Is being tased sometimes jusitified? [View all]

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Here I say yes.

I saw the report on ABC news, this 13 year old kid copped an attitude right away, attacked and bit the deputy several times, drawing blood.

He's a repeat runaway, BTW.
I knew a woman who had a girl that ran away several times, over the most piddly things, like being told to do her homework and shutting the TV off.

San Diego Sheriff Says 'Out-of-Control' Teen Could Have Prevented Being Tased

Cell phone video allegedly shows a sheriff's deputy using a Taser against a teenager in San Diego County.

The deputy appears to pin the teen, 13, to the ground while a friend recorded the incident on Saturday afternoon on Mission Road in Fallbrook, California. The video allegedly shows the youth writhing on the ground and screaming in pain as the deputy used the Taser.

San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said in a news conference today that the deputy recognized the juvenile from a photograph supplied by his mother, who had reported him as being a runaway. It was the fifth time he had run away from home, Gore said.

"I think it's been portrayed -- in what I've seen some of the clips -- that we had an out-of-control deputy. The deputy was very conscientious in this case," Gore said. "He immediately followed up the lead. He tried repeatedly to get the juvenile to voluntarily go in the car so he could return to his mother. In actuality, what we really have is an out-of-control juvenile who could have prevented this whole ordeal just by obeying the commands of the deputy and get in the car so he could be returned home."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/san-diego-sheriff-control-juvenile-prevented-tased/story?id=31777477