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This ^ should never have happened.
We've registered our son (despite my mis-givings) with the police as moderate to severely autistic, non-verbal, with slight cerebral palsy BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THINGS LIKE THIS to happen to him (as well as for other reasons, explained below).
The police in Canada seem to be much better trained (or more patient) than in the States, but we don't want anything going wrong for him in any encounters.
He is rarely out of our sight or hearing and we got him a Medic-Alert tag for his running shoes that can point police to his info (supposedly, they are trained to look for tags like this), but registered him with the local police to let them have INSTANT info if he ever did go missing (they won't have to wait for us to get them pictures and info: they will be able to access it from their site).
They will know his name, any nick-names he will respond (possibly) to, how he might react to them, how to get calm him down, that he will probably want to be hugged, etc.
We want him to be trouble free if found by the police (the school has let him run a couple of times but have always caught up to him eventually.... so far).
But what happened in the video above is disgusting. He sprays water at them and they taze him over and over and over and over????
WTF?
If that happened to our son, they would be seeing a VERY expensive court case and disciplinary actions and HELL FIRE RAINED DOWN ON THEM and have their asses plugged with cement if possible.
Never. ever. ever. should. have. happened.
*****
Just read the rest of the story: the down syndrome kid being asphyxiated by police and the other shit.
No charges were laid against the cops who tazed the kid in the shower?
My God.
How do these people go on in their lives.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 05 2018, @10:54PM (6 children)
"I feared for my life."
"I feared for my life."
"I feared for my life."
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday October 06 2018, @03:42AM (5 children)
You say that with scorn because you're sitting in a position that does not afford you a view of the very real dangers they face every day. They very legitimately have reason to fear for their lives in any situation they're called in to. If you want to change anything, you need to change that first. Always go to the root of the problem.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday October 06 2018, @04:00PM (4 children)
Nobody else can credibly murder someone on a whim, stick around to tell (other) police about it, and get away with it.
Police can also arbitrarily detain people, stick them with bogus "contempt of cop" charges, steal drugs, and plenty more. But murder is final.
Body cams and cop convictions could help, but it will still take a long time to break the conditioning. Or it might never happen since they will continue to be trained to see everyone packing heat.
Luckily, violence is in decline [pewresearch.org]. I bet the prevalence of video games has prevented a good number of potential gang members from realizing their talents. Add a little weed and VR, and we'll have a generation of herbivores. The smart would-be gang members will join the police and enjoy power tripping before more reforms come into effect.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Saturday October 06 2018, @04:12PM
"Nobody else can credibly murder someone on a whim ... and get away with it."
God does it all the time, and with the simple phrase "God works in mysterious ways" gets a pass.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday October 06 2018, @04:44PM
You're still focusing on a symptom far from the cause. I know that's how our medical practitioners do things nowadays but that doesn't make it any less silly.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Tuesday October 23 2018, @03:39AM (1 child)
There is epidemiological evidence that the general decline in violent crime is because of the switch to nonleaded gasoline. It has happened in different countries at different times, but tends to happen in each country about 20 years after they get rid of lead in gasoline.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 23 2018, @04:26AM
Yeah, I've read Freakonomics too.
However, even if we all become docile sheep, the police will still be gunning people down, fearing for their lives.
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