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Originally Posted by longsuffering
Sounds to me like he wasn't in handcuffs since his parent say he said "you're not putting those handcuffs on me."
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/
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. |
What I saw on TV was a 12 year old child, who according to the parents, has autism and had what appeared to be a number of injuries. They said that it happened after the police were called.
I said it was awful, if true. In other words, if the 12 year old child with autism was seriously injured when the police were called to help the parents. I never said it was police brutality. It could be that the officer slipped, or even that the child threw himself to the ground. It's still awful.
If the officer threw the child to the ground, because he swore at him, it's even worse.
If the officers just don't have enough training or have the proper procedures in place to deal with a 12 year old child with autism without causing serious injury, it is still awful.
Yes, the parents called 911 because they needed help. If the help they received resulted in their child being seriously injured, there is something wrong. Hopefully the investigation will determine that.