O.C. Cops Taser 15 yr old AUTISTIC kid!

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see now.. someone should have alerted the media you were being sarcastic

*taps the screen* we cant seeeeeeee you!



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that wasnt punishment. this is about an autistic kid that was missing and cops taserd him to keep him from going into the traffic.
 
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You guys don't know AEF by now? I saw that post and knew he was being sarcastic. He would NEVER support that.
 
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All Else Failed said:
well a lot of people here always seem to agree with punishment such as this for people so I figured I would join in.
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See this is one time I agree with AEF! I think is rather sick to joke about Autism like this given my own problems but its no worse than you who yell, "fry him" about every case you hear! Rep for AEF for pointing out this hypocricy!
 
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dt3 said:
Better to be Tazed than hit by a car.

Also, at the time did the cops know he was the 15yr old that was missing? The article says he's 5'10" with a beard.
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I agree. Better he be tasered than killed. I don't think autism should play into this at all, people are just trying to use it against the cops that he was autistic. The cops knew they were looking for a 15 year old KID, the mother said he had a beard and looked much older. They probably thought he was somebody else. And it was a smart move on their part. Again, would you rather taser the kid, or have him dead on some car's grill?

But on the subject of tasers, they do need to be controlled or removed. Here's a bit of info some people may not know.

It's not the voltage that kills but the amperage. 4 milliamps across the chest is enough to stop the heart.

Taser guns use compressed nitrogen to propel two darts that attach to the body. The darts are connected to the gun by a wire and deliver a 50,000-volt shock at five-second intervals to incapacitate a suspect. Tasers incapacitate the suspect by over-stimulating the nervous system and causing muscles to lock up. Officers can use the device from 15-35 feet away from a suspect.

At currents as low as 110-220 volts, alternating current traveling through the chest for a split second can cause life-threatening irregular heart rhythms.

Currents of approximately 0.2 A are potentially fatal, because they can make the heart fibrillate, or beat in an uncontrolled manner."

Most police use taser guns on people which emits about 20,000 volts, but very little current. This can disrupt you central nervous system temporarily, but for the most part will not kill you, unless you have some underlying medical condition, such as a weak heart.Arc welding machines may only use 90 volts, but draws 20-30 amps of current, which will FRY you.

Currents of approximately 0.2 A are potentially fatal, because they can make the heart fibrillate, or beat in an uncontrolled manner. In general, for limb-contact electrical shocks, accepted rules of thumb are: 1-5 mA is the level of perception; 10 mA is the level where pain is sensed; at 100 mA severe muscular contraction occurs, and at 100-300 mA electrocution occurs.

The damage caused by electric shock depends on the current flowing through the body -- 1 mA can be felt; 5 mA is painful. Above 15 mA, a person loses muscle control, and 70 mA can be fatal. Currents between 100 and 200 mA are lethal.

A common misconception is that larger voltages are more dangerous than smaller ones. However, this is not quite true. The danger to living things comes not from the potential difference, but rather the current flowing between two points. The reason that people may believe this can be explained by the equation V = IR. Since V is directly proportional to I, an increase in voltage can mean an increase in current, if resistance (R) is kept constant.

The amount of damage done by the electric shock depends not only on the magnitude of the current, but it also on which portions of the body that the electric current is flowing through. The reason for this is that different parts of the body have difference resistances, which can lead to an increase in current, evidenced by the formula V = IR.

An interesting fact to note is that it takes less alternating current (AC) to do the same damage as direct current (DC). AC will cause muscles to contract, and if the current were high enough, one would not be able to let go of whatever is causing the current coursing through the body. The cut-off value for this is known as the "let-go current". For women, it is typically 5 to 7 milliamperes, and for men, typically 7 to 9 milliamperes. This is dependent on the muscle mass of the individual.

In general, current that is fatal to humans ranges from 0.06 A to 0.07 A, depending on the person and the type of current.
 
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