Father tasered while holding newborn.

[lizbud]

Thay should not have done that while he was holding the baby. Two
security people surely could detain him & remove the baby before dealing
with the arrest or whatever of the guy. The baby's safety should come first.

[caseysmom]

The baby could just as easily been dropped in a struggle, this was the father's fault in my opinion.

[ratdogg]

using a taser on someone holding a baby is "stunning"...especially since 2 security officers should be able to physically detain 1 crazed father clutching a baby....

[Lady's Human]

I think there are other methods they could have used.........If they tasered the father, they also tasered the baby.

[pitc9]

I'm glad the baby wasn't hurt!

I just wish the stupid father was dropped on his head instead!!

[Pam]

Thay should not have done that while he was holding the baby. Two
security people surely could detain him & remove the baby before dealing
with the arrest or whatever of the guy. The baby's safety should come first.

I agree completely Liz!! This reminds me of cases where people are rammed into and die because a cop is chasing someone down a highway and they happen to be in the way. The father was an idiot but the person using the taser was a bigger idiot in my opinion. I hope there are no repercussions for the baby from that fall. If so, I would be slapping a lawsuit on them so fast their heads would spin.

[IRescue452]

That's gotta be one tough baby. I'd want them to run so many tests to see it wasn't brain damaged fromt he fall. What a stupid thing to do to a person holding a baby. And I'm sure he wasn't crazed and clutching the baby, he probably just didn't know about all this new security crap they do and was arguing that the baby was his. I'm not sure I'd call him a jerk so quickly.

[cyber-sibes]

While the concern of the hospital was legitiment, I am appalled that they tassered him while he still held the baby! That just doesn't seem right. I hope that little one is alright.

[wombat2u2004]

Thay should not have done that while he was holding the baby. Two
security people surely could detain him & remove the baby before dealing
with the arrest or whatever of the guy. The baby's safety should come first.

Right on Lizbud.....gotta agree with you 100% on that one.
Wom

[RICHARD]

There's always the baton to the fontenel (I know that's spelled wrong). or the scuffle where the baby gets crushed or neck broken. There's mace in the kids eyes, lungs and skin.

MY personal favorite is the dad using the kid as a shield from the .40 caliber slug.

The Thomas A Swift Electric Rifle is a tactical 'weapon'.

If this idiot (I waited one day) refused to go back to the nurse's station and get this thing straightened out god only knows what he would have done...
His error was in standing off with the sec guards and not following hospital protocol-

[momoffuzzyfaces]

The baby is being put in foster care because there is a history of abuse apparently.

[lizbud]

The baby is being put in foster care because there is a history of abuse apparently.

Sad. makes me wonder where he planned to take the baby.

[RICHARD]

Sad. makes me wonder where he planned to take the baby.

Hmmm,

I wonder what the fate of the child had been if not for a couple of bullying security guards?

A 'real' father would have not put any child into that situation.

[caseysmom]

Strike me with lightening I agree with you Richard