The Plantation Police Department thought Wesley Christopher was a neglectful dad. So they Tasered his 2-year-old daughter. That´s not a misprint: Child Protective ServicesTasers the Baby With the Bath Water...

Plantation 9-1-1
Taser the Baby With the Bath Water
As told to Ed Newton
Published: June 7, 2007

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2007...ntation-9-1-1/

The Plantation Police Department thought Wesley Christopher was a
neglectful dad. So they Tasered his 2-year-old daughter. That´s not a
misprint or something from an episode of Reno 9-1-1. It actually happened.

In February of last year, a Broward County Child Protective Services
investigator named Nicole Percival staked out Christopher´s home in
response to an anonymous report that Christopher routinely left
2-year-old Natalie unsupervised on NW Eighth Court in Plantation.

In fact, on this occasion, he did, the cops say. Percival allegedly saw
Christopher leave the house on his bicycle, returning 10 or 15 minutes
later with his 6-year-old son, Brandon, whom he´d picked up from school.

By then, Percival had already called the Plantation Police, though
responding officers took 40 minutes to get there. Christopher had long
since returned; he was sweeping his garage as Percival, her CPS trainee,
and three police officers walked up the driveway. Officer Brian Boos
accused Christopher of abandoning his daughter. Christopher denied it.
In his report, Boos wrote, ¨I explained to the defendant if he continued
[to] lie about leaving the child he would be placed under arrest.¨

With Christopher continuing his denials, the officers tried to arrest
him. Christopher escaped Boos´ grasp, and in the commotion, both Natalie
and Brandon began to wail from inside the house. Christopher went in,
with Boos in pursuit, and took Natalie in his arms.

Percival´s trainee asked to take Natalie, but Christopher refused, the
police report says. He asked the cops and social workers to wait until
his fiancée, the mother of the children, arrived.

They didn´t want to wait. Boos told Christopher he was under arrest.
¨The defendant ignored my talking and stated, The baby doesn´t know you
all, you´re not taking her,´¨ Boos reported.

As Percival took the screaming 6-year-old upstairs (presumably to pack
some clothes in preparation for placing him in a temporary shelter),
police officers surrounded Christopher and tried to pull Natalie out of
his arms. When that didn´t work, wrote Boos, ¨I drive-stunned the
defendant in his upper back between his shoulder blades.¨

That´s 50,000 volts of electricity. As anyone who´s shuffled across a
thick carpet in dry weather knows, human beings are conductors. The
shock moved from Christopher (who was shirtless) to Natalie.
Predictably, the shock caused Christopher to drop the baby, who bounced
off the sofa edge and slammed into the floor.

When Christopher bent down and picked up Natalie, another officer
stunned him and again he dropped Natalie on the floor.

Christopher was booked on felony charges of neglect and resisting
arrest, but by the time his case finally came to trial, those charges
were reduced to a single misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

The jury needed about 75 minutes to issue its ruling last Friday: not
guilty. Surprised?

Christopher couldn´t afford his own attorney in his criminal trial, but
public defender Dale Miller delivered particularly when he asked Boos to
unsheath his Taser X26 and conduct a demonstration for the jury. Enough
crackling electricity came out of the thing to frighten jurors, Miller
contends.

Tailpipe bets a six-pack of O´Doul´s against a glass of Everglades water
that Christopher will find a private attorney who´s glad to accept his
civil suit against the Plantation cops. $$$unPass





CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...

Kane do you condone this use of Tasers?

It worked out SO WELL for CPS too!

Who endangered the kid more?

The step dad who left the kid alone for 10 minutes
or the whole tasering the man holding a baby thing?

You promote Taser use on school kids, but
does that extend to 2 year olds and adults holding them?


On Jun 8, 1:16 pm, fx wrote:
Plantation 9-1-1
Taser the Baby With the Bath Water
As told to Ed Newton
Published: June 7, 2007

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2007...ntation-9-1-1/

The Plantation Police Department thought Wesley Christopher was a
neglectful dad. So they Tasered his 2-year-old daughter. That´s not a
misprint or something from an episode of Reno 9-1-1. It actually happened.

In February of last year, a Broward County Child Protective Services
investigator named Nicole Percival staked out Christopher´s home in
response to an anonymous report that Christopher routinely left
2-year-old Natalie unsupervised on NW Eighth Court in Plantation.

In fact, on this occasion, he did, the cops say. Percival allegedly saw
Christopher leave the house on his bicycle, returning 10 or 15 minutes
later with his 6-year-old son, Brandon, whom he´d picked up from school.

