AIBU to think that a parent should be able to deal with a 10 year old threatening her with a hammer and garden shears?

many children just don’t deserve the lives they are born into

No, they don’t. And I don’t pretend to know the answer. However I’m pleased the police officer has been cleared. It can’t be an easy job, especially when called out to a child brandishing a weapon.

I have just heard the actual incident played on the radio
It was horrendous the child was crying ‘ow ow ow’
He tasered her TWICE within seconds of entering the house he is screaming and shouting at the child as soon as entering apparently she was standing still just holding the shears not brandishing them as a weapon
He has been cleared of course but that was not how I would expect a policeman to act
As he entered the house and saw the child holding the shears standing on the stairs (doing nothing) he immediately shouted well screamed ‘put that down’ and used his taser TWICE, afterwards he called paramedics to remove the two barbs from the child.

Very very wrong in my mind he should not be in charge of a taser because he’s obviously got no means of using a more suitable approach

heard the child's father, who rang in to LBC this morning.
seems there is a back story, and it is quite complex.
the father has not discussed what happened with the mother.
toxicology tests done at the hospital shewed no ingestion of cannabis; the father said that report was part of the gaslighting that the child was subjected to.
sounds like he holds not only the police responsible for what happened.

Is he an absent father? Did he accept any share of the blame?

certainly sounds like the parents are separated, else how could they have not discussed the issue.
he said the child, or house, was known to police, as the child had previously reported that someone had tried to strangle her older sister.
the implication is obvious.
also the allegation that the mother had been struck by the hammer, he said how come there was no mark of injury when she opened the door to police.
why did the police rush in, screaming at the child, who was retreating up the stairs.
and if she had committed offences, why was she not charged.
at the hosp the police demanded her phone, and its pin number.
he said this was dubious legally, as she had no access to legal advice.
she told her father later that she complied with this demand because she was terrified that she would be tasered again.
he did not mention blame in regard to himself, as far as i heard.

I watched the recording. I find nothing wrong with the police officer's actions.

Well I totally disagree OldFrill the policeman was totally out of control, he entered screaming and shouting the child started to RETREAT in fear and was tasered within seconds.
No explanations, no effort to talk her down, just screaming at her it’s horrendous Good grief, it’s awful

BlueBelle

Well I totally disagree OldFrill the policeman was totally out of control, he entered screaming and shouting the child started to RETREAT in fear and was tasered within seconds.
No explanations, no effort to talk her down, just screaming at her it’s horrendous Good grief, it’s awful

completely agree Bluebelle.. he tasered in 8 seconds.

You are entitled to disagree with me. I suspect you've lead far more sheltered lives than l have. The police officer was exonerated twice, quite rightly.

OldFrill

You are entitled to disagree with me. I suspect you've lead far more sheltered lives than l have. The police officer was exonerated twice, quite rightly.

And there you would be wrong Oldfrill.. I worked in a job which quite often required de-escalation procedures with adults and we never resorted to tasers or I might add, became injured by the person we were with..

Oh dear Oldfrill how wrong are you? I have led about as far from a sheltered life as you can imagine
Very judgemental of you You have no idea !!

Pascal30
BlueBelle
You were not in the police force though? Apologies if I am incorrect
As the police officer was exonerated, twice, yet you continue to pass your own judgements, kindly do not accuse me of judging. The poor guy has suffered enough. The juvenile? Probably the best thing that's happened to her.

You don't know all the facts, so cant judge anyone by your exoerience.