[Brometheus]

A police officer tased a 12-year-old girl inside a Victoria's Secret Wednesday afternoon at South County Center.

Police say the officer came into the Victoria's Secret looking for the teenager's mom, who had warrants for her arrest. But it was the teen who got tased.

"This one goes in my chest. It was stuck in there so she had to keep on pulling trying to pull it out," said Dejamon Baker, as she pointed to a small wound on her chest.

Baker has a matching wound on her stomach.

"I had fell on the floor and I couldn't control myself I just kept on shaking and stuff," said the girl.

Baker, her mother Charlene Bratton, and some other relatives were in the Victoria's Secret.

Bratton had just tried on some shorts and was about to buy them when she says a St. Louis County officer came looking for her. Bratton had warrants, she says, for numerous unresolved traffic tickets.

"He said, put your hands behind your back. I said for what. Next thing you know he tackled me down on the ground," said Bratton.

Baker said, "I was just crying. I guess he got mad because I was crying or something, then he just took it out and just tased me."

A police spokesman says the officer stated the girl was physically getting involved and would not back away, but Dejamon and her mother deny that.

"He should have had enough control to tell her to get back instead of pulling out his gun, I guess he was nervous or whatever, and tasing people," said Bratton.

The police spokesman says he believes the officer's actions were justified, but he admits it's a unique situation.

He suggests the mother report the incident to internal affairs to have in investigated.

The mother says that's what she plans to do.

[Brometheus]

grammar question.. is the correct term "tased" or "tasered"? I personally think its "tased". Tasered sounds like the act of throwing the TASER at someone.. idk..


Im interested in seeing the outcome of this incident. Usually I dont side with a cops story BUT I have posted a "tasing" video before and ive seen how the people like to escalate shit and act like the cops are in the wrong. Some cops are taser-happy though--they cant handle a 12yr old girl? That's a new low.

[Rfneimad]

Have you ever talked to a 12 year old girl? I'd tase them just to shut them up most of the time. Plus she sounds like she was named after a Pokemon.

[Brometheus]

lol.. nah i dont talk to kids much.. my niece is 6.. so i got 6 more years to talk to a 12yr old.

[kellyhound]

Guess we have to wait for the store's sec. cam footage to give an opinion who's right and who's wrong.

[Sharon]

Strange situation

[petedeamon]

Let's just stop this crap with letting trash raise children. My God, she was probably buying a little something for her daughter to "Stroll" with...The longer we co-sign bullshit under the guise of,"That's the way things are today" we won't have any ethics left in this country. Expect parents to do their job and quit glorifying prison and poor behavior.

[ices]

So a police officer feels threatened by an umarmed 12 year old girl?

What a fucking pussy

He didn't like her so he tasered her. If the girlw as being physically annoying I doubt a fully grown man couldn't control her.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Rfneimad ↗

Have you ever talked to a 12 year old girl? I'd tase them just to shut them up most of the time. Plus she sounds like she was named after a Pokemon.

[DiamondSmiles]

I think it's tased, but, people insist on using, "conversate", and that is not a word in the English language. I think a rapper used it, but, then, 50 cent isn't proper either.

I notice a lot of spelling errors on tv shows, too. No one gives a shit anymore!

People wonder why they can't get jobs.