His Aim Is True

A 14-year-old girl had to have a Taser dart removed from her skull after she was shot with the device by Tucumcari, New Mexico, Police Chief Roger Hatcher. Her mother, Stacy Atkins, says the two had been fighting over a cell phone and she took her daughter to the police station. The girl ran away, and Hatcher later found her at a park. When he approached her, she ran away, so he fired his Taser at her.

*This story originally misidentified the location of Tucumcari, New Mexico.

Comments

[AhmNee]

Tazers are a less lethal weapon but are still potentially lethal. It's beyond disturbing to keep hearing about a cop who used his tazer to incapacitate instead of chasing a non-dangerous suspect or a non-violent person who won't comply with their 'orders'.

It's my opinion that a tazer shouldn't be used if it's not a situation where you wouldn't have used a gun otherwise.