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Bryan Pregon

Parents consider legal action after South Dakota police use Taser on 8-year-old girl - ... - 2 views

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  • Bryan Pregon on 10 Oct 13
     
    "The parents of an 8-year-old South Dakota girl want the police officer who stunned their daughter with a Taser disciplined, but the police chief said Wednesday that the officer acted properly and may have saved the little girl's life."
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  • Bryan Pregon on 15 Oct 13
     
    Today everyone needs to COMMENT a response to this article. Please answer both: ~In your personal opinion, did the police act appropriately? ~Based on your team's taser policy (from yesterday) was this an acceptable taser deployment? Why or why not?
  • cristiangarcia23 on 15 Oct 13
     
    Well she could have posed a threat to herself or the police so yes this was an acceptable taser deployment my group policy is that no minors will be tased unless under some circumstances like concealing a weapon or posing a threat to self or others.
  • brocha249 on 15 Oct 13
     
    i think it was the right thing to do because they saved her life but according to my group policy it shouldn't be ok because we put that minors shouldn't have the taser used on them
  • meganmiller22 on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think that the police were correct by using a Taser. This girl had the intent to harm others but mainly herself. I do think there could have been better ways to prevent her from harming herself but the Taser worked just as well. My group had the policy of No one under 10 unless has possession of a weapon. This girl had a weapon (knife) in her possession AND intent to harm. Therefore, the police acted appropriately according to my group's policy.
  • Julia Gibler on 15 Oct 13
     
    I do think the police officer acted properly because there aren't many choices in a situation like that. His main goal was to save the girl from further harming herself or anyone else. Based on my group's rules yesterday, it probably wouldn't have been acceptable because the girl was under 15.
  • Jensyn Hanson on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think they did the right thing, if she was really threatening to commit suicide, I'm not sure where an 8 tear old gets that idea, but according to my group policy, it shouldn't have happened because she wasn't threatening the police.
  • kadenroen on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think what they did was wrong when i just heard about it but after finding out she had a knife and was being suicidal i think what they did was right what else should they have done so she wouldn't hurt herself? With are policy it was not but in this case it was okay.
  • tyler nielsen on 15 Oct 13
     
    Yes because she was going to kill her self and the police saved her life. So i think that they did what they should have.
  • jordan fichter on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police did the right thing. They're were trying to stop her from hurting herself. She was a threat to them and her self.
  • Gracelyn Sales on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police did act appropriately in this situation. The little girl was pointing the knife at herself and the officer. The police weren't quite sure if she would harm herself so they tased her to get the girl's behavior under control. According to our policy from yesterday this was acceptable taser deployment.
  • angel fernandez on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police acted appropriate because the girl tried to kill her self and based on my team this would be acceptable because we said the girl had a knife and they should have used the taser against the girl for their safety and the girls.
  • Keegan Caskey on 15 Oct 13
     
    If he had to taze her to safe her he should do it and she did point a knife at the police office Yes she threatend the police officer and herself
  • Tyler Larson on 15 Oct 13
     
    From what my group said, the cop was right when he tazered the girl
  • Ryan Kups on 15 Oct 13
     
    Police acted appropriately. According to my group the use of a taser should not of been allowed because the girl was under the age of ten.
  • Eli Rankin on 15 Oct 13
     
    I believe that the police acted appropriately because there was no other way to get her to put the knife down. They talked to her about putting the knife down to give her an opportunity for this to not happen but she did not listen and suffered the consequences. My group thought that if the person is refusing to obey police order that the taser is okay to use, and in this case exactly that happened.
  • Taylor Morgan on 15 Oct 13
     
    i fell that the officer did the right thing because the 8 year old was going to kill herself if anything the police officer saved her life and based on my teams decision it wouldn't have been ok but she is trying to kill herself
  • Payton Hiffernan on 15 Oct 13
     
    She could have harmed herself or the police, so the taser use was appropriate in this case. Based on my team's taser policy I think it would be okay to use in this situation.
  • morgan davis on 15 Oct 13
     
    they saved her life so therefore i think it was the right thing to do.
  • Cecilia Saldana on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think the police did good with taser the girl. Also it would meet all of my groups expectations
  • keeley45 on 15 Oct 13
     
    I think in this situation the police did the right thing, yes it was acceptable because she could have harmed herself and others.
  • De'metre Neely on 15 Oct 13
     
