Angry Mom Deserved Taser Shocks at Son's School

 Here's a classic case of she-had-it-coming: Michele Lee Eaton, 39, got shocked by Taser twice at her son's Guntown, Miss, middle school, says Reuters. The oxymoron is that mom had gone in to complain that her son was disciplined (it wasn't corporal, the principal says). Unhappy with the result of her convo with the principal, mom got mad, loud and foul-mouthed. The police officer assigned to the school told her to simmer down or he'd Taser her. She didn't and he did. Eaton has only herself to blame. Angry Mom Deserved Taser Shocks at Son's School 

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