Missourian reporter Sean Sposito is tasered by Columbia Police Department

By Columbia Police Department
March 19, 2008 | 12:00 a.m. CDT
On Wednesday, March 5, the Columbia Police Department tasered Missourian reporter Sean Sposito. SWAT Commander Tom Dresner filmed the controlled experiment. Instead of shooting him with barbs, officers attached the taser probes directly to Sposito's shirt. The barbs can penetrate through up to two inches of clothing, and the probes deliver 50,000 volts in five-second bursts. Sposito received the full voltage.