SAPD: Man Tasered while attempting to save infant son from a house fire

[ohnoyoudidnt]

by Kens5.com Staff
Posted on June 2, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Updated Monday, Jun 3 at 3:58 PM
SAN ANTONIO -- A father was tazed by San Antonio police while trying to save his infant boy from a house fire.

The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday during a house fire in the 100 block of Morningview Drive.

Investigators said the parents of the eight-month-old boy had dropped off their children at their grandparents' house. Somehow, a fire got started inside the home shortly thereafter.

The grandparents managed to grab one boy and rush to safety. That's when they realized one boy was still trapped inside.

Emergency crews and the children's parents arrived on the scene at around that time.

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[uppityperson]

1. Poor guy and a jo win situation. Let him go in and die or taze him.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

2. It doesn't say if the firefighters were on scene at the time, or just the cops.

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If the fire fighters wouldn't enter, then I would assume it was already too late. If there were firefighters and cops on scene, it's strange they couldn't hold him back with manpower instead of a taser. Either way, it's a sad story.

[TheMadMonk]

3. Sadly, I think it's approaching the point where cops automatically...

...reach for their belts no matter the situation.

Spray - tase - shoot.

[Logical]

5. Cops no longer want to risk ANY INJURY. Taze or shoot to prevent having to actually do their job. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. sad