Police Forced to Pepper Spray Unruly Second-Grader; Mother Claims Excessive Force

As always, those who do the job understand how things are in real time, arm chair qb's dont. The KID said he sharpened a stick to hurt them, enough said, spray him now so we dont have to needle him later.

by the kids own statements I believe he knows right from wrong and is acting out because he gets away with it. Mom is allowing him to get away with it and supports him in his actions by putting down the police. This is only going to make the kid MORE BOLD and increase the level of "bad" behavior next time. If you let a kid get away with something they will naturally push a little further next time to see how far he/she can go before they are snatched back. Even if he has a mental problem, what.....let him go because he has a mental problem.....I do not think so. people with mental problems need to be restrained all the time, especially if there is a threat to others and the situation needs to be stopped quickly. The officers did an awsome job ending the situation without anyone getting hurt. Why do people think a child or old person are not able to kill a cop? when we underestimate the person we are dealing with cops die!!! no matter what the age os of the suspect. Why do people think we should risk our lives more than we already do because we are dealing with a child, elderly or mentally ill person? Cops have families that we want to go home to also. Apply the minimum force necessary to accomplish the task at hand..........pepper spray against a armed child with a pointed piece of wood........sounds like minimum to me!!!

Besides.......it is not our job to diagnose or treat........we do take chances with our lives to benefit society as a whole (that others are not able, equipped or willing to take) and are there to end dangerous situations the best we can without causing harm to anyone.....even the suspect. Imagine if the officers would have gone hands on and one officer was injured or killed, then those that believe these officers were excessive can go tell the spouse and children of the dead officer and explaine how the officer did not use any of the tools availible to them because they were dealing with a eight year old child that has a mental problem and was armed because people like you want to believe they can tell us how to handle situations when they were not even there...............deep breath........

Have him 'fixed' before he becomes another Jeffrey Krier. Mandy is obviously having problems raising her son. Where is the father?.

A "common criminal"....well ma'am....it sounds like he is and he got what was deserved....

what ever happened to beating kids when they stepped out of line? i can recall a few times that i ran my mouth or yelled at my parents and man did i get a spanking. Kids these days watch way too much TV and never get enough outside time. If you ask me, i think this mother needs to look at what he son does on a daily basis, include his activities.

yikes can we say incompetent mother!!!?!?!??!?!?

This kid doesn't need to be diagonsed, he has already done that for everyone out there. They need to just figure out if he is bi-polar or some other mental issue and get him help... The kid saying " I have some anger things and I don't think they're ever going away" should be a wake up call to everyone...That is the scary part to me... The mother should be embarrassed for drawing this attention to her and her family. Get the kid some help before he ends up killing someone...

I can't believe the mothers comments. She should be embarrassed and apologizing profusely to the school and police and finding her son help.