Mother of autistic boy shot by police speaks out: 'Why didn't you just tackle him?'

[MizLibby]

17. My son Tom is autistic

He's had meltdowns in his time on earth but I never needed to call the police, thank God. He's screamed, hit his own skull with his fists, but never ever hurt anyone. Thankfully with age he has "improved" but to this day I will not allow him to get a drivers license. He needs one to get to and from his job, he can understand the laws of the road, BUT, if he was in an accident, or involved in some incident he hadn't programmed his autistic mind for, who knows what the police would do to him. A 45 year old 6'3" man starts screaming and spanking himself?? The police would find him a prime target I'm afraid. We need to take part of our police funding and fund those with mental health training to assist the police with dealing with people like my Tom, not just shoot them.