« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2008, 01:54:49 AM »
My ex was a substitute teacher for several years. No teacher was allowed any physical contact of any kind with a student. You can't even grab them by the wrist if they're beating the life out of another kid. The officer probably had a choice like; use the taser, or get sued for "assaulting" or "molesting" that girl if he tried to restrain her. No telling what the details of the official policy are.
I've seen several parents who thought their perfect little angels could do no harm. One kid peed on me. His brother kicked me and instead of kicking him back or punching him I picked him up and tossed him across his front yard. Guess which kid was called a bully? Me. They couldn't have possibly done anything wrong, and certainly couldn't have started it.

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