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April 12, 2012

Video: Teenager Electrically Shocked at School for Disabled 
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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 Mc Collins screaming for help and writhing in pain.
Andre's mother, Cheryl Mc Collin, is suing the center, saying her son
was "tortured, terrorized and abused."



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