Hundreds of children were tased by police using stun guns in the UK between January 2014 and November 2015 according to a new report by police watchdog StopWatch. The group found that 407 were stunned by police who used 50,000 volts to temporarily incapacitate them, with 57 incidents involving minors under the age of 14 years old. RT.com reports: The international law in relation to their use, which the UK has been signed up to since 1990, has been violated as a result of the practice, according to the watchdog organization. Chastising your kids is child abuse. But the police can beat them w/ batons, taser them, and kill them & thats justifiable w/ “facts”. — Merlie Alexis (@merls_p) December 13, 2014 The London Met was recorded as the top offender using stun guns against 185 minors over the two year period, 16 of them under 14. The findings also revealed that British police performed 75 strip searches on minors last year. State sanctioned child abuse. Outrageous! Metropolitan police strip searched more than 4,500 children in five yearshttp://t.co/RThyDreLJ4 — Maryam Bibi Din (@MaryamBibiDin) March 16, 2014 Data from 18 police forces was compiled by StopWatch through a series of Freedom [...]