    The officer could of handled this problem better, but he the right thing.
  • patrick boian on 22 Nov 13
     
    First why would an 8 year old girl be suicidal but regardless the officer did the right thing so they can figure out what the problem is
Bryan Pregon

Slap to the Face Gets Student Expelled - 8 views

www.wowt.com/...tudent-Expelled-256442631.html

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  • Bryan Pregon on 24 Apr 14
     
    "The parents say Benson High responded quickly. The 15-year-old has been expelled." In your opinion, do you feel the school's punishment was appropriate? Please explain your view.
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  • oelliff884 on 24 Apr 14
     
    I feel that expelling him wasn't necessary. Suspension might have fit better as it wasn't an act of hatred just a prank that the school board took way too heavily. Smack Cam is something that is widely popular on Vine, it is far more wide-spread than the news article is letting on.
  • bananaking on 24 Apr 14
     
    I think the school may have overreacted. I think the appropriate punishment would be to give them ISS and make them serve a few hours worth of detention. Expelling someone over a slap when it's a joke is too much.
  • Jessi Gallagher on 24 Apr 14
     
    I think it was a good idea to expel the kid he was just being stupid.
  • Mary Davis on 24 Apr 14
     
    I don't think the kid did anything so bad he should have been expelled. There are kids doing so much more dangerous things out there and face smaller punishments. It was a really dumb prank that was hurtful and meaningless, but not worth the punishment.
  • mgalaska on 24 Apr 14
     
    I feel like the school's punishment was too harsh. Sure the "smacking game" is rough but so was the punishment. The student was charged and should have just been suspended. The student did it as a joke, not out of an act of violence.
  • taylormorris on 24 Apr 14
     
    I think that an expulsion might be a little too far, but the student should have definitely gotten suspended. The smacking game is totally different if the person being smacked is friends with the smacker. The high school student that got smacked was harmed and humiliated, which is not okay.
  • taylor_flurrry on 24 Apr 14
     
    I feel as if the punishment was a little excessive,but if the school knew about the game they should have stated not to do it in/on school property. Getting ISS or OSS would have been enough for a harmless game that most laughed and joked about. The student should not have done it either way.
  • brandon_davis46 on 24 Apr 14
     
    It was a good idea to expelled him i wouldn't wanna be slapped in the face for no reason!!!
  • undecidedrenee on 24 Apr 14
     
    I think the punishment did not fit the crime, it was not as serious as they made it seem. Kids get in fights every day and don't get expelled for it so why did someone that just slapped someone get expelled? It was meant more as a joke than as an act of violence. This is clearly a misunderstanding between two different generations. There are no quotes from the child who was slapped, what was his take on this? All we have are the opinions of the parents which will of course take it more seriously than their child. If you can get expelled just for slapping then what's next? Pretty soon kids will get expelled just for giving someone a high five too rough.
  • baddison758 on 24 Apr 14
     
    I feel like the punishment was to extreme for what it was. The kid who slapped the other kid didn't mean to do something like "teach him a lesson" or make him bleed it was just a simple slap. The slapping is assault but it was once and he wasn't planning on doing it repeatedly so he should have gotten suspended at the most. Expelling him for a stupid mistake like that was to much.
  • agress on 24 Apr 14
     
    I think the school shouldn't have punished the student the way they did because sure it was an act of joking around, not trying to be violent. I think the student should have been suspended. It was a dumb joke but the student should be given a different punishment.
  • tchubick on 24 Apr 14
     
    He should not have been expelled.
  • Gregary Teer on 24 Apr 14
     
    It was taken to far that the kid got expelled from that school I would have suggested that it would have to be an out of school suspension, the person who recorded it would have had a 3 day OSS. It was humiliating for the kid no way should they be a "victim" of this case it was a game and shouldn't have played it on that kid.
  • Bailee Gofta on 24 Apr 14
     
    I think the school took it to far with the punishment, just for getting smacked in the face. Lots of kids get into fights now a days, but the school took it too far and it was meant to be a joke.
  • blandon293 on 24 Apr 14
     
    I don't think the punishment they gave the high school student was necessary. But I think he should have got suspended because kids do way more harmful things and don't get in that much trouble.
Cara Ireland

Doctor accused of severing babies' spines with scissors in 'house of horrors' - 2 views

