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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:07 PM Original message |
8-year-old boy pepper sprayed by cops only wanted to kill them "a little." |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. all the attention he is getting for his misbehavior does not bode well for his future |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. his mother is pointing fingers in all the wrong directions, too... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Crossed our minds, too |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Look, I'm a grownup man. An 8-year-old with a wooden sword |
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JustAnotherGen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. My thoughts too |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yup. For a grown man to have to resort to pepper spray |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Very wise father! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Your thoughts mirror my own. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. As mentioned in the LBN thread, |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. That is true if you are in a school district that lets those things slip by. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
65. It's true in most school districts |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Do that as a teacher or police officer and you risk a lawsuit |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I used to be an officer. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
42. I work with emotionally disturbed kids and have been ATTACKED many times and HURT badly |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. yeah then you get sued for taking it away from him. can't win. n/t. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why didn't they just step out of the way when he came at them? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Because they don't teach common sense and proportional response |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm a grown man. 5'9'' 150 lbs. Any 8 year old does not scare me. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'm 6' 280 lbs and if the day came that I was scared of an 8 year old |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Not disagreeing with you, but I think it is worth mentioning |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Ii used to be a teacher and I used to be an officer. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. That is my day EVERYDAY!!! Sp Ed teacher here...i've been hit, bit, scratched, stabbed at and my |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
64. That depends. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. because it was a school room |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Another mishandled situation by the police? I'm sure glad these are isolated incidents. nt |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. The mother this, the mother that, the mother blah blah blah |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Who cares? I don't care if the boy had three daddies or two mommies or just this |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I have found, in 53 years of life experience, that men can be better than women at teaching... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
61. anecdote is not evidence |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, people can say they're not afraid of a little kid with a stick... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The kid is a second-grader. You just walk up, grab the stupid stick, |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Apparently people have forgotten |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Maybe he was on PCP like Rodney King. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. LOL! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. that's not even funny |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. The comment was a reference to police excuses for using excessive force. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. OK thanks for the explanation... n/t |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
20. the cops should not have sprayed him but his parents seem to be a problem also |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. He apparently has only one functioning parent |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. When I was growing up.... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
54. To add my own 'get off my lawn' perspective: |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. YOur mom's a sharp cookie. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
51. The very fact that they are dragging him around to TV shows proves it. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. There is a larger question here everyone seems to be avoiding |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Nope. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Actually I thought the same thing... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
39. I gotta say, I've been taking down trim in my how |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Exactly...that kid was operating |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. Even if he doesn't physically harm them |
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Biker13 (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. Great Point! |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. That's not the "larger question"; this is: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
32. i am ok with it. wash eyes out, put him in counselling and test the kid |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yeah, but at the same time, I don't think it's normal for a cop to be that scared of a kid |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. kids are pretty unpredictable. working hard for them not to get hurt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. oh, and |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Thanks! |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
62. It is not soluble in water |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. I saw him and his mother on one of the morning shows the other day ... |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Police Were Called |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Yup, I noticed that this isn't the first time too. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. This little monster made it on GMA?! WTF!? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
50. Why the HELL is this kid on Good Morning America?! |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. . |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
58. As opposed to Paul Rubens' vampire character in the film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
63. Whatever happen to taking control over a situation? |
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