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Mother Angry after Police Tasered Son
By: CJ Cassidy
SIKESTON, Mo. - Tasers have been the subject of controversy ever since police departments began using them.
Now a Sikeston woman claims an officer didn't stop to listen to her before he tased her 16-year-old mentally challenged son.
Police can't talk a lot about the case becaSikeston police say it only lasted five seconds because a taser shuts off automatically after that. They also say the officer only used it once.
"When you tell an officer you're not going to do what he wants you to do, you subject yourself to being tased," Chief Drew Juden said.
He points out the video does not show the officer tasing the teen. Rather it shows him standing over the teen afterward.
"This particular case found no wrong doing, but the officer, he followed policy and procedure," Juden said.
Kendrick Robinson admits he's been in trouble with the law before and he probably made some mistakes the day this happened.
"I was being a donkey that day. I shouldn't have stopped the car, and I was actually questioned, and raised my voice," he said.
But even a letter from police saying an investigation shows no wrongdoing isn't enough to convince Tammy Robinson it was justified.
"He had no reason to tase him," she said.
Robinson says she doesn't want any money or an apology from police. She just wants them to go in for more training.
Chief Juden tells Heartland News in any given situation it's up to an officer to decide when he or she needs to use force.
use it involves a juvenile.
However, the teen and his mother were more than ready to speak out, especially because they say the whole thing was caught on tape.
"It would have been my word against theirs you know," said Tammy Robinson. She says cell phone video shows her son Kendrick being tasered by a police officer
It happened back in July, when the officer in question showed up to check on a burglary alarm going off at the house next to the Robinson's.
"I'm standing here, and can't do anything for my child. It hurt me. It took a toll mentally on my family," Robinson said.
Robinson says it was especially hard because her son has mental problems himself.
"He has explosive behavior, impulse controlled behavior and he's bipolar," she said.
Kendrick Robinson says he thought the shock would kill him.
"It felt like an hour to me," Kendrick saidSikeston police say it only lasted five seconds because a taser shuts off automatically after that. They also say the officer only used it once.
"When you tell an officer you're not going to do what he wants you to do, you subject yourself to being tased," Chief Drew Juden said.
He points out the video does not show the officer tasing the teen. Rather it shows him standing over the teen afterward.
"This particular case found no wrong doing, but the officer, he followed policy and procedure," Juden said.
Kendrick Robinson admits he's been in trouble with the law before and he probably made some mistakes the day this happened.
"I was being a donkey that day. I shouldn't have stopped the car, and I was actually questioned, and raised my voice," he said.
But even a letter from police saying an investigation shows no wrongdoing isn't enough to convince Tammy Robinson it was justified.
"He had no reason to tase him," she said.
Robinson says she doesn't want any money or an apology from police. She just wants them to go in for more training.
Chief Juden tells Heartland News in any given situation it's up to an officer to decide when he or she needs to use force.
Mother Angry after Police Tasered Son
By: CJ Cassidy
SIKESTON, Mo. - Tasers have been the subject of controversy ever since police departments began using them.
Now a Sikeston woman claims an officer didn't stop to listen to her before he tased her 16-year-old mentally challenged son.
Police can't talk a lot about the case becaSikeston police say it only lasted five seconds because a taser shuts off automatically after that. They also say the officer only used it once.
"When you tell an officer you're not going to do what he wants you to do, you subject yourself to being tased," Chief Drew Juden said.
He points out the video does not show the officer tasing the teen. Rather it shows him standing over the teen afterward.
"This particular case found no wrong doing, but the officer, he followed policy and procedure," Juden said.
Kendrick Robinson admits he's been in trouble with the law before and he probably made some mistakes the day this happened.
"I was being a donkey that day. I shouldn't have stopped the car, and I was actually questioned, and raised my voice," he said.
But even a letter from police saying an investigation shows no wrongdoing isn't enough to convince Tammy Robinson it was justified.
"He had no reason to tase him," she said.
Robinson says she doesn't want any money or an apology from police. She just wants them to go in for more training.
Chief Juden tells Heartland News in any given situation it's up to an officer to decide when he or she needs to use force.
use it involves a juvenile.
However, the teen and his mother were more than ready to speak out, especially because they say the whole thing was caught on tape.
"It would have been my word against theirs you know," said Tammy Robinson. She says cell phone video shows her son Kendrick being tasered by a police officer
It happened back in July, when the officer in question showed up to check on a burglary alarm going off at the house next to the Robinson's.
"I'm standing here, and can't do anything for my child. It hurt me. It took a toll mentally on my family," Robinson said.
Robinson says it was especially hard because her son has mental problems himself.
"He has explosive behavior, impulse controlled behavior and he's bipolar," she said.
Kendrick Robinson says he thought the shock would kill him.
"It felt like an hour to me," Kendrick saidSikeston police say it only lasted five seconds because a taser shuts off automatically after that. They also say the officer only used it once.
"When you tell an officer you're not going to do what he wants you to do, you subject yourself to being tased," Chief Drew Juden said.
He points out the video does not show the officer tasing the teen. Rather it shows him standing over the teen afterward.
"This particular case found no wrong doing, but the officer, he followed policy and procedure," Juden said.
Kendrick Robinson admits he's been in trouble with the law before and he probably made some mistakes the day this happened.
"I was being a donkey that day. I shouldn't have stopped the car, and I was actually questioned, and raised my voice," he said.
But even a letter from police saying an investigation shows no wrongdoing isn't enough to convince Tammy Robinson it was justified.
"He had no reason to tase him," she said.
Robinson says she doesn't want any money or an apology from police. She just wants them to go in for more training.
Chief Juden tells Heartland News in any given situation it's up to an officer to decide when he or she needs to use force.
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