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murder child

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  • Amanda Ringberg on 04 Mar 13
     
    Why would someone have a clinic that would do such things to innocent children especially when they are Premature babies and are almost developed i think this man needs to be sentenced to death or even worse life in prison.
  • nickolas roe on 04 Mar 13
     
    that's just horrible what kind of person would do such a evil thing
nickolas roe

Parents say bullying led to 12-year-old son's death - 5 views

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abuse

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  • Amanda Ringberg on 08 Mar 13
     
    this is a sad story about a boy who's bully beat him up so bad he was in a comma then they put him on life support and he died.
  • Sydney Wilson on 15 Mar 13
     
    That is terrible. How could someone be so cruel to another person?
Bryan Pregon

Jury convicts New York cop in cannibal plot - CNN.com - 1 views

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new york cop cannibal plot murder crime

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  • Bryan Pregon on 14 Mar 13
     
    "New York police officer Gilberto Valle conspired to kidnap women, who prosecutors argued he planned to rape, torture, cook and eat, a federal jury decided Tuesday."
  • Ross Nickerson on 15 Mar 13
     
    What kind of person likes to eat people?
  • nickspradley on 18 Mar 13
     
    ^A cannibal
Bryan Pregon

More Than a Quarter of Teens Sext [STUDY] - 0 views

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crime teens sexting

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  • courtney wilson on 19 Dec 12
     
    I don't understand why people do this why don't you just go see the person would you rather have your messages leaked out and everyone see what you had said or have it private one to on conversation face to face.
  • Cara Ireland on 19 Dec 12
     
    I really don't see the point of you sexting your boyfriend or girlfriend when you physically can go see them or call them.
Suzanne Peterson

Couple charged after leaving their child brain-dead. - 3 views

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crime abuse child CNN

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  • Suzanne Peterson on 16 Apr 13
     
    Personally, I think the dad should be charged with some type of murder.
  • Amanda Ringberg on 17 Apr 13
     
    I didn't know that Brain dead was a condition for 1 and 2 those two need to be punished big time.
courtney wilson

Women takes shower at a strangers home - 9 views

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/10/01/mugshot-woman-takes-shower-strangers-home?hpt=ju_r1

crime

started by TeAja Lee on 02 Oct 12 1 follow-up, last by courtney wilson on 03 Oct 12
gkerger097

Body Cam Footage Leads To Civil Rights Charges For Las Vegas Cop - 0 views

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abuse

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  • gkerger097 on 22 Jan 16
     
    WASHINGTON -- Footage captured on body camera has led authorities to file federal charges against a former Las Vegas police officer accused of violently assaulting a woman during an arrest and attempting to cover up his conduct. Richard Scavone, 49, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of violating the civil rights of the person he arrested by using excessive force.
Brenna Wilhite

Woman 'heartbroken' over boyfriend's arrest in Alicia DeBolt case | Wichita Eagle - 2 views

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murder Teenager

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  • Brenna Wilhite on 13 Apr 12
     
    GREAT BEND - The girlfriend of the man arrested as a person of interest in the death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt is "heartbroken," a family member said today. Jeff Brown said his sister has lived with Adam Longoria for six or seventh months. Longoria, 36, was taken into custody earlier today.
Travis Healy

Mom bleaches 15 month old babies eyes - 9 views

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abuse child

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  • Travis Healy on 02 May 12
     
    A Bonney Lake mother who prosecutors say repeatedly bleached her child's eyes, causing permanent vision damage, was charged Monday with first-degree child assault. Jennifer Mothershead, 29, pleaded not guilty and her bail was set at $150,000. In May 2011, Mothershead's 15-month-old daughter was airlifted from Tacoma to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center after suffering a blow to the head.
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  • gary reaper on 02 May 12
     
    wow why would someone even do that. and the mother did it to her own child..
  • Megan Funkhauser on 02 May 12
     
    Why you would do that to your child, is not understandable. She should be guilty and be spending some time behind bars.
  • Derek Large on 02 May 12
     
    First off why would any person do something like that to her own child. What was her reasoning behind bleaching its eyes. Hopefully the kid is all right after that event.
  • KImberlee Keller on 02 May 12
     
    Who would do so much harm to a 15 month old baby, and not feel any pain?
Emily Wingfield

Has Hailey Dunn's body been found? - Nancy Grace - CNN.com Blogs - 4 views

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  • Emily Wingfield on 26 Mar 12
     
