"PIERRE, S.D. — The police chief here is defending an officer's use of an electroshock weapon against an 8-year-old girl threatening to harm herself.
Parents of the child, who was with a babysitter at the time, want the officer disciplined for using excessive force.
Police Chief Bob Grandpre said three officers responded Friday night to a report of a suicidal 8-year-old girl who had stabbed herself in the leg. She was holding a 4½-inch knife to her chest when officers arrived, and she refused to put it down."* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from John Hult / USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/na...
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