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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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    "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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    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?
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    From what my group said, the cop was right when he tazered the girl
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    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    they saved her life so therefore i think it was the right thing to do.
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    I think the police did good with taser the girl. Also it would meet all of my groups expectations
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    I think in this situation the police did the right thing, yes it was acceptable because she could have harmed herself and others.
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    The officer could of handled this problem better, but he the right thing.
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    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
danielaespinoza

Oregon officers turn in police chief, allege racism - CNN.com - 0 views

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    The police officer in Clatskanie, Oregon, filed a formal complaint when he allegedly heard the city's police chief making racist comments. "I had to do this," he told CNN affiliate KOIN, but he said the aftermath hasn't been easy. "I've received death threats, a tire flattened with a nail on my driveway," he said.
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    The police officer in Clatskanie, Oregon, filed a formal complaint when he allegedly heard the city's police chief making racist comments. "I had to do this," he told CNN affiliate KOIN, but he said the aftermath hasn't been easy. "I've received death threats, a tire flattened with a nail on my driveway," he said.
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    The police officer in Clatskanie, Oregon, filed a formal complaint when he allegedly heard the city's police chief making racist comments. "I had to do this," he told CNN affiliate KOIN, but he said the aftermath hasn't been easy. "I've received death threats, a tire flattened with a nail on my driveway," he said.
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    The police officer in Clatskanie, Oregon, filed a formal complaint when he allegedly heard the city's police chief making racist comments. "I had to do this," he told CNN affiliate KOIN, but he said the aftermath hasn't been easy. "I've received death threats, a tire flattened with a nail on my driveway," he said.
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    The police officer in Clatskanie, Oregon, filed a formal complaint when he allegedly heard the city's police chief making racist comments. "I had to do this," he told CNN affiliate KOIN, but he said the aftermath hasn't been easy. "I've received death threats, a tire flattened with a nail on my driveway," he said.
Bryan Pregon

On-duty police officers have shot and killed more than 700 people this year - The Washi... - 0 views

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    "The tally of people shot and killed by on-duty police officers passed 700 on Wednesday night - a fatal milestone that is almost double the highest number of police shootings ever reported by the FBI for an entire year - according to a Washington Post database tracking all shootings death at the hands of police this year."
Bryan Pregon

'No regard' for lives of blacks, Latinos: 7 findings in report on Chicago police - CNN.com - 1 views

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    "Delivered like a well-placed baton blow, the report states that the Chicago Police Department's "own data gives validity to the widely held belief the police have no regard for the sanctity of life when it comes to people of color.""
Bryan Pregon

Leaked police files contain guarantees disciplinary records will be kept secret | US ne... - 0 views

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    "more than a third featured clauses allowing - and often mandating - the destruction of records of civilian complaints, departmental investigations, or disciplinary actions after a negotiated period of time. The review also found that 30% of the 67 leaked police contracts, which were struck between cities and police unions, included provisions barring public access to records of past civilian complaints, departmental investigations, and disciplinary actions. Samuel Walker, a professor in criminology at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, said there was "no justification" for the cleansing of officers' records, which could contain details of their use of force against civilians."
KImberlee Keller

Police seize more than 200 marijuana plants - 2 views

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    Police seized more than 300 marijuana plants out of homes in Omaha after a months-long investigation, according to police. The plants were taken from homes on Lafayette Avenue and North 75th Street, police said. Bryan and Corey Murta and Timothy White were all arrested on drug charges and criminal conspiracy.
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    lol how stupid
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    Haha, sucks for them. Shouldn't be doing that stupid of a thing anyways.
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    Their growing may have worked, but they shouldn't have done it or in one place.
Bryan Pregon

Dubai police will use facial recognition and Google Glass to look for wanted criminals. - 3 views

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    "A Dubai police spokesperson told the 7 Days newspaper that custom-made software will allow the officers' Glass to sync with a database of faces. That way if police officers encounter wanted crooks, their eyewear can alert them."
oelliff884

Police investigate police brutality video posted on Facebook - 4 views

Police in Buffalo, New York are investigating a video of a police man slapping and kicking a man who was already handcuffed and prone.

