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loyalsister

(13,390 posts) Thu Sep 4, 2014, 09:30 AM Sep 2014

Cruel and unusual!! School Refuses To Let Father Take His 10-Year-Old Autistic Son Home... [View all]

Given the sensitivity to tactile stimuli this meanness is completely unacceptable! Once again police need training re: mental illness, and other disabilities.

School administrators took Ryan out of class and called police. After calling police, they called Ryan's father, Moses Maldonado. Maldonado arrived at the school 10 minutes before police officers did, but school administrators refused to release Ryan into his custody.

Maldonado was powerless as he watched officers drag his screaming son out of the school. Once outside, the officers handcuffed Ryan and put him face down on the trunk of a "hot" squad car.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/young-autistic-student-handcuffed-arrested-father-forced-watch

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Cruel and unusual!! School Refuses To Let Father Take His 10-Year-Old Autistic Son Home... [View all] loyalsister Sep 2014 OP

Never have liked involuntary commitment laws. malthaussen Sep 2014 #1

What the ???! tblue Sep 2014 #2

I hope the parents sue loyalsister Sep 2014 #16

If they did that to my child I'd feel like I was living in a fascist police state. I'd sue, too. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #31

Oh hell no. d_r Sep 2014 #3

This school has a six person "Autism Spectrum Disorders Staff" jberryhill Sep 2014 #4

what the heck d_r Sep 2014 #12

Sounds like Florida is a hellhole for kids with autism. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #28

Yes. The district probably sends all special education students to the same school. n/t Laelth Sep 2014 #29

I don't see how it could be legal d_r Sep 2014 #38

It's complicated. Laelth Sep 2014 #39

I get what you are saying d_r Sep 2014 #40

I hope you either forgot the sarcasm smilie or hoped we'd all see it as such azurnoir Sep 2014 #15

Ugh. I didn't see that before I posted. Wait Wut Sep 2014 #17

They told us if we wanted to be compassionate we had to have rules. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #5

Whatever happened to "Innocent until PROVEN guilty"? /nt dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #6

in a court of law TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #23

This was about a 72 hour psych hold jberryhill Sep 2014 #25

Cops, politicians, celebrities and the elite are innocent even AFTER proven guilty. The rest of us? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #41

Got to make sure the kids know and understand, the police are like the bogyman. Rex Sep 2014 #7

THIS is how they handle a TEN-year-old with autism?!!!!!! deurbano Sep 2014 #8

inexcusable….. dhill926 Sep 2014 #9

I can't tell you how many times I was called to my son's school because he had a meltdown kimbutgar Sep 2014 #10

Help me out on The Baker Act Orrex Sep 2014 #11

Normally that would be correct jberryhill Sep 2014 #26

Thanks Orrex Sep 2014 #30

Oh, lord jeeezus, help us all. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #13

Was he in a mainstream classroom or special needs? Wait Wut Sep 2014 #14

look at both sides of the situatuion... maynard Sep 2014 #18

I can accept part of that loyalsister Sep 2014 #19

I was thinking along the same lines. knitter4democracy Sep 2014 #37

And with absolute predictability, the kid is brown KamaAina Sep 2014 #20

Is that the police officer in the picture? Orrex Sep 2014 #21

^^ Truth! loyalsister Sep 2014 #22

and very obviously the officer is many shades darker TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #24

FLORIDA! elleng Sep 2014 #27

that's pretty much the rule everywhere jberryhill Sep 2014 #32

You're probably correct, elleng Sep 2014 #33

Yeah jberryhill Sep 2014 #34

Yeah loyalsister Sep 2014 #35

Florida Police Tasered a 5 year old Kinder girl HockeyMom Sep 2014 #36

To put him back in school will now be linked to "cruel and unusual punishment" Trillo Sep 2014 #42

Good point loyalsister Sep 2014 #43