From the website:
Aaron deBruyn, 26, is accused of using a Taser on his wife's grandmother Wednesday morning after he got into a fight with her regarding the spanking of his infant son.
His wife, Caroline deBruyn, said the grandmother, Rosemary Garlock, asked her and her husband not to spank the child. She said the grandmother was asked to leave the apartment but refused so her husband used the Taser on her while the elderly woman sat on the couch.
In his defense, deBruyn said that it was all her fault anyhow:
The man said he had warned the elderly woman several times that he planned to stun her.
"...She did not listen," he said. "It's my house, and I asked her to leave."
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It's his home.
God help the child.
--TwoDragons
Hitting a baby is NEVER ok. move the baby, move the cords and listen to the grandmother!
GodDamn people like this.
Legally, anyway. I don't know where he lives, but it it is somewhere like Georgia, Texas or Oklahoma with a "Make my Day" law, he could have killed her and it would have been legal.
Somewhere like GA,TX, or OK... not surprising. Of course, legality is not morality. Sometimes the two coincide, but that depends on which set of morals is applied.
--TwoDragons
I bet he was just waiting for an opportunity to use his brand new taser on *somebody*.
Lord help this little baby boy.
Lord help this little baby boy."
I agree completely, with the addition of: What kind of moron lets her husband spank her baby and taser her grandmother and thinks he's in the right?? In 20 years there will be a story about this baby being arrested for assault; we can only hope it's against his dad.
Actually, unless grandma gained unlawful entry to the home and was posing a physical threat to the residents, that law wouldn't apply.