Re: 11 Apr 2012: Graphic video of teen being restrained, shocked played in court

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The link didn't work for me, this one may be better:

WARNING, very disturbing video:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/shocks-given-at-rotenberg-center-\

were-harming-autistic-teen-expert-testifies-20120411

Steve

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> Gut wrenching to know this is still going on. Hoping this trial finally puts

an end to this barbaric practice. Video is not for the faint of heart.Nila

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http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/video-of-teen-restrained-shocked-\

for-hours-to-be-played-in-court-201204

> Graphic video of teen being restrained, shocked played in courtUpdated:

Wednesday, 11 Apr 2012, 7:26 AM EDTPublished : Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012, 9:47 AM

EDTMike Beaudetwww.twitter.com/channel_mike Rothstein Producer

.Rothstein@... (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - Video of a student restrained

and shocked for hours at the Judge Rotenberg Center was played in court on

Tuesday after a years-long battle by the center to keep it from the public eye.

The video, which shows former resident Andre Mc screaming, writhing in

pain, and begging for help, was played at the start of Mc' trial against

the Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Center. The Rotenberg Center convinced a judge

eight years ago to seal the video, and the battle continued up until Tuesday

morning when their attorneys asked Superior Court Judge Barbara Dortch-Okara to

bar FOX Undercover's camera from recording the video as it was played.

Dortch-Okara denied the center's request, clearing the way to give the public

the first look at how these controversial electric shocks are used. The video

was taken by one of the center's classroom cameras. Mc, then 18 years

old, was shocked 31 times that day in 2002. Lawyers for the center and its

clinicians say it was part of the treatment he needed to quell his aggressive

behavior.

> " These are dramatic tapes, there's no question about that, " said attorney

Hinchey, who represents two of the Rotenberg Center's clinicians. " But

the treatment plan at the Rotenberg Center, the treatment plan that Andre had in

place on October 25, was followed. " It was an emotional day for Mc'

mother, Cheryl, who was in court watching as the beginning of her son's ordeal

was played. Andre is shown seated at a desk inside a classroom as a staff member

asks him several times to remove his coat. He stays still, apparently not

responding or removing his coat, until he is given a shock. He screams and falls

to the floor, yelling as he tries to hide under his desk. He was eventually

restrained face-down, a helmet on his head, without breaks for food, water or

the bathroom. " I never signed up for him to be tortured, terrorized and abused, "

Cheryl Mc told the jury. " I had no idea, no idea, that they tortured the

children in the school. " She also testified what her son was like when she

visited him three days later after the incident. She said she found him in a

" catatonic " state. " I couldn't turn Andre's head to the left or the right. He

was just staring straight. I took my hands and went like this, " she said, waving

them as if in front of his eyes. " He didn't blink. " Mc did get Andre to

Children's Hospital that day, where he was diagnosed with acute stress response

caused by the shocks. The jury also heard her testify about watching the video

and hearing staff members laughing while her son was on the floor. More video is

expected to be played Wednesday as testimony continues.Read more:

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/undercover/video-of-teen-restrained-shocked-\

for-hours-to-be-played-in-court-20120410#ixzz1rnUnoCZn

> Read more:

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for-hours-to-be-played-in-court-20120410#ixzz1rnUZNE7F

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