Making school an electrifying experience

[packman]

"... at least 84 incidents of children being Tasered or shot with a stun gun by a school police officer since September 2011, according to media reports tracked by The Huffington Post. The number is a gross underestimation because not every incident is reported, and no state or federal organization track how often children are zapped at schools. The children, who were all hit by a Taser or stun gun by school-based police officers, also called school resource officers, were 12 to 19 years old when the incidents occurred.

They were shocked by a Taser or stun gun for mouthing off to a police officer. For trying to run from the principal’s office. For, at the age of 12, getting into a fight with another girl."

Guess it's better than shooting them.



http://data.huffingtonpost.com/2016/school-police/tasers

[tonyt53]

1. Making matters worse, the darker the skin, or the lower their income makes it more prevalent

[Iggo]

2. Torturing children.

Ain't cops just the best?

[LWolf]

3. I am very grateful

for the fact that no school in the two districts and two states I've taught in over the course of my lifetime has ever had anybody armed with tasers.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same thing for hand guns, as police officers are allowed to come armed onto our campuses. Personally, I'd like them to check their guns in the parking lot. At least we aren't running around shooting tasers at our students, though.