By then, Percival had already called the Plantation Police, though
responding officers took 40 minutes to get there. Christopher had long
since returned; he was sweeping his garage as Percival, her CPS trainee,
and three police officers walked up the driveway. Officer Brian Boos
accused Christopher of abandoning his daughter. Christopher denied it.
In his report, Boos wrote, ¨I explained to the defendant if he continued
[to] lie about leaving the child he would be placed under arrest.¨

With Christopher continuing his denials, the officers tried to arrest
him. Christopher escaped Boos´ grasp, and in the commotion, both Natalie
and Brandon began to wail from inside the house. Christopher went in,
with Boos in pursuit, and took Natalie in his arms.

Percival´s trainee asked to take Natalie, but Christopher refused, the
police report says. He asked the cops and social workers to wait until
his fiancée, the mother of the children, arrived.

They didn´t want to wait. Boos told Christopher he was under arrest.
¨The defendant ignored my talking and stated, The baby doesn´t know you
all, you´re not taking her,´¨ Boos reported.

As Percival took the screaming 6-year-old upstairs (presumably to pack
some clothes in preparation for placing him in a temporary shelter),
police officers surrounded Christopher and tried to pull Natalie out of
his arms. When that didn´t work, wrote Boos, ¨I drive-stunned the
defendant in his upper back between his shoulder blades.¨

That´s 50,000 volts of electricity. As anyone who´s shuffled across a
thick carpet in dry weather knows, human beings are conductors. The
shock moved from Christopher (who was shirtless) to Natalie.
Predictably, the shock caused Christopher to drop the baby, who bounced
off the sofa edge and slammed into the floor.

When Christopher bent down and picked up Natalie, another officer
stunned him and again he dropped Natalie on the floor.

Christopher was booked on felony charges of neglect and resisting
arrest, but by the time his case finally came to trial, those charges
were reduced to a single misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

The jury needed about 75 minutes to issue its ruling last Friday: not
guilty. Surprised?

Christopher couldn´t afford his own attorney in his criminal trial, but
public defender Dale Miller delivered particularly when he asked Boos to
unsheath his Taser X26 and conduct a demonstration for the jury. Enough
crackling electricity came out of the thing to frighten jurors, Miller
contends.

Tailpipe bets a six-pack of O´Doul´s against a glass of Everglades water
that Christopher will find a private attorney who´s glad to accept his
civil suit against the Plantation cops. $$$unPass

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...

On Jun 10, 12:13 pm, "0:-]" wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:23:32 -0700, Greegor
wrote:

Kane do you condone this use of Tasers?

No.

It worked out SO WELL for CPS too!

Non sequitur.

Who endangered the kid more?

The step dad.

The step dad who left the kid alone for 10 minutes
or the whole tasering the man holding a baby thing?

The step dad. All he had to do was sit down, chill out, and not use
the baby as a protective shield.


1. Greg, people don't lose their children to the system for only
leaving
a child alone for 10 minutes. What he faced was a misdemeanor charge.
vs.
2. You seem to have missed that it was reported that "Christopher
routinely left 2-year-old Natalie unsupervised"

Hence the order to hand over the child was lawful.
....
3. I think it's unconscionable for him to get off after leaving a
two
year old in the house alone for even just 10 minutes.
....
4. Yep, based on a lie. The man left his step child alone, a two
year old
toddler, for 10 minutes. That's more than enough time for a lethal
accident in the home.

You contradicted #1 with #2, 3 and 4.




Now what's he got, eh?

A Not Guilty verdict from a JURY!


You do understand, unless you can show that the police officer and or
the CPS workers acted outside the law, the man's actions, even if the
baby had been severely hurt (isn't it odd it wasn't? That's because
normally tasers are NOT a dangerous weapon...the voltage figure is
always quoted, but ask someone familiar with electricity, like YOU
****ant, and they point out the voltage is NOT the killer...the
amperage is...do you know the AMPS for a taser? I do. Minuscule. )

Check the law, Greg. If someone is injured even by the police in the
course of the actor performing an illegal act (which he was doing by
resisting a lawful order of the LEO) HE is responsible for the injury.

You promote Taser use on school kids,

Yes, that is correct. And each example, sans the one with the violent
acting out teen (though it could have applied there as well) that I
used was a life saving...and SUCCESSFULLY SO act, Greg.

See how you people lie?

You just said it is correct, then you call it a lie? Playing GAMES?

