WATCH: Special Needs Children Choked, Tackled, Electrocuted & Killed In Schools (GRAPHIC, VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

Schools Claim Wide Leeway for Restraining Special Needs Kids

ABC News filed a special report that featured the stories of special needs children who are brutally restrained in their school environments. Schools believe they need a range of tactics and leeway to deal with autistic children who “act out”.

Some of the tactics include receiving electric shocks and choke-holds, as well as securing students in restraint rooms. Kids have died from some of these incidents. A surveillance tape from the interview below shows five teachers tackling and restraining a child in what they called a “therapeutic hold”, which killed him. Doctors blamed the death on “cardiac arrest while being subdued”.

This report was filed at the end of last year, but in light of news about schools that are running “Code Red” drills to terrify children with gunmen, this news is especially relevant.

h/t: Anthony Gregory

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

7 comments

Tepper Way October 25, 2013 at 9:26 pm

if you did that to my kids… god could not save you..

Tepper Way October 25, 2013 at 9:28 pm

if I even thought.. maan.. these people are devils.. to do this to a child..

Dan Francis October 25, 2013 at 11:16 pm

I’d be in line with you, pal. Right in line with you.

Dan Francis October 25, 2013 at 11:15 pm

These “teachers” need to die. Seriously. This is beyond reprehensible.

Jane Brooks October 26, 2013 at 12:30 am

If from pre k until high school you are segregated in classrooms with some severely medically needy people crying all day and other noises plus para’s in your face waiting for you to wiggle the wrong way it would drive any kid crazy. My son got removed from inclusive education if he giggled. Or looked out the window. any reason for them to take him to the segregated classroom were they are denied education or even the right to look at a text book in Cody Wyoming

Becky Dever October 26, 2013 at 3:37 am

as the mom of an autistic child this is ridiculous. let me find out someone did one of these things to my child, i will go to jail cause i will hurt them… luckly my sons school calls me to calm him down..

Maggie Mohseni October 26, 2013 at 7:44 pm

My son is high function autistic but has behavior issues. He makes very loud noises and doesn’t like to be seated for a long period of time. And when he gets really excited he may grab onto someone. People who don’t know him or expect it may freak them out. He starts school next year and I am petrified after watching this and am now looking into homeschooling. His needs for socializing can be met in other ways where I won’t have to worry about bullying and physical harm. Very scary stuff…

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