I would taser his ass and girl's mom. Remember people, calling cops in America, hell in any country usually is bad. It's all changed. Now, you must not talk to cops, or even call them. In America, we have way too many dumb cops who are taser happy. Read one report where a guy finds a weapon in his backyard, calls police station to bring it to them, goes inside and gets arrested and thrown in jail. No gun permit. The whole reason was to remove the found gun. I think what is happening is that every government is basically afraid of us. We are growing, population is increasing and soon, they may have to control us. Face it people, if they are killing us over speeding tickets or tasering for not replying to their order fast enough, we need punish the whole department. No more cops. A police officer today, is nothing but a corrupt dirtbag.

Xander, hyperbole much?

You hear one story about an idiot cop and assume the whole department, not to mention the fraternity at large, must be graduates of the Keystone Method.

What you don't hear about are the many many MANY good cops who do their job well and never get in the news because good news doesn't sell.

JAVIER, good cops do exist. No one needs to pat them on the back and give them news coverage for doing their jobs. My garbage man gets my trash once a week. EVERY week. He's never missed it. Should I call the local tv stations? Hold a press conference?

Xander wasn't commenting on one incident. Look through this blog, there are MULTIPLE cases of cops thinking a taser is a fine tool to make anyone do anything they want.

A lot of people seem to be forgetting we live in a free country. Innocent until proven guilty. It's the one thing that makes us different and special, as a country.

Don't give it away in the name of paranoia.

Javier, quit being reasonable and mature. That's not popular here in CopHateLand. It didn't used to be so rabidly anti-cop, but lately, I dunno'... *shrugs* But I got your back nonetheless.

Plus, I'm always very skeptical when a "story" is posted where there are no links to a separate, corroborating source, such as the news item published somewhere other than a blog.

So, unless and until Pete adds a link to a reputable news outlet where the item is in fact a news item and *not* a mix of truth/untruth, confabulation, edited A/V, rumor, opinion or screed, I always take these gin-ups to be just that, incitement.

[ And great fun *when* I'm in the mood. =p ]

Tasering is too much for a 10 year old...agreed. Police come and taser your kid legally, but if you give them a good old-fashioned ass-beating as a parent, you can be arrested. A stranger can come into your home and violently discipline your child,but you don't have the right to slap your kid across the face without lookin at an assault charge. I keep hearing all of these stories of kids who are so out of control that they are murdering their own parents or other children and then being tried as adults. The comments here are full of people condemning them to prison for life or worse. Which is it people?

I read a load like this and I have to wonder; what kind of "vast" experience does the writer actually have with any kind of child? I have had the pleasure to raise three girls and know for a fact several things. First, kids are WAY smarter and more "adult" than we give them credit for. I don't even need to raise kids to know that because I was 10 once. Now, the problem arises from the fact that they lack experience to use their reasoning power with. Secondly, a 2 year old could bring a grown man to his knees with a kick to the groin and a 6 month old could slip out of his grip. Underestimating this child was probably why he got kicked to begin with.

I don't know enough about the situation nor about tasers to make a solid decision on whether or not the officer was wrong to do this and I'm pretty sure most, if not all, others here don't either. We live in America, people. The officer is not guilty of anything until an investigation is performed which uncovers sufficient evidence to prove otherwise.

Ok, while visiting Dreamin' Demon, I found a link to "a tv news website" (I add the quotes because honestly, how can I tell its bonafide based on just its URL?):

http://www.4029tv.com/news/21638427/detail.html

Perhaps Tasers could be modulated for those "under 50 lbs" and "violent"? Two dials. Size of moron and size of disorderliness.

Here's another idea: you raise the child to RESPECT you before they become too big to have to kick their ass?

It is better to be feared by your child than loved, in the beginning. Stop kissing their asses and they won't become asshats.

Tasers SAVE lives, regardless of age. A brief application of overwhelming but undamaging pain works beautifully to get the chaotic creature to stop moving and start listening.

I agree with soulsabr.

Dangit, I hate when I miss one. It should be "tell it's bonafide based on just its URL".

Thatisall.

The fact that Americans are debating whether it is justified to taser a 10 year old just says more than your average American can ever realise.
Al.

The word you are all looking for is "discretion"...don't worry you won't find it in any of your local police department handbooks. It no longer exists in our vocabulary.

Once upon a time, cops had common sense. Now they have tasers. We're all pretty much screwed.

Retired Deputy Sheriff
36 years on the job
Scared Sh#tless of the kids with guns, tasers and badges

Aloysius - could not have said it better. When a cop tasers a 10 year old - America doesn't exist anymore. If you think that's "ok" and believe you still live in the land of the "free" - good luck.

I said it before, and I will say it again, a lot of these cops have serious authority and ego issues and are just as psychologically disturbed as some of the individuals they "protect" society from.

What percentage of cops that are joining the forces now are former military personal that have come back from tour psychologically damaged?

What really gets me is that turds like the cop in this article get away with this kind of bullshit all the time.

What percentage of incidents like this are never reported by people who fear retribution by police?

What percentage of these type cases that are reported are just swept under the bureaucratic rug or covered up by falsified police reports, who is the judge going to side with when it's Joe citizen making a claim against a cop or cop's?

These guy's are constantly getting caught with their hand in the cookie jar and all they get is a "paid suspension" it makes me absolutely fucking sick!

I just have a general distrust of law enforcement, more of the system as a whole. I am not saying every cop is bad and there are some that are in law enforcement to "serve and protect" but just like the political, financial system in this country it is completely corrupt and needs to be seriously overhauled.

It is not the police officer who is in the wrong here, it is the parent. The parent called the police because their daughter refused to have a shower, and throws a tantrum like all children do, worse, the daughter for refusing to obey their parent's instructions is now going to face charges and will get a criminal record. The police are only doing their job, and in this case was being put into a position by a useless parent of dealing with a child, in order not to get sued for harming the child by fighting her, and for his own safety the police officer had no choice but to taser her. The criminal charges against the child is the natural consequence of police getting involved. The police are only doing what police do. The parent is totally to blame for this.

Its a purely civil matter unrelated to the public interest or any threat to the mother or the daughter. A ten year old's temper tantrum is not an assault. The mother wants the girl to take a shower or eat a dinner or something like that ... the cops should have just told the mother to let her stay dirty for the night, its not going to kill her. What sort of restraint hold was the cop trying to apply when he approached the girl? Why?
Cop should have left and simply told the woman to stop trying to run her daughter's life.
If anyone needed a cold shower in this situation is the mother and the cop!

It is not against the law to refuse to have a shower. The police should not have got involved. This child will now have a criminal record and as a result be prohibited from many avenues and choices for the rest of her life.

The mother's bad mood and inability to cope with a tantrum has cost her duaghter choices as an adult and potentially her freedom.

I bet the mother regrets her actions now. But as the child kicked a police officer, she is caught in the web.

NEVER CALL THE POLICE UNLESS YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO. YOU WILL REGRET IT AS THEY ARE LOOKING TO ARREST AND JAIL PEOPLE. It's their job.

