11 Year Old Girl Tasered At An Elementary School

Girl, 11, Tasered After Punching Cop
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An altercation at a Florida elementary school ended with an 11-year-old girl being tasered and sent to the hospital on Thursday.

It happened at Moss Park Elementary in Orange County.

Authorities said the altercation happened during the school's morning announcements and both the student and the officer were injured.

The deputy shocked the student with the Taser gun after the student allegedly punched her in the face.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the student who was shocked was trying to push another student into oncoming traffic.

Other students went to teachers to report the incident.

"There should be guidance counselors. The principal should have been there to calm the child down instead of having an officer do it," parent Cherley Constant said.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office said there were a few teachers around.

They said the 11-year-old shoved a desk and chair, started spitting at the teachers and refused to go to the principal's office.

"She was crying. She had tears coming down her face. She was bright red," student Taliesin Ploeg said of the girl who got shocked with a Taser gun.

The teachers called in the campus resource officer, but she said she was punched in the nose by the student.

That's when she used her Taser gun.

"I think they should be able to restrain the child without having to Taser the child, especially at such a young age," parent Brenda Aloiau said.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office demonstrated on a towel what it's like to be shocked with a Taser gun, and it said a Taser gun can be used on a child if he or she poses a threat, but it also depends on his or her size.

"The policy reads that, yes, you can Tase a student, if they are aggressive and also if they're fighting the officer. In this case, this student, it is my understanding she is approximately 5-foot-5", which is my height, and she is approximately 160 to 170 pounds, so this is a pretty big student," one official said.

"I think there's a lack of discipline in the schools, and unfortunately, it's led to a lot of problems in the public schools. Teachers aren't allowed to touch children, but when you have a situation like this, what do you do?" parent Sarah Miller said.

School officials are not commenting on the incident.

"They didn't say anything. I tried to find out, but nobody was talking," one parent said.

Parents received a letter Thursday calling the use of the Taser gun a "last resort action that was taken by the school resource officer."

The 11-year-old had to have the prongs from the Taser removed at the hospital, and she is going to be arrested and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, disrupting a school function and resisting with violence.

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[SHOCKWAVE2980]

I don't care if she was 5'5 ft. tall or 20 ft. tall, you don't taze an 11 year old girl.

[Jag2012G]

Tough cop cant handle an 11 yr old girl. That guy needs to get a pair of balls.

Whats next COP TAZERS 2 YR OLD FOR PEEING PANTS !! Photos at 11

[SealabCaptMurphy]

@classicalmix lol, If a police officer is smaller than an 11 year old, maybe he should consider another career.

[SHOCKWAVE2980]

@classicalmix Ever heard of don't hit "LITTLE" girls. All I would do is block the shots. Who lit the fuse on your Tampon today?

[superlungssupergirl]

@SouthernPride567 I can tell just by your username that you're an idiot, but your response to this video proves it. Beat by her dad? Children are the only people you are legally aloud to hit and they're the most defenseless people. You literally are not aloud to hit an adult unless you think they're trying to kill you, but with kids you can hit them all you want even though you outweigh them by 100 lbs. You don't think that's fucked up?

[superlungssupergirl]

@classicalmix Cops are put through rigorous training and taught how to handle and detain grown adults without using weapons. A child could be detained without using a taser. That's excessive force. How are supposed to teach a child to "respect the law" when the people enforcing it don't make respectable judgements? Yeah, I'm sure this is 11 year old girl is going to end up dead for crime related reasons all on the basis that she had a fit at school.

[classicalmix]

@SHOCKWAVE2980 I don't care if she's 11, the cop followed procedures. Put yourself in that position, the cop him/her self might have been smaller than the girl. You have to teach them at a young age to respect the law.

This is actually a wake up call for the parents if they don't instruct this child she may end up dead at a young age for crime related reasons.

[Deathrape2001]

OBVIOUSLY they R not tasering these children young enough. If U haven't got the message by 11, clearly they need 2 start tasering the babies when they cry 2 shut their silly azzes up & let them know "HEY! U don't DISTURB THE PEACE!" U know - just keepin' the homeland secure yaknow. HAIL OBAMA! =D

[killy642]

How about instead of calling police, you just LEAVE THE CHILD ALONE!

[SouthernPride567]

Damn brat needs to get her ass beat by her dad more often... She deserved it.

[123tonycasey]

@fdindustry hell yea I'm a pussy haha Idc what you say man I'm a female 4'11 and 113 pounds and if someone poses like a threat and has already threaten and attacked(like in this situation) I would taser them... If a 11year old attacks obviously they understand what they are doing... A child with dangerous ideas are put into dangerous situations... I blame the parents but so on and on I would still taser lol

[FDINDUSTRY]

Can't handle a CHILD??? But I'm supposed to trust you to protect me and my family from robbers and murderers??? No thanks! I'll take my chances with God, Smith and Wesson!