Video has been made public showing an 18-year-old student at a school for people with disabilities and psychiatric problems being restrained on the floor of a classroom and electrically shocked more than 30 times. The video, filmed a decade ago, was screened in court this week as part of a lawsuit against the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, a Massachusetts school for adults and children that has been the subject of multiple controversies over its punitive practices. Footage shows 18-year-old Andre McCollins screaming for help and writhing in pain. Andre’s mother, Cheryl McCollins, is suing the center, saying her son was “tortured, terrorized and abused.”
Video: Teenager Electrically Shocked at School for Disabled
HeadlineApr 12, 2012