The child will not have a criminal record! She's a juvenile! Those records are sealed. The kid deserves a good old fashioned ass whoopin'. The only reason the mother should have called the cops is so they could watch the ass whoopin' so she wouldn't be arrested for child abuse. I'm sure they would be happy to comply as witnesses instead of being kicked in the nads. However, police should have never been called for such a silly thing. It's like calling 9-1-1 because they left a taco out of your order at a fast food joint. Let the police do their jobs as police, not as referees for incompetent mothers.

It all falls on the parents, there is no reason why she needed to call the cops because she couldnt handle her daughter. The cop should of not been involved in the 1st place. Cops are to protect from criminals not to help subdue unruly children. I do think that the mother needs to seriously consider taking some parenting classes.

I'm all for the cops tasering old people and the youth Good Job guys keep it up

Only thing to remember is that kids come bigger nowdays. She may have been a big girl. I have one that out grew me at 8.

Look at both sides, but the mom should get it too seems she needs some get right too!!!

By the mother giving him permission to taser, and maybe even encouraging it, I say that splits the blame between the policeman and the mother. Though in this same stream of news that TIME offered up, there's the article about the 15-year-old that killed a 9-year-old "just to see what it felt like." You simply don't know if letting the ten-year-old throw her fit on the floor and get away with kicking a police officer is the warning sign for future unruly or dangerous behavior. So what do you do? Let kids just have their own way with potentially tragic results?

This 10 year old girl has been abused (likely by mom or mom's likely parade of boyfriends through the house).

I have children (one 10, BTW) and I have never called the cops because I've never had a child of mine act up the way this one apparently did. I've never witnessed a friend's child act this way. Therefore I assume she has been mistreated or else mom is such a crap-can parent that the girl has no idea what to expect from one moment to the next.

Jackson above, the retired deputy - I'm in complete agreement. I too have seen the class of officer hired today - there is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that nationwide there is a concerted effort on the part of many agencies to hire numb-nuts as cops because they are easy to manipulate and control. And these numb-nuts are the same wackos who don't give it a second thought when they fire the taser (or service weapon) at a 75 year old grandmother or a 10 year old child.

Alexa, I pray that you never have any kids. Children do NOT deserve to be tased at all, you dumb f--k.

More kids should be tasered because parents no longer discipline their kids or teach them any respect for their elders to many punk ass kids running around thinking the world owes them and i say taser the shit out them hell if i had a taser i would taser my kid any time they acted out. I think i might go out and but one
thanks Broomstick

I happen to live in the area and for the record this is not the first time one of our local "good" cops has gone all comando on some one who didnt deserve it... for a fact our local law enforcement has shot and killed a mentally ill man in the middle of the interstate because he LOOKED like the guy that they were looking for... another man was shot and killed because he refused to drop an UNLOADED gun.. and now a 10 year old is tased... all i can say is they should be very glad that this wasnt my child

Haven't we been having a flurry of idiotic 911 calls? And they planned on doing something about it? This mother should have been ticketed and fined for calling emergency and permitting a cop to not just tase a tiny child but haul her away. Was the Miranda read to her? Did she comprehend it? Was she stripped-searched at the youth shelter? And here's yet another story of a fatherless, husbandless home. I'd like to slap that Mother's stupid face.

I have 5 kids. I would never personally call the police because I would rather have them deal with my brand of justice than the police. I love them...the cops don't. I'm also not afraid to KO them. Never had to do it...cause they believe that I will. Maybe the mom called the cops because she had no one else to help her and had reached her level of tolerance and knew that her next step was violence. Perhaps she made what she thought was the better choice? I disagree with KPR, you can't assume that this child has been abused.

"Broomstick said: Alexa, I pray that you never have any kids. Children do NOT deserve to be tased at all, you dumb f--k.
Posted 11/19/2009 at 02:24:21 PM"

Too late. My daughter is playing with her Malibu Barbie Taser dialed to "throbbing broomstick".

ROTFL! I just love commenters who not only can't make a point, but they miss the point.

I know a 10 year old who is 6 feet tall and 185 pounds already. I am not saying it is ok to taser a child...just replying to the comments saying this is a tiny helpless child. How do you know that she isn't a danger to herself or others? There are facilities full of kids that age who are violent and out of control.

Stupid Cop. I hope the girls parents confront and deal with him "personally".

RM
www.ultimate-privacy.br.tc

The idiot cop needs to be tasered in the balls, repeatedly, and the little girls mom needs her ass kicked for calling the cops in the first place. If you cannot handle a 10-year-old girl pitching a fit, then you have no business whatsoever calling yourself a parent. Never EVER call the cops except as an absolute late resort, like your life is in clear & imminent danger.

I am a recruit at a police academy and we have been reviewing this case for the past couple days AND....there are several variable factors here. First....that little girl is not the same little girl in that picture up there. They can be harmful to those around them, second something that the Media always Loves to Fail to mention is what type of stun it was. It was used with a stun gun, without probes or anything he used just a drive stun which means it hurts slightly but after about 1-2 seconds of the actual "tazing" there are NO aftereffects. Even if you are shot with probes and the actual exposure is at LEAST 5 seconds and much more efficient (since there is an electrical arc between the two probes which incapacitates the bodies muscles) the aftereffects are nearly non-existent.

That girl must have been a wild animal to warrant a police call in the first place. Was she tested for PCP or other drugs? Poor cops being blamed again for trying to control the animals...

Of all the things to be known for having done after you die.

Tasering a 10 year old girl ffs.

Recruit Hodzic said: "the aftereffects are nearly non-existent."
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Yeah, unless you just happen to be one of those people with a cardiac anomaly, then the aftereffects tend to include cardiac arrest, followed by death.

Again -- no cop should EVER taser a 10-year-old girl. If a big tough cop physically can't or is too damned lazy/sadistic to subdue a 10-year-old girl, then he has no business wearing The Badge. Fire the idiot, and I hope he gets sued.

Only in America!

I want a paid vacation too!
How much are tasers?

Obviously, the cop should have tasered the little girl. She was a threat to that officer and her mother and should have been put down for the greater good of society. I bet the cop went back to the station, and him and the police chief masturbated together over their awesomeness.

There are 2 young police officers in our extended family. Starting 3 years ago they were not welcomed to family gatherings after they were defending why it is okay to taser defenseless people in wheelchairs.

I understand that the police all have low IQ's, so will mindlessly follow orders without question and do things like what happened here and believe they can justify their vile actions, but they all need to understand that one bad apple can definitely spoil the whole bunch in regards to public opinion, and why vigilanteeism will soon take hold on a large scale, and they will be the main targets.

@ Recruit Hodzic:

Have YOU been tasered yet, you pedantic simpleton? Have YOU had the full five-second ride? No?? Then you have no right to speak.
AFTER you have felt *that* kind of pain -- a completely paralyzing, terrifying, jaw-clenching tetany, as if you had just bitten into an exposed electrical conduit -- you will understand why you cannot apply for the force with a heart condition: because a full 5-second tasering can KILL you.
And we wouldn't want our cops to get hurt before they can go out and arbitrarily terrorize the public without checking their victims' medical histories first.

