[FLORIDA]

[kutsuwamushi]

Corrections sergeant shocks kids with stun gun during prison visit

It was "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" at the Franklin Correctional Institution, and Sgt. Walter Schmidt wanted to give the kids an idea of what their parents do.

So he took out a handheld stun device and zapped them with 50,000 volts of electricity.

He was fired, which is absolutely, completely appropriate, but what I want to know is: Why hasn't he been arrested for assault? It doesn't matter that he had the parents' permission. A parent can't give permission for someone to assault their child.

But wait, there's more!

Two other Florida prisons zapped visiting kids with stun guns

Two more state prisons have acknowledged incidents in which guards zapped visiting children with handheld stun guns, bringing to three the number of facilities where the unapproved demonstration was used on "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day."

Hey, Florida, there's a reason it's not called "Zap Our Daughters and Sons with 50,0000 Volts of Electricity Day" -- because that would be insane.

Comments

[melusina]

::blink::

That's. . .WOW. I don't even know what to say to that.

[caltastic]

I ... ... ... what?

That doesn't even ... ... WHAT?

Also, your layout is spectacular.

[ashenmote]

This would make perfect sense to me if it were Springfield and Chief Wiggum. I'm just not sure why it happens in reality and I wonder who hands out stun guns to complete and utter tools.

[sudaki]

WOW.

My question here is, ... the kids are supposed to get an idea of what their parents do, right?

So that's why they got tased, right?

So... can I assume that they are the children of prisoners?

Also, HE HAD THE PARENTS' PERMISSION?!

[kutsuwamushi]

They couldn't have been properly trained, because otherwise they would have said "fuck no." I'm guessing they didn't know how serious it is to use a stun gun, and that they were putting their kids at risk of injury or death. I'm not surprised; law enforcement can be incredibly cavalier about use of tasers.

Or they could all be abusive fucks.

I feel sorry for the prisoners under their watch, either way.

[sudaki]

My friend's brother was a police officer, and before they issued him his taser they used it on him. He took that shit SERIOUSLY.

... which isn't to say you should educate kindergarteners this way.