be real said:
Obviously, when the police had to be called the caregiver extinguished all avenues of reprimanding the child. People need to step back and walk in the shoes of the officers. When they drive up and see the commotion going on they have to be in police mode. Nowadays kids this age are stronger and are carrying weapons. They walk into a situation daily not knowing if they will walk away alive or not. We just sit at our computers and past judgement on how these men should be dealt with. You can't just put adolescent children in the corner for time-out if they are throwing a fit and spouting obscenities. I just feel for anyone that is in this situation, because who can afford to lose a their job nowadays.

Martinsville Citizen said:
A police officer (public servant) is not supposed to strike a grown man

Ed said:
So hedonist, Would it have been OK for a 200lb officer to hit an out of control, 94lb 10 year old's head on an object while wrestling him/her to the ground and break a limb in the process rather than give him/her a 2 second burst of a non-tined X26 tazer, for which the manufacturer recommends use on a subject over 60 pounds?