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ScreamingMeemie

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1. "having been instructed by social workers that Watts should be handled by authorities when agitated"

Reply to behold a pale horse (Original post)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 02:09 PM

Feb 2012

The article states that so the parents did what they were instructed to do. I am sure that, had they known what was going to happen, they would not have called the authorities. I wouldn't have expected that result either. Unless my child was holding a gun and pointing it at them.

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Police shoot and kill autistic boy in his home [View all] behold a pale horse Feb 2012 OP

"having been instructed by social workers that Watts should be handled by authorities when agitated" ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #1

The cop was sliced in two places--it wasn't a butter knife. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #4

Agreed that the social worker is an ass. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #6

Yes the parents share in the fault SaintPete Feb 2012 #12

When one is dealing with this situation it is hard to know what is the correct ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #26

It's not easy to judge anyone SaintPete Feb 2012 #28

I agree with you but the parents behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #45

I hate to judge the parents because they are in a sad state right now... behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #16

Dear Mister Horse, Throckmorton Feb 2012 #64

Agree - I just see it as sad. TBF Feb 2012 #22

The pig can run from a blade, the fucking coward! Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #7

They came out to the house 12 times already and didn't shoot him. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #17

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #21

The last I heard, cops have to have a degree. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #30

So in your world, anyone who gets cut by a knife is just a dipshit who petronius Feb 2012 #23

No, someone who is supposedly TRAINED to avoid the use of the firearm... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #24

Note that it was apparently two other officers who fired, not the one being cut, so petronius Feb 2012 #29

Special needs people are so misunderstood. It is heartbreaking. jillan Feb 2012 #2

May I ask what her condition is? Because although I don't have an autistic child behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #3

My daughter has a chromosome abnormality - similar to Downs, but much more rare. jillan Feb 2012 #5

Shoot him in the arm or the leg? Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #8

I thought this is what tasers were made for. Instead they are just people prods think Feb 2012 #9

He WAS tazed...on one of the other dozen times the parents called the cops to the house. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #11

And the pig could've ran, the wimp... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #14

Manslaughter? nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #34

Those words don't mean what you think they mean... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #49

Tazed previously yes. So in fact they have a long a history of dealing with this think Feb 2012 #25

Your whole attitude in this thread seems to be "good riddance" Scootaloo Feb 2012 #31

"DON'T call the cops!" This applies in about 90% of cases out there... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #10

Please don't call cops that name. There are bad apples in behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #13

Sorry, but I come from a family of them... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #15

You come from a family of swine? Oink Oink! behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #18

Yep! That DID read funny, didn't it... Cooley Hurd Feb 2012 #20

Well...they won't be called to that house anymore Rex Feb 2012 #19

Who's more dangerous to society fredamae Feb 2012 #27

Yes. I recall another case where a deaf boy behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #32

I believe Law Enforcement needs Extensive training as well.. fredamae Feb 2012 #48

I had a college English professor who had been a police officer. SHe had interesting comments stevenleser Feb 2012 #33

Here is the likely difference: the violence in our society today. behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #36

Yes but if they are responding to this kind of situation, shouldnt they be ready for it? stevenleser Feb 2012 #40

I am willing to consider that they DID kill him on purpose behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #41

Guess what... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #50

Your reply to me makes no sense at all... stevenleser Feb 2012 #61

Certainly you could have made your title more inflammatory nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #35

??? That was straight from Huff-Po! And I am defending the police! behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #37

Sorry, misdirected nobodyspecial Feb 2012 #39

No worries. Thanks for the clarification:) behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #42

"I am defending the police!" Occulus Feb 2012 #62

My old foster son had autismism, and he was pretty violent. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #38

Was he basically non-communicative? behold a pale horse Feb 2012 #43

He was nonverbal, but he could definitely express himself. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #47

The cops deprived the deceased of his civil, legal and basic human rights ... T S Justly Feb 2012 #44

So you are saying that if you call the cops, you can expect "brute force". rhett o rick Feb 2012 #46

What part of "the cop had already been cut twice"... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #51

Shame on you. Instead of addressing my question you throw up a strawman. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #52

I was responding directly to your post... JSnuffy Feb 2012 #53

I stand by my statement. It has become entirely too easy for the police to kill people. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #55

So what? JSnuffy Feb 2012 #57

So what? I think that boy deserved something more than a bullet to the face. rhett o rick Feb 2012 #60

If tthe cop you called to save you from a mugger "ran" when the mugger attacked him, too McCamy Taylor Feb 2012 #54

This Aspie is speechless! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #56

Tragic, but the article pooints to a justified shooting rustydog Feb 2012 #58

If your family member is violent and out of control, you are screwn. EFerrari Feb 2012 #59

In my town you are going to get both, Throckmorton Feb 2012 #63

5. Stephon Watts was African American. KamaAina Feb 2012 #65

Please stop calling cops pigs. It's juvenile and disrespectful to the good police officers I am the OP Feb 2012 #66

Only killer cops are pigs KamaAina Feb 2012 #68

Update I am the OP Feb 2012 #67