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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
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Sounds to me like he wasn't in handcuffs since his parent say he said "you're not putting those handcuffs on me."
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Originally Posted by Amethyst
This is just awful, if true. (And I don't have any reason to think it isn't.)
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No reason to think it's not true? The PARENTS CALLED 911 saying they were afraid he would hurt himself (and others I suspect). This suggests he was acting out, with some degree of violence.
The cops got him outside, he was still belligerent, the cop tried to put him in a bear hug and turn him at which time the boy and/or the cop lost their footing and fell to the ground. Unfortunate accident resulting from an emotionally charged encounter.
The police were called for a reason. I'm sure it was traumatic for the parents to see this but is disingenuous to suggest that the son had no complicity in this situation.
It reminds of some TV reports you see from the US from time to time. A family calls the police to report a family member threatening other family members, often with a weapon. The police are called, the situation escalates and the aggressive family is arrested, injured or worse, then all of a sudden the story becomes
Police brutality!
Edited to add information.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4408224/f...cers-injuries/
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Alberta’s police watchdog says a 12-year-old boy with mental health concerns was described as being “uncontrollable and causing damage within the residence” when Calgary officers were called to the Cougar Ridge neighbourhood on Aug. 21 at around 6 p.m.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) released a statement with new details Friday, after the parents of Jack Parcells came forward to Global News about the alleged assault. His parents told Global News the boy has autism, anxiety and ADHD.
“Police determined that the youth may have been off his prescribed medication for several days and was confined to his locked bedroom at the time of the call,” the statement said.
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At the time of the incident, ASIRT said “the youth was struggling with officers”—a characterization Doug Parcells objects to.
“[The] two officers were never needed to be together to control Jack. Jack was not out of control,” he said.
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ASIRT said the boy was not handcuffed and had not yet been placed in the police vehicle when the incident happened.
“Police were advised that the youth had been in the care of other family members for several days and exhibited behavioural concerns upon returning to his parents,” the statement read.
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So not in handcuffs.
If the police weren't needed to control him, why were they called? Why was he LOCKED IN HIS ROOM by the parents?
Again, I understand the parents trauma but they are hardly in a position to be objective.