Police departments persist in broadcasting this KNOWN LIE of taser safety, telling us that it's fine for the elderly and infirm to be repeatedly tasered, despite voluminous scientific evidence to the contrary.
The reason is ostensibly one of Officer Safety: but the truth is, it's officer laziness.

Tasers are not used because they are non-lethal: they are used because they are CLOSER to non-lethal than bullets.

And now they are used because idiots like you perceive them as just another tool in the Police Officer's arsenal.
A smart cop could have subdued this kid with a $5 fishing net.
Weaponized electrocution was not necessary and is utterly unacceptable.

What sick country we have. The US is finished.

Policeman/woman is one of the few jobs in the world where you can be disqualified for being too smart. There are many candidates that are shown the door every year because they score too high on the exams.

Oh, and don't kid yourself, Cops...hate you. You are cattle. You are to be controlled. Imagine caring for people who are not your relatives, and whom you are not responsible...but you must make sure they play nice. Cops hate you.

This story pisses me off. Not only did you assume that this 10 year old girl could not do any damage, but you didn't even TRY doing any research.

If the girl is screaming and thrashing on the floor, how is the mom supposed to restrain her? The mom is likely to get punched in the face if the tantrum is completely out of control. If the girl happens to be big for her age, she could seriously hurt herself or her mom. There is a limit to what an untrained person can do.

You can't judge the cop just because tazered a 10 year old. You need to know what actually happened.

What did the mother say to the 911 operator that led to the police being dispatched there in the first place? Is it possible we're dealing with bored police with not enough to do?

I cannot believe that a policeman trained to disarm and bring down adult criminals tasered a 4 year old, tantrum or not. Doing it "for her own safety" so he could cuff her more easily or because her mom said it was OK is equally as baffling. What was he thinking? If the girl was as dangerous as he treated her she should be teaching self-defense to everyone in town. Then again, if a four year old girl can scare a policeman that much the criminals in town must be having a grand old time.

Does this policeman have children? Since his action, performed by any other person would be considered child abuse, did anyone think to check out how he dealt with any other children he was around, those of family or friends.

When the mother sues (or the father, grand
mother, first cousin etc) not only the taser company but the city, county and state she will win. Unfortunately the money it costs just to go to court will come out of the pockets of one of our poorest states instead of those of the cop and the judge. Of course I'm sure someone will sue the cop personally so he may want to save his vacation pay.

Could this have happened simply because he got kicked in the balls by a little girl? If so, maybe it would be better for him to get a really good cup. The adult women in his life can do alot more damage.

This is another case of one policeman giving other policeman a bad name. The judges actions did nothing to help persuade that the good-old-boy network is still alive and well in Arkansas.

The cop in this story is a PUSSY. I'm sorry but if you cant restrain a 10 year old girl without electrocuting her you are a punk. This is police brutality of a child. The mother and cop should be prosecuted for child abuse.

"We didn't use the Taser to punish the child -- just to bring the child under control so she wouldn't hurt herself or somebody else,
What the hell do you mean not to punish her. shes a baby its not like she was a 15 year old know what to do when her parents calls the police. You all sound so stupid. That baby should have not been tasered and better yet her mother should be in jail for calling the police. What All American mother can't get their 10 year old to take a shower, if it was me after a while I would have said you know what if you dont want to take a shower then you get nothing she would have been on punisment or something her mother went too far..

Most of you folks have no idea what it is to work with kids who have issues. I work at a mental health center's children department as a crisis case manager for the last 9 years. The kids I work with have been physically/sexually/emotionally abused. They are at eminent risk of placement into state custody/acute care hospital/residential treatment center. It is my job to help them stay in the community.
Now, we have NO IDEA what the mom or cop was facing. This "article" is very short on details. I have had clients assault parents/destroy much property/kill animals over a shower. I have been assaulted more times than I care to count. It could be the LAST thing this girl needs is "an ass kicking" as she may have been severely abused in the past helping to cause the current behavior. She may be Autistic with a tactile issue with water, she may have been raped and had a flashback/didn't want to take her clothes off. We/you have no idea.
I have worked with many dozens of cops and have never had to have a kid tazed. Never. Even when I was threatened with a knife, broken bottle, piano leg (long story) by the same 12 year old in a 5 minute time span. If it was that bad the cop should have stood back, called for backup and waited (unless she was a danger to self or others). Even if a child is a threat to me/others I simply remove the people from harm's way till many cops show up. Cops, in my experience, don't do anything till backup arrive. Not the good ones, anyway. Now, if a child is an eminent threat to themselves, I will take what steps are needed to protect them...I'll heal. Many of these kids have been through a hell you and I will never know. Kids look to us as adults as protectors, mentors and providers...many of them are horribly abused by those who were supposed to protect them. I have found that +75% of child issues stem from how they were raised. Many parents simply suck.

My office works with the local PD to train them on how they can better work with mentally ill people. Sounds like this cop needs more training or a different job, mom needs either increased support or no more kids, and the girl needs support/training.

Or..not likely....she is a brat that needs her ass kicked :)

Kpr said the girl was abused because she acted the way she did? And her kids NEVER act like that? Nor has she seen her friends kids act like that? Ok for one, just because kids "act" up does not mean they are abused. It means they are KIDS! My 4 year old daughter throws temper tantrums, but she is in no way abused. Unless some of you parents out there believe spankings are abuse, then I guess in your eyes she is abused. Also, just because you have never seen and/or heard of your friends kids act up, it does not mean they don't! In all honesty, its the overly quite kids and kids that "NEVER" act up that make me wonder if they aren't in some way abused!

With that said, the mom is an idiot who should have been tased! Who calls the cops because their child refuses to shower? Let the child go dirty for one day! It won't kill her! Then she says to the cop "tas her ass." Now, if that part is true, it just goes to show you how big of an idiot she is! Not completely excussing what the cop did, but the one who should be punished the most is the mom! She may or may not abuse her daughter, but she obviously doesn't know how to parent!

Alexa, once again I read your comments and pretty much completely agree with you! Your a very smart woman! And without wanting to sound rude or hateful (which is not at all what I'm tryin to do!) Your kind of a smart ass! I like that! We need more smart asses in the world!

Given the cross section of comments on this board, several things are apparent:

1. A lot of cops are nothing more than monkeys in uniform, mindlessly following or doing whatever the hierarchy instructs them to do without ever questioning or considering the moral character or consequences of what they do.

2. People are generally getting fed up with the corrupt system and how it is designed to "protect and serve" those in uniform regardless of how flawed, mismanaged or criminal their actions may be.

3. Years of self serving hypocritical bureaucratic "organized crime" by agencies that were designed to protect citizens from such, has sowed great distrust among the general population. Where as these individuals were once revered and idolized, they now are hated and despised.

4. Vigilantism will only get progressively worse and or escalate until the system is reformed.

America, is not getting "worse" but people are getting fed up with a corrupt self serving system.

