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Fla. Man to Cops: 'Tase the Baby'

Suspect uses infant as human shield

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 4, 2010 4:29 PM CST

(Newser) – A Florida man headed for a charge of resisting arrest found himself in even more trouble after brandishing an infant at sheriff's deputies ordered to Taser him and saying, "Tase the baby." Jorge Garcia is out on bail after being arrested early Friday in DeBary, between Daytona Beach and Orlando, and charged with child neglect and resisting an officer.

Deputies breaking up a fight made a traffic stop when they received a report of a weapon in a vehicle apparently driven by Garcia. He was swearing and "acting in an irrational manner," according to the arrest report, and that was before he told the officers what to do with their Tasers. His request didn't work—the deputies relieved Garcia of his 1-year-old human shield and Tasered him anyway, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Tom Smith, chairman and co-founder of Taser, demonstrates the use of a Taser X26 device at the Global Security Asia exhibition, March 17, 2009, in Singapore.
Tom Smith, chairman and co-founder of Taser, demonstrates the use of a Taser X26 device at the Global Security Asia exhibition, March 17, 2009, in Singapore.   (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A representative from Taser International fires the company's latest X26 stun gun during the Police Federation Conference at Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England, May 16, 2007.
A representative from Taser International fires the company's latest X26 stun gun during the Police Federation Conference at Winter Gardens in Blackpool, England, May 16, 2007.   (Getty Images)
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justme
Jan 5, 2010 12:42 PM CST
I got a feeling that he was already well "medicated". Otherwise, he may have quit before he got tazered. With the info in the article, I'm more inclined to blame this idiot for his own problems, not the cops.
prowlerzee
Jan 5, 2010 12:24 PM CST
I third OG and DLY.
DontLikeYou___
Jan 5, 2010 12:10 PM CST
@OG_Travis. I couldn't have expressed it better. Just because they have those tazers doesn't mean they have to use them all the damn time.

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