Student Tasered at Kerry Forum

[Betty]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

In other tasing news: OC Sharrifs taser 15 year old autistic kid (how's that for a sensationalist headline)

WTF is up with that? Either part of the story is missing or the police are just totally bonkers. Someone runs through traffic - so when they catch up to him they tase him. You mean they couldn't subdue a 15 year old any other way? Sheesh - I've seen old man cops on "Cops" tackle a guy and bring him down - why the need for a taser at all? Even if the guy wasn't Autistic. You think he was exceptionally large and strong or something?

The whole thing just makes me mad! Should be out trying the find the kid.

As a plus - I liked the note about him trying to find his way home by reading the bus stops.

Wonder how he slipped away... was it on purpose? Did someone accidently release him? Or purposely?