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OHIO STATE REP: IF POLICE TASE OR SHOOT A CHILD, SHE PROBABLY ACTED ‘STUPID’ OR WAS ‘A PUNK
Cincinnati police officer Kevin Brown’s decision to fire a Taser at an 11-year-old girl suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store in August immediately drew criticism from city officials and advocates. But Ohio state Representative John Becker had a different take. Had it been his daughter, he announced in an August newsletter, “I’d be ashamed and embarrassed that she did something stupid enough to get herself tased.” Becker’s remarks appeared in his newsletter “Beckerism
