The local police chief in Ozark, Arkansas is standing behind one ofhis officers who tasered a 10-year-old girl who was refusing to go tobed.
The bizarre story is laid out in a police incident report obtained by website The Smoking Gun.
OfficerDustin Bradshaw was called to the home by a woman complaining that herdaughter was being unruly and refusing to go to sleep. Bradshaw wrotethat when he arrived at the home, he found Kiara Medlock "balled up in(sic) the floor crying and screaming."
After watching hermother attempt to get Kiara into the bathtub with little success,Bradshaw took the girl into the living room and threatened her withjail. That didn't settle things down. At some point, Bradshaw claimsKiara's mother told him to "taser her if I needed to."
Bradshaw then tried to handcuff Kiara. But he couldn't manage that either.
Tohear Bradshaw tell it, he was now in the midst of a full-on brawl onthe living-room floor with Kiara, a Grade 5 student. The 65-pounder was"verbally combative ... struck me with her legs and feet in the groin,"Bradshaw wrote.
That's when he reached for his holster and delivered a "very very (sic) brief drive stun to her back with my taser."
Unsurprisingly,Kiara's struggling stopped immediately. Bradshaw then cuffed her andcarried her to his squad car, since she could no longer walk.
The incident hit the news when Kiara's father, Anthony Medlock, took exception. Medlock does not live with Kiara's mother.
"I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this ...If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her,then I don't think you need to be an officer," Medlock told local Ozark40/29 news. He said his daughter has shown signs of emotional issues,but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog."
The local police chief stood behind Bradshaw and his decision.
"He had no other choice. He had to get the child under control," said Ozark police Chief Jim Noggle.
Nodisciplinary action is pending against Bradshaw. However, theAssociated Press has reported that the FBI has dispatched agents toArkansas to investigate.
Medlock said he will attempt to gain sole custody of his daughter.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/728622--cop-tasers-girl-for-refusing-to-go-to-bed
some cop that is if he can't handle a 10 year old girl...
The bizarre story is laid out in a police incident report obtained by website The Smoking Gun.
OfficerDustin Bradshaw was called to the home by a woman complaining that herdaughter was being unruly and refusing to go to sleep. Bradshaw wrotethat when he arrived at the home, he found Kiara Medlock "balled up in(sic) the floor crying and screaming."
After watching hermother attempt to get Kiara into the bathtub with little success,Bradshaw took the girl into the living room and threatened her withjail. That didn't settle things down. At some point, Bradshaw claimsKiara's mother told him to "taser her if I needed to."
Bradshaw then tried to handcuff Kiara. But he couldn't manage that either.
Tohear Bradshaw tell it, he was now in the midst of a full-on brawl onthe living-room floor with Kiara, a Grade 5 student. The 65-pounder was"verbally combative ... struck me with her legs and feet in the groin,"Bradshaw wrote.
That's when he reached for his holster and delivered a "very very (sic) brief drive stun to her back with my taser."
Unsurprisingly,Kiara's struggling stopped immediately. Bradshaw then cuffed her andcarried her to his squad car, since she could no longer walk.
The incident hit the news when Kiara's father, Anthony Medlock, took exception. Medlock does not live with Kiara's mother.
"I want to know how the heck in God's green earth can they get away with this ...If you can't pick the kid up and take her to your car, handcuff her,then I don't think you need to be an officer," Medlock told local Ozark40/29 news. He said his daughter has shown signs of emotional issues,but she "doesn't deserve to be treated like a dog."
The local police chief stood behind Bradshaw and his decision.
"He had no other choice. He had to get the child under control," said Ozark police Chief Jim Noggle.
Nodisciplinary action is pending against Bradshaw. However, theAssociated Press has reported that the FBI has dispatched agents toArkansas to investigate.
Medlock said he will attempt to gain sole custody of his daughter.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/728622--cop-tasers-girl-for-refusing-to-go-to-bed
some cop that is if he can't handle a 10 year old girl...