A seven year old stopped from slicing into his upper leg with a piece
of glass he had already used to cut himself in other places (likely he
had no knowledge of the femoral artery..the fastest bleeder in your
body) in his upper leg.

A drunk preteen girl out running a cop and going into a heavily
trafficked roadway.

Tell us, Greg, what method would YOU have used that would have been
safer? Go for it.

And remember, the 7 year old was slashing with the already clearly
dangerously sharp piece of glass at anyone approaching.

There's no 7 year old in this news story!

And there aren't many people that can, even unencumbered, run down a
healthy preteen in a hurry to get away, in the few feet it takes to be
recognized as about to enter traffic, and actually doing so.

but
does that extend to 2 year olds and adults holding them?

You seem to have missed that it was reported that "Christopher
routinely left 2-year-old Natalie unsupervised"

So did the JURY!

Hence the order to hand over the child was lawful.

You also ignored (you need to go back to attribution abortions,
Greg...it's too hard for you to go away kidding yourself you won, when
reality smacks you in the ass like this) that it was not ten minutes,
as he returned, "10 or 15 minutes later." It could have been longer.
Or shorter, but a child can die in three minutes in just a few inches
of water.

A TWO YEAR OLD, Greg? I've known few two year olds that could not turn
on a faucet, fill the sink, and have a splash or two. Or a bucket. And
have a drowning or two.

That IS the prime age for children getting into things. Electrical
sockets, solvents and seemingly innocuous substances that in larger
quantities can be lethal, such as salt.

All can kill. All can severely injure.

You seem also to have missed, which again establishes the legality of
the officer threatening arrest: "Officer Brian Boos accused
Christopher of abandoning his daughter. Christopher denied it.

In his report, Boos wrote, ¨I explained to the defendant if he
continued [to] lie about leaving the child he would be placed under
arrest.¨

Are you aware that many states and municipalities have statutes that
do in fact make lying to police officer a crime?

Do they apply it when they LIE to themselves or each other?

The man committed a crime.

And further, he CHOSE to endanger the child by escalating the
confrontation at the point of attempted arrest....WHEN HE WAS NOT AS
YET HOLDING THE TODDLER.

"Christopher went in, with Boos in pursuit, and took Natalie in his
arms."

In other words, he deliberately took an action that in fact is one of
the most dangerous of circumstances police face in such arrest
situations....you have, I presume never read, or more likely forgotten
how some of the "child as hostage of the parent" things have turned
out.

Deaths, Greg. Sometimes the child, something bystanders, and sometimes
even the perp.

NO cop wants to be in one of those, because also, Greg, sometimes it's
the cop that dies.

Gosh and here I thought you were going to say the concern
was altruistic! Bwahaha.

What would Christopher pick up NEXT, after the toddler, Greg?

Were the cops supposed to wait and see?

You are a damned fool Greg. If I ever hear of you applying to get into
law enforcement I WILL put this post into the hands of the authorities
where you apply. Trust me on this.

That's just the kind of guy you are!
Snitchy witch hunter mentality...

I do, Greg, consider you a very dangerous person, based on your
extremely poor judgement. This is a demonstration of just how limited
you are.

Whereas your Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity make you a
good judge?
Doesn't it cut against your Megalomaniac PRIDE to threaten to snitch
out somebody?


On Jun 8, 1:16 pm, fx wrote:
Plantation 9-1-1
Taser the Baby With the Bath Water
As told to Ed Newton
Published: June 7, 2007

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2007...ntation-9-1-1/

The Plantation Police Department thought Wesley Christopher was a
neglectful dad. So they Tasered his 2-year-old daughter. That´s not a
misprint or something from an episode of Reno 9-1-1. It actually happened.

In February of last year, a Broward County Child Protective Services
investigator named Nicole Percival staked out Christopher´s home in
response to an anonymous report that Christopher routinely left
2-year-old Natalie unsupervised on NW Eighth Court in Plantation.

In fact, on this occasion, he did, the cops say. Percival allegedly saw
Christopher leave the house on his bicycle, returning 10 or 15 minutes
later with his 6-year-old son, Brandon, whom he´d picked up from school.

By then, Percival had already called the Plantation Police, though
responding officers took 40 minutes to get there. Christopher had long
since returned; he was sweeping his garage as Percival, her CPS trainee,
and three police officers walked up the driveway. Officer Brian Boos
accused Christopher of abandoning his daughter. Christopher denied it.
In his report, Boos wrote, ¨I explained to the defendant if he continued
[to] lie about leaving the child he would be placed under arrest.¨

With Christopher continuing his denials, the officers tried to arrest
him. Christopher escaped Boos´ grasp, and in the commotion, both Natalie
and Brandon began to wail from inside the house. Christopher went in,
with Boos in pursuit, and took Natalie in his arms.

