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Youth mental health crisis: El Paso police use Taser to stop suicidal 10-year-old girlEl PasoTX4/3/202210Home NeighborhoodGirl experienced a suicidal mental health crisis, running from home with a handsaw. Confronted PO, shouting at the PO to shoot her. PD says the officer was concerned about the girl harming herself or running into traffic, and chose to use a taser for fear of manhandling complaints
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Deputy’s use of stun gun on teen ‘unlawful,’ Polk Black Lives Matter group saysDavenportFL7/202215HotelTeen boy was reported as having assaulted his 18yo pregnant girlfriend. PO arrived and restrained the boy. Several people witnessed the event, some shouting to arrest him while others de-escalating. The teen threatened to hit PO twice, after which PO deployed a stun gun, which PD says was out of anticipation of a physical altercation with the resisting the boy. Video shot by witnesses was later released, and a local BLM group claimed events and footage showed no evidence of a threat to the PO
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Lansing police use taser on reportedly armed teenLansingMI6/19/202216UnclearTeen boy reported as being involved in a fight. He was armed with a knife and a brick, and after a failure to de-escalate the situation, PO used a taser to subdue him, citing concern for the caller's life.
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Taser used to detain teen vaping at Atlanta skate park, cops sayAtlantaGA3/24/202217Skate parkTeen boy had a confrontation with PO after alleged vaping; PO informed boy that vaping was not permitted in the area, but the boy refused to comply and to provide identification. PO attempted to detain the boy, but PD claims the boy resisted, whereupon the PO used a taser.
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UPD: Taser used to stop teen who was fighting with police officerUticaNY4/6/202218UnclearTeen boy and two others were stopped by police, where two others fled and boy was physically restrained. Boy swung at PO, and PO used a taser to subdue him.
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Former Springdale police officer accused of tasing a child in the headSpringdaleOH4/21/2022?Car on the way to schoolPO was supposed to drive child to school. Child interrupted a conversation between PO and another officer, and PO shot child with a taser in the head. PO was then fired.
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Authorities investigating after school officer fires taser at Middletown studentMiddletownPA1/26/202214High schoolBoy and another student got into a fight. SRO intervened and, after 3 minutes, used a taser on the boy. Incident was witnessed by many uninvolved students.
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