Bryan Pregon

FAU | It's Safer to be a Cop in the U.S. Today than 50 Years Ago - 0 views

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    "Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, Arizona State University, and the University of Texas at El Paso, found that despite increases in violent crimes, the hazards of policing has dramatically declined since 1970 with a 75 percent drop in police officer line-of-duty deaths. The study also refutes the theory of "war on cops," following the Ferguson effect and Michael Brown's death in August 2014, and finds no evidence to support those claims. "
brett_egner

Police: Las Vegas officer kills wife, son and then himself in burning home - 1 views

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    (CNN) -- Even for stone-faced, seen-it-all-before officers, the act that took place at a police lieutenant's Las Vegas home Monday was deeply distressing. The 52-year-old lawman, police said, killed his wife and child, called 911 to say he was burning his house down and warned he would take the life of anyone who tried to stop him.
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    If you didn't want anyone to stop you, it doesn't really make sense to call 911 to tell them about it.
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    it's sad how people could take the lives of others and then your self but it's really sad that he did what he did and the way he did it.
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    What happened that forced him to snap though?
Bryan Pregon

Why Officer Edward Nero was acquitted in Freddie Gray case - CNN.com - 0 views

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    "Edward Nero, the second Baltimore police officer to stand trial in the Freddie Gray case, was found not guilty of all charges in connection with Gray's death in 2015. Nero, 30, was charged with second-degree intentional assault, reckless endangerment and two counts of misconduct in office for his actions the day Gray, 25, suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody."
Bryan Pregon

Police union resists body cams, judge orders Boston cops to wear them | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    "As many as 100 of the city's 1,500 patrol officers are being assigned a camera after a judge set aside the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association's (BPPA) edict that its union members not wear them until the demand is included in the union membership's contract."
Bryan Pregon

Tulsa police shooting: 5 discrepancies from Terence Crutcher's death - CNN.com - 2 views

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    "Tulsa police shooting: 5 discrepancies from Terence Crutcher's death"
Bryan Pregon

Los Angeles police investigating fatal shooting by officer - CNN.com - 1 views

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    "The Los Angeles Police Department says it is investigating after an officer fatally shot a black man following a foot chase."
Bryan Pregon

What cops say about policing, race relations - CNN.com - 0 views

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    "Police officers feel their jobs are now tougher and tensions have been heightened by high-profile fatal encounters between law enforcement and African Americans, a new survey has found."
brocha249

Police fatally shoot Rottweiler; dog's owner alleges retaliation - 0 views

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    A video showing a Hawthorne police officer fatally shooting a dog is drawing outrage on the Internet, and its owner claims he was targeted because of pending claims against the department. The shooting Sunday occurred after a standoff between police and armed robbery suspects near the intersection of 137th Street and Jefferson Avenue.
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    I watched this video its so sad how they don't just call animal control to sedate the dog but instead they just shoot it
mgalaska

4 Police Officers Who Went Out of Their Way to Save Community Cats - 0 views

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    It's much more than just a game of good cop/bad cop. Some police officers are very serious about helping save animals while they're on duty (and off duty, too, of course). Police Officer Jon Boyer in Baltimore got more than his 15 minutes of fame when a photo of him cuddling a kitten he saved went viral.
Bryan Pregon

Wearable Video Cameras, for Police Officers - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "Now, some police departments are using miniaturized video cameras and their microphones to capture, in full detail, officers' interactions with civilians. The cameras are so small that they can be attached to a collar, a cap or even to the side of an officer's sunglasses. High-capacity battery packs can last for an extended shift. And all of the videos are uploaded automatically to a central server that serves as a kind of digital evidence locker."
taylor_flurrry

2 Paris police investigated in suspected gang rape of Canadian tourist - 1 views

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    France's interior minister says prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation of two Paris police officers in connection with the suspected rape of a Canadian tourist inside police headquarters.
Bryan Pregon

Ferguson: The signal it sends about America (Opinion) - CNN.com - 5 views

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    "The protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, want justice for the unarmed black teenager shot and killed there by a police officer. But the protests also reflect broader patterns of racial injustice across the country, from chronic police violence and abuse against black men to the persistent economic and social exclusion of communities of color."
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