"UPDATE: Officer Dustin Bradshaw is given a PAID VACATION for zapping the little girl"

Marie:

I agree, If I were this kid's case manager and mom called me, I would have told her to let the kid skip a shower. Peer pressure works wonders on hygiene issues. In Kansas, social services allows for spanking, but again, we don't know enough about this case to determine if spanking may be the cure...or the poison. Oh, I have a 3 y/o boy. He threw a fit tonight about not wanting to brush his teeth. I role played with him brushing his teeth...no go. We let him skip tonight because it won't kill him and he usually does a good job with this stuff.

I'm just concerned for the Child in this story...We KNOW that the Cop AND the So-Called Mother in this story are useless "Bags O'Crap" that give Human Beings a bad name.

Scared for Life by a Bully with a Badge...How much do you want to bet that the Cop has done multiple tours in Iraq or Afghanistan and doesn't know right from wrong?

They make people CRAZY...and then wonder why they act this way

you can say that GREAT ADVICE again.
FACT-NEVER CALL THE POLICE UNLESS YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO. YOU WILL REGRET IT AS THEY ARE LOOKING TO ARREST AND JAIL PEOPLE. It's their job.

you can say that again.. NEVER!!! and..DONT TALK TO THEM EITHER

F**k this s**t, its disgusting. You don't call the police because you can't get your child to go to shower or go to bed or whatever, that is just insane. And surely, using a taser on a ten year old should be illegal, let alone a ten year old girl in the living room of her own home.

I bet the girl didnt even kick him in the balls, that was just added for effect, and the mother probably let the police officer use that excuse to try and get him off the hook.

Should be at least re-training and a longer suspension. And an apology. Disgusting, what is the world coming to.

"You hear one story about an idiot cop and assume the whole department, not to mention the fraternity at large, must be graduates of the Keystone Method."

If that were true they would be punished and removed from the force. No one leaves the bad apple in the barrel. But instead police forces routinely defend both the officers and the obscene use of force which, in turn, informs officers they are unaccountable for their actions.

You want the good cops to get some press? Stop backing and charge the bad cops, for a change.

I do have to agree with that much: if you call the police, they will not want to leave with nothing to show for it. Otherwise, they feel like glorified family counselors or attack dogs with leashes to be yanked by any of us when we feel like it.

I'm afraid we're desensitizing them with every call they get to do something stupid, like referee a parenting failure moment with their ill-raised child.

Or to deal with crack heads so frikkin' tweaked that they think they're on fire, and thus take off their clothes too, and become impervious to pain and will simply not listen or cooperate in any way.

Or to deal with our garbage, day in and day out AND be perfect diplomats while at it, perfect at detecting the real liars, perfect at diffusing any given situation regardless of the recalcitrance of the other citizens involved.

Be able to turn off their sense of smell so our liquor soaked vomit in their squad cars doesn't bother them.

Be able to turn off their feelings when we abuse them verbally, and when they read the naked HATRED in the comments across the interwebs directed at them, our fellow citizens, JUST because they are cops.

Be able to make a person do what they contractually bound themselves to do when they applied for and received a driver license, such as to sign for a ticket without resistance, with magic and nothing more.

No wonder they don't have any ability to come up with genuine compassion by the time a truly troubled soul shows up on their beat. And then we expect them to be perfect mental health professionals dealing with someone who can't deal with themselves. But we let them have few options, namely either arrest them, and put them in jail or in a mental ward. Yeah, that won't have any negative effect on the police at all. They're just robots.

That we won't deal with those harsh realities with any finesse, care, compassion, understanding or empathy for the police reveals that WE are the heartless beasts who create the chaos. We created this worsening society and we won't take responsibility for it.

Let's just take it out on the police! They're handy, they're easy to blame. Yeah. That's it.

true, the longer the misguided attitude persists that a person should not cooperate with the police, then crime, especially gang crime will only get worse.

Pick a side. Or maybe you have and I'm foolishly thinking you're a law-abiding citizen when really, you're a criminal. Only criminals really want the citizens to just simmer down and throw their support to them instead of the police.

How Taliban.

Kurt, wow another kansas person! It just baffles me that people throw so many thoughtsn or therioes, or speculatiuons around. We don't know all the facts in this caes. To just bluntly say "she was abused" is so ridiculous!

Ps my daughter also threw a fit about brushing her teeth tonight! Tried to get her to do it, and she didn't. Mabe I should have called the cops!

Alexa, you crack me up! A malibu barbie taser?!?! That's a good one! I don't know you, but like I said your a smart ass and I like that! Rotflmao oh I needed a good laugh today!

Can you imagine if the cop had put his hands on the little girl?

Next time cops, just tell the mother "lady, let the little prick have her way, let her win this round. You're toddler-whupped, just face it. Now I'm going back to the station and waste half an hour of my time to write a report to explain all of this in detail so when the ACLU comes knocking I can back up what I saw, heard and did. If you can't get your 10 year old under control, I'm sure the hell not going to open myself or the tax payers to liability because you suck as a parent. M'kay? Kthxbai."

Ya' know, I like the ring of that. No one else will, but I do.

My Favorite !

"Recruit Hodzic said:
I am a recruit at a police academy and we..."
"...the aftereffects [of the taser] are nearly non-existent."
[Posted 11/19/2009 at 07:20:37 PM]

Holy Smokes!, little girls are rag dolls? They aren't just flesh,
they also have psyches you numbnut!

thanks, you're fun to comment pong with too. I am a smart ass, it's twoo.

Uh, Mr/Ms Jag Pop, neither Recruit Hodzic or the tasing police officer, *have* numb nuts. He's right. The pain is fleeting. Only if you are already in poor health might a Taser be harmful. So you better get on that treadmill boy!

Frankly, now I can tell my kid "Do not kick the nice policeman in the groin honey or you might be tased like that little girl in Arkansas. Which will make you look retarded and ruin your chances of being a super model forever. Now, don't make me call the cops on you. Take your shower."

Dustin Bradshaw deserves to be fired. He had no right to taze a child. She had no weapon. So what if she kicked him in the groin. He had no reason to be at the house in the first place. Kids throw fits all the time and the police are not called. I know Mr. Bradshaw and he has a temper problem. The only reason he probably tazed the girl is because he was upset she kicked him. He doesn't deserve the job. He is suspended right now with pay. Well isn't that just great. He gets a paid vacation out of this. We pay his pay check, and I've seen him spend time he is suppose to be working, sitting at home doing nothing. If you are paid to work you should be working, not sitting on your butt in your house doing nothing. He will walk away with nothing more than a slap on the wrist because his father is a retired state trooper for arkansas.

I meant:

MarieHeck, backatcha, thanks, you're fun to comment pong with too. I am a smart ass, from a long line of smart asses... assi? ... assices?

G'night!

alexa,

I was speaking figuratively. You didn't need to ask them to cough.

As for the officer handling a parenting issue, this is the part that is so absurd to me. On the flip side, if the mother seriously injured or killed the child because the police officer wouldn't do anything, then we would all be up in arms about how the cops were called, but did nothing. Nobody wins. It's difficult to measure intent, so I don't think it's fair to crucify the guy...having said that, tasering isn't really the first thing that comes to mind when I think of conflict resolution with a 10 year old.?

"How Taliban"

Alexa,
the Taliban is so 1990's, this is the new war against "domestic terrorism" get with it hun.