Percival´s trainee asked to take Natalie, but Christopher refused, the
police report says. He asked the cops and social workers to wait until
his fiancée, the mother of the children, arrived.

They didn´t want to wait. Boos told Christopher he was under arrest.
¨The defendant ignored my talking and stated, The baby doesn´t know you
all, you´re not taking her,´¨ Boos reported.

As Percival took the screaming 6-year-old upstairs (presumably to pack
some clothes in preparation for placing him in a temporary shelter),
police officers surrounded Christopher and tried to pull Natalie out of
his arms. When that didn´t work, wrote Boos, ¨I drive-stunned the
defendant in his upper back between his shoulder blades.¨

That´s 50,000 volts of electricity. As anyone who´s shuffled across a
thick carpet in dry weather knows, human beings are conductors. The
shock moved from Christopher (who was shirtless) to Natalie.
Predictably, the shock caused Christopher to drop the baby, who bounced
off the sofa edge and slammed into the floor.

Yah don't think the reporter was going all "if it bleeds it leads," on
the public, do you? R R R R R R R

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...al+current&btn....

The above is oOn what makes "voltage" dangerous.

But there's even more...that our erstwhile and obviously intrepid
reporter fails.

This is most likely what the officers used....and it's NOT a Taser at
all, Greg. That would be an "air taser" the trailing wire type, and
unsuited to the scenrio the reporter and the officers describe.

It would be a stun gun -- "drive-stunned" is cop talk for pushing the
weapon directly against the perp. Here's the skinny:

[[[ And true for a Taser too, as a matter of fact. These are NOT high
amperage, continuous discharge ... they are pulsed, and low amp,
exceedingly so... a health child is highly unlikely to suffer even
minor harm from one. It's your light sockets when you are supervising
that have the REAL potential for death or severe injury, Greg. ]]]

http://stungun.h16.ru/article_NOVA_XR5000.html

...
CONCLUSIONS
1. Table 4 shows that the output for the XR 5000 is about equivalent
to a 3 mA, 60 Hz shock. Such a shock is not dangerous.

2. The 3 mA shock is at about the let-go current level. The shock may
be more intense than that caused by such a 3 mA let-go current in the
arm because the current density at the probes is greater and because
of the sensation caused by the spark from the electrode to the skin.
...

And you'll note the perp was shocked on his clothing most likely.

And the child was NOT shocked at all. That's bull****. That isn't
enough amperage to pass through both bodies with any "pressure" behind
it that would even be noticed by the child.

So, what harm was done, actually, to either child or man?



When Christopher bent down and picked up Natalie, another officer
stunned him and again he dropped Natalie on the floor.

Christopher was booked on felony charges of neglect and resisting
arrest, but by the time his case finally came to trial, those charges
were reduced to a single misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest.

I think it's unconscionable for him to get off after leaving a two
year old in the house alone for even just 10 minutes.

It's not like he was just out in the garage...he had LEFT THE PREMISES
entirely.

Bad judge. Bad bad bad. 0:]



The jury needed about 75 minutes to issue its ruling last Friday: not
guilty. Surprised?

Oh, a jury. R R R R R ...BAD JURY THEN. But likely a good attorney
playing the sympathy card for all it was worth.

"This was a good dad, that only left the child for a few
minutes...etc. etc. blah blah blah."

Christopher couldn´t afford his own attorney in his criminal trial, but
public defender Dale Miller delivered particularly when he asked Boos to
unsheath his Taser X26 and conduct a demonstration for the jury. Enough
crackling electricity came out of the thing to frighten jurors, Miller
contends.

R R RRR..R.R.R.R..R. oh, too much.

You, Greg, profess to be involved in electronics. You know damn well
the cracklin means little to nothing. We PLAY with voltages like that
for silly demonstrations and tacky home decor. What's the voltage on
one of those glass balls that react when you run your fingers over
them?



Tailpipe bets a six-pack of O´Doul´s against a glass of Everglades water
that Christopher will find a private attorney who´s glad to accept his
civil suit against the Plantation cops. $$$unPass

Yep, based on a lie. The man left his step child alone, a two year old
toddler, for 10 minutes. That's more than enough time for a lethal
accident in the home.

And you and your crony here (want to bet I haven't been teasing you
all and know exactly who this is?) are simple minded liars that think
everyone is as ignorant and stupid as you.

0:] CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...