Friday 6 August 2010

Oh, Yeah, Let's Arm Our Police...

Police have apologised after accidentally shooting a 14-year-old girl with a Taser.

Officers investigating complaints of anti-social behaviour fired the Taser after attempting to arrest a man who had become aggressive towards them.

But the Taser missed the intended target and hit schoolgirl Jodie Gallagher, who was standing nearby...
Nice shootin', Tex!

4 comments:

Brian, follower of Deornoth said...

Ready! Fire! Aim!

Anonymous said...

or, ready or not fire, aim, fire again just in case and again and again, let the dust settle then ask the CPS how to get out jail free.

Dave H said...

'It was like a really big cramp, like an electric shock really.'

No bright sparks were involved in the incident.

JuliaM said...

"Ready! Fire! Aim!"

*chuckle*

"...let the dust settle then ask the CPS how to get out jail free."

Indeed.

The consensus over at Gadget's is that if she was standing so close, she was probably trying to prevent the arrest, and she shouldn't have been out that late at night anyway. And it proves Tasers are safe, since she didn't die.

Somewhat frightening attitude.

"No bright sparks were involved in the incident."

Out of the mouths of not-quite-babes...