Alexa

I'm not sure of the right term either, but I come from a long line of them too!

Kurt

Sorry about my grammar. The screen went blank while I was typing!

Another thing kpr said. She was abused by the parade of boyfriends? Where in this story does it say anything about her relationship status? There very well could be a dad and he is just embarrassed to come out into the public eye. Wouldn't you be if your wife/husband called the cops cause your child wouldn't take a shower?! This is just a complete waste of the police officers time and the taxpayers money.

Like I said, not completly in agrrement with what the cop did, but how did it all start? With the stupid mom. I for one would love to hear that 911 tape. I can just imagine it now.........

911 what's your EMERGENCY?

Mom: yes my 10 year old is being a pain and a brat and won't take a shower. Could you please waste an officers time and taxpayers money and send someone to my house?

Operator; why yes ma'am. We would love to. We have nothing better to do. Oh but have you tried a good old fashioned spankin or just considered not bothering with a shower tonight?

Mom: yea I have thought about that and I would rather have her tasered.

Come on now! Another one to think about blaming is the operator. I don't know about where ya'll live but here where I live, we have 911 and a dispatch number you can call in case its not an emergency emergency.

Yes, I will admit there are some stupid cops out there. I bet this officer will never forget this. Its one of those "here's your sign moments." But don't sit there and bash all cops. Whether they are stupid or corrupt or both or one of the good ones, they still sign up for a job that they know could end their lives.

Also, to whoever said that cops should be tasered, I know of several where I live that have practiced it on eachother. Its part of their training. Just a thought for ya!

I completely agree with you hibekisensai. If this story was turned around and something awful happened to the girl, we would all be outrage the cops did nothing. We can't have it both ways.

True the taser might have been a bit much, but like some other readers have said, we have no idea how big she is. In 3rd grade I knew a kindergartener that was 5'2" and weighed 110. His own father was afraid of him sometimes! My almost 2 y/o neice has made me fall to my knees for head butting me in the nose! I feel horrible for thinkin it and will probably be torn apart by commentors on here, but I honestly felt like smackin the crap outta her. I didn't, but still feel bad for thinking it.

I agree that the cop shouldn't have tasered the girl. He should have just shot her. Letting children run riot is what has led to the chavs in england, running around knifing each other, adults and in one case even beating a policeman for daring to ask a girl to pick up her own litter.

Maybe some tasing is just what is needed.

Bring me the belt.

The girl is 4 foot six inches and weighs 65 pounds according to the Arkansas newspaper.

What I'd like to know is what balls could a CHILD ABUSER possibly have to kick?

Oh wow! Only in America. Nothing like this would ever happen in my country, despite me living in a 3rd world country.

I've been on the receiving end of a hand-taser and I'd just like to say that its really nothing to get bent-out-of-shape about.

Wake up bros! This is not normal.

@Javier Until these good cops get control over the bad cops, it's all you're gonna hear! Don't stand by and just watch a fellow officer do something you know is wrong, or worse off, help him cover it up, like has been documented so many times. Turn them in. Cops are supposed to serve and protect, but so many times now the Transformers version is coming true, "To Punish and Enslave".

How is it the officer's duty to enforce shower-time? He carried the girl into the shower, according to his own report. Then when she wouldn't cooperate with her mother, took the kid to the living room and told her she "was going to jail".

For not obeying her mothers command to submit to a shower!

He did everything wrong. It's not his job to enforce mealtime or showetime or choretime, etc. His job would be to tell the mother that enforcing a shower is beyond he scope of his duties; and summon medical or psychiatric or social services if there is any real danger to anyone from the child's meltdown.

Maybe the 10 year old was an alligator. In that case, I can see the taser being used. 10 year old alligators are dangerous.

okay well for you people defending 'good cops' and why we never hear about it... I'm sorry, if you work at mcdonalds and give someone their meal after they pay for it. you did a good job. but then again thats what the cashier is supposed to do. you people are saying all cops who do their job should be covered in the media? because thats what it sounds like. get off your high horse and realize that too much power is being given to the police force. (do not get me wrong I do believe a police force is needed and should be respected). The police should work for us, we pay their salaries.

Here is an idea instead of calling the cops to control your kid . Go to galls.com order a tazer and do it yourself....Or you could learn to control your kid without the need of a tazer. No, i think that would take to much EFFORT!!

Javier, you don't hear about what all the GOOD cops do, because that is their job. They signed up to be GOOD, that's what their paycheck is for. To thank them for the work they are supposed to do.

The problem is not that a random cop did something stupid it is that every time they do it they get backed up by there boss and the union. In Milwaukee we had a cop who choke slammed an inmate and then flexed his muscle on camera. They deemed he did nothing wrong. When the video surfaced the populace felt different. The result he went on disability claiming the stress from the incident was too much to deal with. We got stuck paying for this guy to sit home because his boss didn't admit that what he did was at best stupid.

everyone in the world should be tasered except me.

What kind of backwards hick town does this family live in where the police come to your house if your kids refuse to take a bath. I have lived in many places where a call like that would get you laughed at and hung up on. Seriously. Is this what the police are doing with tax dollars. What does that say about the state of the country?

Xander,
Step away from the bong, pull your pants up, get a haircut and a job. Freakin' hippies.

KPR said:
"This 10 year old girl has been abused (likely by mom or mom's likely parade of boyfriends through the house)."

Could you please provide the factual evidence on which you based this conclusion? You say "has been abused" as if that were a fact, then speculate on who did the abuse. Or perhaps you have personal first-hand knowledge of this abuse?

I'm not saying she has or hasn't been abused, but making statements like that certainly bring nothing productive to the table.

jadensmokes said:
The child will not have a criminal record! She's a juvenile! Those records are sealed.

The above is FALSE and is a long standing myth. I can tell you first hand, while i was a recruiter for the US Navy we went to juvinal courts all the time and pulled records. I've seen many good kids refused military service for what they did at a very young age.

Nearly all police officers are criminals. Even if only about 10% actually abuse their power, brutalize suspects or perjure themselves on the witness stand, most every other officer has witnessed another do it. (And I am certain that more than 10% have lied to obtain a conviction.) If a police officer witnesses another committing such a crime and fails to immediately arrest them or protects a fellow officer from being convicted of such a crime they are accomplices and accessories, as guilty of the crime as the original perpetrator.

Since higher ranking officers are more likely to receive reports of police perpetrated crimes and are almost certain to protect those they work for, they are even more likely to be such an accomplice.

Alexa...you are so stupid!!! Get a life!!!

It's a good thing that everyone knows all the details about what happened and who it happened to and why it happened.. But since you see what the media wants you to see I guess you have all the right in the world to make an educated statement.. You know nothing of the cop you know nothing of what happened besides she is 10 and he tazered her.. This is sad all so sad.

Ozark,

Are you retarded? Nope, just from Arkansas...

You just typed "you know nothing of what happened besides she is 10 and he tazered her".

That's pretty much enough for ANYONE to "make a statement" or express an OPINION about it.

Unless the KID was pointing a gun at him, or charging at him with a samurai sword (which I'm pretty sure would of been published), there was NO reason for it.

