are they afraid of? I'm sure these are the same police officers that deal with knife-swinging drunks and armed robbers. They should have been able to just give the kid a kick or a swat (heh, they could have called a SWAT team) and gotten the stick away from him.

 

[rutger5000]

The Police has the duty to use violence when it is needed to protect. If this child was a serious tread to himself or the people around him, then the police offficers acted rightly. Personally I can't believe that any eight year old that isn't wielding a firearm can form any possible thread to anybody as long as there are two well trained police officers nearby. (Come one, are they seriously saying they couldn't have just grabbed the kid?). But I wasn't there, so I don't know.

 

[Devil's Due]

Here's a sobering thought for you fellow Escapist readers: That's the future generation of America ....

Yes, because one little nutjob kid defines that America is going to be all nutjob kids.

As for the thread: Cops were justified, kid should have actually been tazered to get it into his head, but that's why I don't work in Law Enforcement, as people complain about you stepping on a fly when chasing a criminal.

Think of the flies.

 

[CJ1145]

This is the THIRD time he's done this? Hell yeah pepper spray the kid, it's a lot better than my response. I probably would have bashed the kid over the head with a heavy object in their position. This was a fairly nonthreatening and sane resolution, considering the brutality they could have easily unleashed on a fucking 8-year-old.

 

[Quaidis]

The mother is one to talk when she has to enroll her kid into a 'school for behavioral issues'. She can't take care of her own kid. And the kid seems like an ass who's getting off Scott free without any family punishment whatsoever for his actions.


If this was the third time cops had to come to a school to save teachers from the beast child, they Should have used the pepper spray. At least teach the little fucker that his crap-flinging results in punishment.


At first when I read the news I thought the police were acting out of line. That was until I read the multiple stories and saw the videos. He was throwing desks! He freaked out to a point that two teachers feared for their lives. That's messed up. Then he was expelled, with further proves that he's a freaking liability.

I'm wondering something: it says that he was the only one in the class. So did the other students evacuate or was he literally bad enough to be a single-class student with Two teachers?

 

[thirion1850]

Seriously, folks? A fucking 8 year old is now a threat? I don't care what he was throwing or what he was sharpening. It's a god damned 8 year old. Not exactly a super ninjitsu master.

1) Walk up to kid who is probably (somehow) swinging shit at you.
2) Catch whatever it is he is swinging/jabbing at you before it hits.
3) Take it away by force, by moving it higher than he is.
4) Bonk kid upside the head.
5) ???
6) PROFIT!

How hard can it be? It's not an adult, he has no experience, and, well... does this seriously need to be argued over? A fucking 8 year old requires a squad of police to mace him to 'defuse' the situation? Really damn complicated situation it is. An 8 year old has a tantrum in class. Truly, future terrorist, ladies and gents. *sigh* What a country.

 

[Rayne870]

Kid seems to have a hormone imbalance, pepper spray was the perfect tool for this job, no permanent damage, no alternatives would have worked. It kind of reminds me of that episode of House where that boy goes full on raging and bites the doctor.

Can't shoot the kid kuz that's a bit much, could have given him an old fashioned beat down but that does actually put officers at risk for injury and puts the kid at greater risk of injury. So yeah pepper spray was perfect for the job.

Now I just hope there is some proper follow up and his rage issues are fully investigated and solved.

 

[RaikuFA]

Justified, let's hope he learned no to swing goddamn sticks at people.

Just watched the video, his mother is a crap excuse for a parent. Someone should be taught accountability

Not fully aware of his actions my ass.

thank you. i hate people who refuse to discipline their kids then blame others for the kids actions

 

[crono738]

It was completely justified, considering this was the third run in the kid had with police.

Does anyone else think the kid kinda looks like the younger Michael Myers from the Halloween remake?

 

[joshthor]

definitely justified. i woulda shot him. damn kids not listening to directions.

 

[littlealicewhite]

It's pepper spray, it's not like they shot him, he'll get over it and learn a valuable lesson, murder people in an alley where no on can see you, Location Location Location.

If I could 'like' someone on here like FB I would make 10 new accounts just to give you 10 likes.

 

[Sejs Cube]

Take THAT, 8 year olds!

(Also there's a not insignificant chance that Murdertot Shortpants there would've been more significantly inconvenienced had the police had to physically restrain him using force rather than some other tool. Just because something gets chronically over-used doesn't necessarily mean it's automatically wrong in all situations.)

 

[Quaidis]

I would like to point out to the group that the stick he had was a piece a of molding that he had pulled off the wall. Witch most likely had nails sticking out of it which would make it even more dangerous to any one trying to take it away from him.

Wanted to quote you for the truth in that. And seriously, that's one screwed up kid to turn part of a wall into a deadly weapon.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Article says therapists can't find out what's wrong with the kid.

I dare suspect spontaneous and conscious cravings of murdering school teachers.

 

[typhon923]

i think it is fine what they did, the kid looks ok now and if he was trying to hurt other kids then maybe it was right of them to do it

 

[Ellen of Kitten]

He admitted on the news to trying to injure the teachers if they came out with something he hoped to sharpen. Those teachers felt threatened enough to lock themselves away and call the police. There was enough justification to warrent a less-than-lethal take down.

 

[Venereus]

Definitely justified. And a lot less overkill than the tank guy from last week.