Dad uses kid as shield in standoff with cops
Posted July 10th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.post-trib.comWow, putting your own 2-year-old in harm’s way to escape the police. This guy actually has scumbag drug dealers saying, “Man, that’s messed up.”
With a Taser pointed at him, a LaPorte man barricaded inside his home grabbed his 2-year-old daughter early Tuesday and used her as a shield.
“That’s pretty sad,” said LaPorte Police Chief of Detectives Clyde Crass.
“We’re talking about a 2-year-old child who I’m sure was frightened,” he said.
Child neglect and battery to a police officer were among the charges leveled against Brandon Hockman.