Taser Tots: Officers Suspended After Tasering Ten-Year-Old Child

Two Martinsville, Indiana police officers have been suspended after they were accused of using a Taser to subdue a 10-year-old at Tender Teddies Day Care.

The officers stated that they needed to taser the out-of-control child to protect themselves and others. An officer first slapped the boy before tasering him. It would seem that two fully grown officers should be able to control a ten-year-old without hitting him with 50,000 volts of a taser.

This is not the first use of tasering as a method of child control or learning, here and here.

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