A 12-year-old girl was shot by police with a 50,000-volt Taser.
The girl, who was brandishing two knives and threatening to harm herself, was one of more than 20 children shot by officers using the electric stun guns, figures show. Police said the Taser was used to detain the girl and ‘prevent serious harm to both her, the public and the officers’ after she began behaving ‘aggressively’ in St Helens, Merseyside, in July 2011 .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk
