Missouri mother accused of using her 1-year-old child to shield man from police Taser

Missouri mother accused of using her 1-year-old child to shield man from police Taser

HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) -- Police said a northeast Missouri mother used her 1-year-old child to shield a man from a Taser during a confrontation with officers. The woman, 20, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and interfering with an arrest. She was arrested Tuesday night and placed at the Marion County jail on a 24-hour hold.

The child, whose gender police did not release, was placed with another family member.

Officers were at an apartment checking on an assault claim made by the woman when a man confronted them, making threats. One of the officers displayed a Taser as the man approached.

Police said the mother offered her child to the man, placing the toddler in the Taser's path. The man, 22, faces two counts of resisting arrest.

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If the mother endangered the child by putting it where the police were about to shoot, I assume the officers also arrested themselves?

I have a lot of sympathy for cops, but this story lacks sufficient info for me to get my judgment on. Where's the fun in that? :shrug: