43 stun-gunned at prisons' Take Your Kids to Work Day

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http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/1050424.html


A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous ''Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day'' events gone wrong at three state prisons, according to new information provided Friday by the Florida Department of Corrections.

Also, a group of kids was exposed to tear gas during a demonstration at another lockup.

Three prison guards have been fired, two have resigned and 16 more employees -- from corrections officers to a warden -- will be disciplined due to the incidents that unfolded April 23, said DOC Secretary Walt McNeil. An investigation is ongoing.

None of the children in any of the incidents required medical attention or was notably harmed, McNeil said. He said the children, who ranged in age from 5 to 17, were all children of prison officials.

In nearly every case, the guards had permission from parents or grandparents to administer the ''electronic immobilization devices,'' McNeil said.

''I can't imagine what these officers were thinking to administer this device to children, nor can I imagine why any parent would allow them to do so,'' McNeil said. ``This must not happen again.''
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isn't that child abuse

shouldn't these parents have to go to some kind of classes teaching what not to do to your child? or something?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. "Don't tase me, bro!"

[Smith_3]

2. One can only pity those children. Still I always find it ironic when

law enforcement people are involved in such "friendly fire" incidents. I remember a protest where one group of cops accidentally tear gassed another group of cops who then had to be treated in the hospital.

[Renew Deal]

3. Can you imagine what "Take your kid to work day" is like at Guantanamo?

:rofl:

[Xithras]

4. I would assume they weren't using them in Drive Stun mode.

At least, I'd sure as hell hope not.

For those not familiar with them, Tasers have two modes. Regular stun mode can be very disorienting because it incapacitates and causes people to lose control of their own muscles, but it's not actually painful. The second mode, called Drive Stun, is designed to cause pain and is a "compliance tool".

If they were using Drive Stun, that's child abuse, pure and simple.

[belpejic]

5. OMG! Too ironic.

I know if you're a parent of one of these kids, or if you're actually the kid, this has to be horrifying. But it is such an excellent example of morans in American society. I'll bet almost all of the guard personnel voted for Bush, even though they're making subsistence wages in hugely crappy jobs.