Blog #8 IMHO #1

According to writer David Knowles for AOL news, a sheriff's deputy in Lake County Colorado was placed on a one week unpaid leave after he had used a taser gun on students at a career fair. Although tasers are said to feel like a bee sting, a student that was tased by this deputy was taken to the hospital and treated for welts that formed on his skin from being tased. There are no if, ands, or buts about the fact that this deputy was clearly not thinking when he tased the children at the job fair. Despite it feeling like a "bee sting" is it insane to use any tool or devise on a child that you use to catch run-away or resistant criminals. The deputy's lack of judgment placed a huge damper on what was supposed to be a positive event for the children. Not only do I find it crazy that this deputy would do such a thing, but that a taser is said to feel like a bee sting. According to an article on CNN.com, there have been reports of people suffering immediate cardiac arrests due to being tased. This issue should not be taken lightly, especially considering the fact that this deputy tased CHILDREN! Its unfortunate that people can become to absent minded or careless. we often refer to people who do such things as individuals with little or no common sense, but it makes me think. . Is there such a thing as common sense? Clearly what is common knowledge to one individual is not the same to another. The deputy was said to have used poor judgement in his decision to tase these children but that, in my opinion, should not have even been a question or even considered. Allowing children to see the inside of a fire truck or of a police car is acceptable, but using such a devise on a child is simply ludicrous.

article links:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/03/taser.cardiac.arrest/index.html

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/colorado-officer-uses-taser-on-30-students-at-career-fair/19433734