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Re: Tazed Church Tambourine Player (L)
There are many assumptions, rabbit trails, etc going on here... but we must take the story at face value... and having served on the staff of some larger churches like this one looks like... the crazies and the nuts show up from time to time and will do what ever exercises it takes to get attention... and I believe it is a spirit even sometimes manifesting to just bring confusion and chaos. God isn't the author of confusion.
And the best way to address that spirit isn't always by greasing them down like a pig at the county fair and casting the legion out of them... because that spirit wants attention, and that just feeds into the distraction.
Many times, the best way to deal with it is get it out of the service... and from what I read in the story... they had the church security detail, an off duty sheriff's deputy... which many churches use on their security detail... to escort her out.
She then became beligerant and wouldn't follow the instructions of the law officer. At that point, he is well within his rights to maintain control with whatever force is necessary... and it's appropriate. If she is showing that she will not physically calm down, and will not follow the instructions of the law officer, there is reasonable expectation that she might enter the service again and disrupt it (which is against the law), and maybe even cause harm to someone or herself.
He tased her, not only to control her, but in the end, also helps keeping her from possibly hurting herself since she showed behavior that was sporadic and out of control.
He was totally within his duty and rights, he protected the church, and in the end even probably protected her. And for many of these "crazies" that like to disrupt services, an encounter to this degree is just what it takes for them to open their eyes that something isn't right and then ask for help. You can't force help on someone that doesn't know they need it.
I not only favor tasering her... but also put a restraining order on her to keep her off the campus, unless she will go through some in depth counseling and treatment.
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