Period.

ANYONE tasered my ten year-old, I'd flat out KILL them. EOS.

@KITTYCAT: Go get yerself some schoolin', you waste of fucking oxygen.

@Alexa et al: Bet you're big fans of Sarah Palin, amirite?

Yeah, me too.

BWAHAHAHAHAetc...

Glad the kid got the cowardly punk in the sack. I'd like to kick him in the balls too. Many times....until they have to surgically remove them from his stomach.

Filthy, child abusing Pig.

I personally knowDustin and support him ALL THE WAY

I bet you do - all the way to the ROOT!

Dirty p1gs - all of you. Go take a bribe - then a big fat length from your bent buddies in blue.

Hello!!!The taser of a 10 year old is senseless. I know many individuals who are police officers. They would not taser a 10 year old.

On the other hand, he had somebody resisting him 'violently' (at least to the maximum of her abilities), what should he have done?
Night sticked her? Yes, there's an improvement, lets break bones.
Forceful restraint? Great, so as mentioned in the article, broken bones and possible soft tissue damage like sprains or dislocations. Wonderful improvement.
A good spanking? Because what we really need is more cops sued for the sexual assault of a minor.

All the taser does, at least in theory and according to the training manual police go by, is really really hurt. It may not have been a right option, but it may have been the best her had. The real issue in my opinion, is a mother who needed police enforcement to get her 10 year old shower. But then again, in a legal world where raising your voice to your kid is mental abuse, and touching them or restraining them is assault, mothers don't really have any right options left either.

We should all write the mayor of Ozark and tell him how barbaric and shameful his town appears for not doing more.

Ozark Mayor Vernon McDaniel
ozarkmayor@centurytel.net

I am writing the U.S. Congressmen for the district Representative John Boozman to speak out against this despicable brutality that took place. I would advise others to do the same www.boozman.house.gov/contact/

INNOCENT PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE TO BE TASERED!!!

Of course unless they are from Arkansas or Sarah Palin supporters!

It's fair to say that the story of one idiot cop doesn't say anything about the mentality of all cops. However, it does say everything about what is allowed and reflects upon the state of cop selection and police education, which allows for such exceptions to occur.

Thank you, Mary Keller & John Downing, for the invaluable information. I will be adding these contact details to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace et al.

Let's get this asshole undeserving of the epithet 'cop' booted off the force...

well, I'm about as upset about this story as I am about international news of oppression. and I must say, the comments here really run the gamut.

let me address some of them; NO, the kid didn't and doesn;t t need as "old fashened ass whupping as some of the creepy child abusers (or would-be child abusers) here suggest - my guess is she's had plenty of them in her life (just as have almost all the convi9cts at any prison in the country), and that's why she sort of flipped out when her mother ordered her to bathe. and, she was a danger to NO ONE; according to the police report, she was lying "curled in a ball" while crying loudly when the cop arrived. the peaceful resolution that he thought was impossible would have been, as some of you saner people have suggested, to have let the mother, who has called the cops on this "disorderly" child and had her hauled off to juvie before , "ma'am, everyone here needs to calm down and this is not a matter for police intervention."
leave her lying in a ball, help mom count to twenty (though she might have to use her fingers, if you'll pardon my cynicism about her intelligence)or take a walk or shower herself to cool down, and maybe remind her if she;s not too volatile that reporting a false emergency is a misdemeanor for which someone could be jailed too if it happens too often.

do they teach basic child development, parenting skills, or social welfare anywhere in the state of Arkansas, besides maybe Little Rock?

the mother just comes off as an uneducated, deluded soul who's never learned any kind of skills for dealing with children, her own or anyone else's. I do feel a bit sorry for her, as I do for most stupid rednecks who never had a chance to learn any better. I suspect her own parents had a pice or two m issing from theier education and social development.but by the time this little girl hits juvenile court; these are people who supposedly went to university and law school and should be held to some higher standard of social intelligence.no one in law enforcement or the court system seems to understand that sending a little girl off to what is, indeed, jail for kids doesn't address the family problems: that galls me.

I've seen photos of her. she weighs 65 pounds and is a cute little thing who had a clean face and hair, and well as a pleasant smile. "resisting the op violently? yeah, right - he picked her up along with her idiot mother and carried her into the bathroom.

elsewhere I;ve said I;d like to hear from Bill Clinton, or maybe Hillary or even daughter Chelsea, on this matter. they are from Arkansas - Chelsea Clinton lived with her parents in the governor's mansion when she was this little girl;s age. and at the Presidential Inauguration in '92, Clinton made a big point of having Marian Wright Edelman speak, from Children's Defense Fund. children have rights, so speak up- for teaching people from your home state how to ensure those rights, would you, Clinton Family?

no child deserves to be labeled dangerous and crazy, carried around like a piece of garbage,shot in the back with a taser, or hauled off to jail because she had a bad night and didn't want to shower. maybe she just didn't want to be ordered around by her incompetent female progenitor who I will not dignify by calling her a "mother" - mothering implies a degree of nurturing that this woman doesn't seem capable of providing.

Hey Merkin ChickenTard - what a great nick! Did your mama give it to you? Or is it the latest you dreamed up so you can pretend to be someone new and fresh?

LOL Marshall Law at last. Thats hilarious. Poor girl the cop must had a really bad day to do that but then again, many cops are just pigs. NEW WORLD ORDER COMING so be ready to be tasered just for saying hi. MASONS CONTROL THE WORLD :)

To all of you who say "She was out of control" "Cop was just doing his job" and all of the other ingnorant bull shit regarding this case, wake the fk up!! If this ignorant bastard tasered any of my nieces or nephews, I would shoot him right then and there on my property. It would be excellent if it was on video to show how I was defending my child. Cops are not here to protect us, they are here to punish us. I don't need them to punish me or my family members. They are nothing more than people who never could decide what to do and ended up being a cop because it was easy. That does not apply to all but definitely to many. Yes I said easy. What I mean by that is that they control, kill, beat, taser, and torture so many of the weakest citizens. Their basic aim is to control. They kill what they cannot control. They beat and taser what they cannot kill in privacy. COPS SUCK, I DONT RESPECT YOU!!!! I bet if they could, they would find a way to arrest me for saying "COPS ARE EVIL! FIRE ALL OF THE COPS TODAY AND HIRE GOOD ONES!!!" And you citizens (mostly the elderly and hard up) who feel so strongly that our cops are doing their jobs, you are stupid!!! Get the hell out of here!!! Nobody likes you either! Just like nobody likes a cop. When you drive down the road and you see a cop, regardless of whether you are speeding or not, do you not slow down?? To those of you that do, GET THE FK OUT OF MY WAY! I will drive 9 over the speed limit right next to a cop and he is not going to do a damn thing about it unless I am in a school Zone. I cannot stand the fktards that are licking the hell out of the cops asses!!! Quit being such a brown noser and ass licker and start developing your own sense of self. You know what is right or wrong. Don't treat a cop like you treat your boss. Don't help them catch speeders and those who run red lights. You are making their jobs so easy. Cops are pieces of shit!!!!!!!

Mrfingerpointer,

Love the comment! It all makes sense to me, but I guess I'm probably ignorant to some of these people!

Yipsl,

While I'm not entirely sure what most of your little tirade was about, let me touch base on what I COULD understand.

1) Those of us who do spank our children, are not creepy child abusers. I was raised by parents who spanked my older sister, my little brother and I. I am not one of those moms who believes that sitting there trying to talk to a child is always the most effect way of dealin with things. I can count on one hand how many times I have spanked my daughter, but can't count on everyone in my families (and I have a VERY large family!) hands how many times I have tried to talk to her and it never worked.

2) I can count on one hand how many times I was spanked as a child, and I have never been in prison, or even jail! Yes, my parents spanked us, but we also got the "look." We knew if we acted up and got the "look" we either stopped or we were gonna be in trouble. The "look" still scares us and my sister is 27 (with 3 daughters), I am 25 (with one daughter) and my little brother is 22 (no kids)! I can honestly say, that look scares the crap outta me! I'm still tryin to perfect the "look" for my daughter, but not very sucessful yet!

3) While I'm usually not one to nitpick at someone elses grammar, as mine not be the best, I don't really think its wise to sit there and say "the mother just comes off as an uneducated, deluded soul" who you suspect " her own parents had a pice (piece?) or two m issing(missing?) from theier (their?) education and social development." Not usually the wisest thing to sit there and make fun of someone for being a "redneck", and as you say you feel sorry for rednecks, if most of the words are mispelled in your comments! Just my opinion, but next time, use spell check!

Blaire,

Shut up! Isn't there like a cop bashing site you could go to?!?! I personally don't slow down when I see a cop, because for the most part, I drive the speed limit. I don't know where you live, but remind me to never go there as it seems you have no sense of the law and don't follow the speed limit! I'd hate to be driving along and enjoying my day to be hit by an idiot like you! Your probably one of those people who drive 50 in a 30, swerving in and out of traffick, without and regards as to who else might be on the road.

Also, just because some of us respect cops, does not mean we are brown nosers or lick cops asses or have no sense of ourselves. It means that we RESPECT them. I don't lick anyones ass and I am not, nor have I ever been or ever will be, a brown noser.

Once again, another seemingly, never endless, useless tirade.

If this pig would so willingly taser a tiny child, he would not hesitate to kill you. He should be shot.

Daryl,

You're not a very good troll, so your cop hating is pretty pathetic. Just to help you: your penis is the flaccid, flappy thing that gets stiff when you see pictures of naked pigs. Don't give up too fast, you'll find it.

LOL!

Alexa,

LOL!!!!! Oh that's hilarious! Once again, thanks for the much needed laugh!

Anyone without kids, shut up you know nothing. Anyone with kids who is making an excuse, shut up you should have your kids removed, because you are stupid.
I am a Dad and there is not one chance in hell that my kid would ever react like that because she knows I will not, do not ever tolerate that behavior. I have never had to spank my kid either. Try being a parent, not an observer or friend. And the person who said kids can raise themselves, that is exactly the ignorant behavior that starts it. Kid are STUPID, they have no experience. They can remember and understand somethings it does not make them intelligent or knowledgeable.

I forgot to mention that a cop who tasers a 10 year old should be fired. That is absurd.

Are you kidding me? So, take off the table for a minute, the idea that ANYONE who would taser a 10 year old girl is a scumbag. We're still left with the fact that a guy who can't handle a ten year old without weapons, is way too much of a pussy to handle criminals. Fire his ass for being incapable of doing the job that we pay his pussy ass to do.

And we gave that guy an extra week of vacation this year....Wish I got extra vacation for being incompetent.

And where are all these "good cops" that always pop up in these comments? If they weren't protecting a ten year old from being tortured by someone she should be able to trust, they're not good enough. Sins of omission are sins, none the less.

Dustin Bradshaw deserves to be fired. He had no right to taze a child. She had no weapon. So what if she kicked him in the groin. He had no reason to be at the house in the first place. Kids throw fits all the time and the police are not called. I know Mr. Bradshaw and he has a temper problem. The only reason he probably tazed the girl is because he was upset she kicked him. He doesn't deserve the job. He is suspended right now with pay. Well isn't that just great. He gets a paid vacation out of this. We pay his pay check, and I've seen him spend time he is suppose to be working, sitting at home doing nothing. If you are paid to work you should be working, not sitting on your butt in your house doing nothing. He will walk away with nothing more than a slap on the wrist because his father is a retired state trooper for arkansas

BTW, I do KNOW the cop personally. He is an asshole on a power trip. With a real temper problem. The only reason he got the job was because of his father and its a small town. I lived with this cop for 5 years. My dog just growled at him and what does he do. He grabs the 51b dog by the throat and choke slams him into the wall. He got so mad at me one time he ripped the closet door off and kicked a computer desk so hard it broke in half.

Sounds to me like a woman scorened.. I've know Dustin all my life.. Instead of being negative towards him I am supporting him in this to help him get through.. Dustin's always been nothing but an outstanding person to me.. It's sad that it came to what it came to but the mom gave premission and if he had tried to man handle her in to cuffs and broke her arm everyone would be having issues about that too.. It's all sad so sad..

I know Dustin personally, too. In fact, if you click on my name, you'll see a picture of him - taken with his father & a friend.

They're engaged in their favorite pursuit. Well, as I understand it, it's Dustin's _second_ favorite - his first being brutalizing young children. It's all down to his suffering from the medical condition known as 'micropenis'.

As an aside, I bet Dustin's Dad is SUPER-PROUD of him; managing to take down a little child with only his badge, gun & taser to hide behind. He's my hero! My heart (& other organs) swell with pride when I think of him performing his civic 'duty' with such dedication!

WHAT A MAN!

Not a woman scorned. The person you see and the person behind closed doors are two totally different people.

This cop needs a hard swift kick in the balls for tasering a child.

The FBI needs to consider what caused the violent tantrum and not point fingers too quickly at the parents. I think they should investigate what this child had been fed at home and at school. Our daughter used to have wild, violent tantrums and through an elimination diet we determined that food coloring, caramel coloring and other food additives triggered her outrages. It's probably something the mom has never considered. She probably has Leaky Gut Syndrome. She needs a doctor who knows how to heal her gut and treat her illness. This child probably wants to be good all the time and just can't because she is being poisoned by the processed foods she is eating.

I am not a particular fan of law enforcement, but hat's off to the "Tough guy officer". Damn brat kids in this country today are coddled and protected by the law. They kill their parents in their sleep, the burn the house down, etc. I dread to be of an age where these things would be responsible for my health care. I say more of them need to be Tasered, Hog tied,etc, in order to protect the future of this country.So Kudos to Officer Fife, keep on shocking the brats they need it.

The girl got what she deserved. Whether your 10 or 73, you must always respect the police and assualting one, be glad all they do is taser your ass.

To all you people, including the author of the piece, if you dont believe a 10 year old flailing away kicking and screaming can't kick very hard, I suggest you try controlling an uncontrollable child sometime by holding them, IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN 1 ON 1!

Good for the cop, maybe next time the little girl will listen when spoken to.

