Mom: The police should have handled it better
Aiden: I kind of deserved it
Meredith: Can you accept or entertain the possibility that they didn't have any choice but to use spray on your son? (referring to the police)
Mom: To a degree, but he was in a school for children with behavioural issues
How does that not justify the police? If anything if the teachers felt they were in danger from a higher risk violent student then the police would have greater justification.