    Human remains found near a small Texas airport Tuesday could be those of a Colorado City teen who has been missing for more than a year. 13-year-old Hailey Dunn was reported missing on Dec. 28, 2010. She had last been seen at home the day before by her mother's boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, who police have labeled a person of interest in her disappearance.
Jason Sinnott

Girl, 12, beaten while neighbor films - 16 views

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crime abuse Teenager

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  • Jason Sinnott on 30 Mar 12
     
    (CNN) -- A man filmed a group of girls attacking a 12-year-old girl in his neighbor's garden, and told Providence, Rhode Island, police he thought it was a prank. Two of the girls have been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy, and two others have been charged with simple assault and conspiracy, said Providence Police Sgt.
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  • KImberlee Keller on 30 Mar 12
     
    That's crazy, and rediculous!
  • Madison Hass on 30 Mar 12
     
    I think its kind of ridiculous how a grow up encourages young kids to fight and not do anything about it.
  • Sarah Fisher on 10 Apr 12
     
    Wooooooow. That guy is a total loser and needs to grow up and take action.
  • Tiffany Malvin on 10 Apr 12
     
    Pretty sickening if you ask me. Why would people beat another person up as a prank. This boy needs some common sense..
  • Nathanial Belt on 10 Apr 12
     
    ya i agree. who just stands there and tapes a group of girl taking it to one girl? that's messed up in so many ways
  • Jaylen Harrison on 10 Apr 12
     
    Being a older man he should have enough common sense to stop that fight
  • Brenna Wilhite on 13 Apr 12
     
    Ha, and they say bullying has gotten better.
  • Mackenzie Bolton on 17 Apr 12
     
    This is absolutely ridiculous. No child should have to go through that. Bullying is getting worse. There are too many incidents like this happening and something needs to be change or someone is going to get seriously hurt.
ally snipes

Weekend shooting kills victim due to injuries - 0 views

www.wowt.com/...tical-Condition-169129736.html

murder

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  • ally snipes on 13 Sep 12
     
    Gary Rice dies due to his injuries from a weekend shooting
Emily Wingfield

Nine-Year-old's "running" death - CNN Newsroom - CNN.com Blogs - 9 views

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  • Emily Wingfield on 28 Feb 12
     
    Brooke Baldwin talks to a sheriff's department spokeperson about the death of nine-year-old Savannah Hardin in Alabama. The girl's stepmother and grandmother are charged with murder in the case. Allegedly, the pair made Savannah run around the house for hours as punishment for lying about eating a candybar.
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  • Sarah Fisher on 29 Feb 12
     
    They shouldn't have done that. Any smart person would have atleast given her water or seen she was gettin dehydrated.
  • Mackenzie Bolton on 29 Feb 12
     
    Running your child to death over a candy bar.. That's a cruel punishment. The grandmother and mother should be charged with murder.
  • Derek Large on 29 Feb 12
     
    The girl must have broken a very strict rule if she died for it. you would think that they would ground her, but running her to death is just horrible. Both of her so called "Gardians" should go to prison for a long time. I wonder if they feel any remorse for what they did.
  • jess brown on 01 Mar 12
     
    why make her run to death ? that sound crazy.
  • gary reaper on 02 Mar 12
     
    wow who would make a kid do that... well they will burn for that
meganmiller22

Mentally disabled man beaten to death - 0 views

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  • meganmiller22 on 24 Sep 13
     
    Police are searching for the person who beat a mentally disabled man to death in Lincoln.
TeAja Lee

Gunman Spotted On Yale Campus - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...e-gunman-campus_n_4337910.html

Crime possession of firearm

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  • TeAja Lee on 25 Nov 13
     
    Yale University officials confirmed a report of a person with a gun on campus Monday morning.
alewis516

Teen Playing 'Knockout' Shot By Victim - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...r-knockout-shot_n_4323723.html

shared by alewis516 on 22 Nov 13 - No Cached
  • alewis516 on 22 Nov 13
     
    A Michigan teenager who assaulted a man with a stun gun was shot twice when the victim defended himself with a legally concealed pistol. In May, Marvell Weaver, 17, was playing a variation of "knockout," a brutal and senseless game in which an assailant sucker punches an unsuspecting person with the intention of knocking him unconscious with one blow.
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