Hey what about parents that don't set limits and aren't consistent in enforcing them. If the mother knew how to raise the child, she
wouldnot have been dumb enough to call the cops to discipline her.

The cop should have saved himself the trouble and left the little brat screaming on the floor and made the mother be a parent. And as for the jerks who say a 10 year old can't kick that hard, guess again. I worked with many violent children and they can injure you very easily. In fact, you wrestle with my 12 year old, 250 lb niece and see who wins. She'll kick you butt! This officer never should have had to go to this call. The mother should have been told by the dispatcher to "mommy up" and parent her kid.

Dustin Bradshaw fired, sweet. Now go back to your hill billy roots and live off the land you scum bag.

Its too bad we can't fired some Mothers.

I read many of the above comments and realize they are built on the second-hand comment of interested parties into the mind and motives of the officer and collateral influences into this incident. Second hand information has influenced my understanding of the actions of this incident (as i did not witness the malfeasance firsthand), but as a lifelong resident of Ozark, Ar and lifelong contact of Dustin Galyland Bradshaw, i can contribute much more to the understanding of the misfeasance than speculation and guesswork as i have personally felt mine and many (umpteen) highly similar situations. I see this officer drive by my house every day (as i live less than 1/4 mile from the apartments in which he lives). He and all the rest speed every time (often clearly over 100 mph when the speed limit is 25), which doesn't even barely crack the book on the sociopathic level of misconduct this dissocial group enjoys. Their speeding is only the mildest of complaints (reported many times in city council meetings of reports by mayor Vernon McDaniel from fearful citezenry of city police outside the city limits driving "about 105 mph.") Less than a year ago officer Bradshaw and Justin Harold Phillips Jr., recently promoted to city investigator, were investigated by the FBI for misconduct in which they beat a suspected couple under suspision for dui to the point his skull was egregiously broken/fractured, his eye was burst from its socket and he spent about a year in the hospital, not to mention the tens and yes, hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical bills that he and his wife incurred which were not compensated for.
Persons in Ozark/Franklin county are petrified and clearly are not equipped for the extreme irrational psychopathic tendencies this department has long shown. They, as i, an exemplary citezen of Ozark with no record, criminal or traffic, can clearly find no indemnity from. Their extreme behaviors are repressed into the hearts of unfortunately ignorant and innocent persons which fall everyday victim to the inveterated skillful underhanded insouciance that this department shows.
If put onto a continuum of severity, officer Bradshaw would be my last pick for one to be fired, even though i clearly think this is in order. He is a member of the (Ozark Police Force) group of dissocial sociopaths characterized by long term hard drug use, which is a prerequisite for membership and behavior of this magnitude. I have been told explicitly by users of crystal-methamphetamine that they "had a lab" at the apartment, and that "Dustin used for a long time, but was strong enough to get off." Well, antisocials and meth users are among the most susceptible to violent and impulsive behaviors which lead to extremely disruptive social problems.
Other members of the Ozark Police force, such as the other above mentioned individual, has long term notoriety for womanizing, drug and alcohol abuse, and exemtions from all levels of responsibility, including obviously criminal prosecution. I don't drink. I have never used any illegal drug. I don't smoke. I have attended church nearly every day of my life. I am a member of the prototypical southern-christian lifestyle which many of the other victims in this community are and adhere to almost always. I hope to paint the picture of the kind of abusive environment in which there is no clear rationale for this type of behavior. I have personally contacted the FBI field office in Little Rock, AR for investigation into similar circumstances where Phillips has repeatedly drew a loaded, chambered round to my head and family (Mind you for 1. Not wearing my seatbelt. 2. After buying a new car not having permanent tags. and 3. Walking through my yard after dark with a flashlight and thereafter not coming from behind a tree while being assailed and calling 911.). We are not even close to being criminals, never committed one, but when powerful prominent individuals who share a similar cognitive profile and drug abuse histories but different behavioral profiles find themselves into powerful positions, they protect these extreme behaviors from consequence for obvious reasons. The constabulary in Ozark is omnipowerful and can call on their reticent members to cover their tracks no matter how problematic. I can not continue to elaborate on how many millions (combined) instances that the Ozark Police have been psychopathic, for practical reasons (i am tired and need to go to bed to get rest) but hope to give the real serious index of unnecessary impulsivity seen here. Many of the current and former members are likely to own serious personality factors which are contributing to the Hollywood like insanity here. I would not suggest you voice your opinion to them lest you have nothing to lose, like me!
Thomas Edward Owens III BA

Um, what?! Ok for one, I'm on cold medicine so I didn't understand the above comment. For two, even if I wasn't on cold meds, I wouldn't have understood it! WAAAAAAY too many big words!!!!

Ok, so this cop might be into drugs. Wait, have you ever met an honest druggie? Especailly meth?! Come on now! They were probably pissed at this guy cause he busted them for having a lab.

And I noticed that no where in your comment did you say anything about the mom of this story. Was she not also to blame? To me, she is the biggest person to blame in this situation! First she calls 911 because her child won't shower?! Who flippin cares! Let her go dirty and be stinky! I guarrantee you if she went that way for too long, she would be made fun of and shower. Then she actually tells him to "taser her ass". Now come on! Where in the parents guidebook (figuratively speakin of course!) is that ok?!?! SHE should be charged as well!

I do agree with another comment above. Why hasn't the mom been charged? Why hasn't her face and name been splashed around the news? Does she still have her daughter? Does she have other children? To me, she is the biggest criminal in this story.

Now for a speculative comment? Ok. The child was a coincidental convenience to cover the real intended meeting of the parent and the officer? Yeah. Just to begin to barely address the mother which i don't directly know.

Get your facts straight Thomas Edward Owens III. I lived in the said apartment with Dustin Bradshaw. There never was a meth lab as you call it there. Or illegal drugs. SO get your facts straight before you go posting shit about things you don't know.

Thomas Edward Owens III.

I'm not disagreeing with everything in your post. But when it includes my house and me. It tends to piss me off.

The Merkintards that keep spouting suck vitriol as "keep on shocking the brats they need it." or "The girl got what she deserved." are inhuman scum who do not possess the required empathy to be called a 'Human Being'.

T. E. Owens III: Kudos to you, sir. =]

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P.S. Dustin got fired! Another corrupt cop is kicked off the force! W00ty! We're having a street party!

In most cities Police are peace officers. In Arkansas, they are also bath cops. They don't want stinking children in that state.

Maybe she was trying to conserve water.

We live in a police state. Right now it is hidden and tucked away nicely behind "proper" news and countless reports of the evil villain living down your street. One day it will be more overt and in your face. We live by rule of the baton, which is nice visible in the white powder puff suburbs (although increasingly so). Fear of retribution is usually enough, but it is getting worse as the gap between the classes widen.

But we gave our freedom away long ago when we decided to be ruled by moralistic white men who devised this wonderful thing called governance by the few.

Excuse me: not usually visible in the white powder puff suburbs (of America).

We should cut the balls of of our officers and make them fuck the mothers Anus and swallow thier farthers sperm

Monkey see (Obama), Monkey do (cops)