Visiting Kids at Prison Stun-Gunned

May 5th, 2009 by Courtney

Prison officer surprised he was fired after zapping children with 50,000-volt stun gun – Boing Boing

Prison officer Walter Schmidt zapped visiting children with a 50,000-volt stun gun to give them a taste of life in a Florida jail. Two of the kids were knocked screaming to the floor with burns on their arms. One child went to the hospital.

“It wasn’t intended to be malicious, but educational,” said Schmidt. “The big shock came when I got fired.”

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