Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Hi all, I just read this and couldn't believe it. When will the cops stop treating our special kids like this? CORNELL ANNOR FRANK Special-ed student.Posted: 4:51 am October 20, 2008 The family of a 10-year-old special-education student is suing the city after a cop handcuffed the boy and hauled him into the station house for using a peashooter during a school-bus tussle. An $11 million notice of claim, filed last week, accuses the cop of grossly overreacting and assaulting little Annor in July when the officer cuffed the boy. Other kids on the bus regularly picked on Annor - who has learning disabilities and was on his way to a summer-school program on Staten Island - and had been tormenting him when the fight broke out, according to family lawyer Schmelkin. The boy, of the Fox Hills section of Staten Island, pulled out a peashooter and hit a 9-year-old boy on the back of the head. Rather than break up the fight, the driver and bus monitor called the cops. " He's not a hardened criminal, " said Schmelkin. " This is an officer who overreacted [and was] unjustified in putting a lot of pressure and steel handcuffs on a frail, frightened special-ed kid. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Paragraph from article:Teaching the police about Autism Dennis Debbaudt/Adam Feinstein-www.autismconnect.org Why are we seeing more cases of abuse in schools? " Because we are seeing more students in the inclusion programme, " said Dennis. " I like inclusion, but if you don't make sure you educate everyone in this environment - teachers, students, parents, cooks, bus drivers - you are putting pupils with autism and Asperger's syndrome at risk. You must initiate a robust programme. We are also seeing ten times more people with autism than we used to. And there is a " zero- tolerance " policy in the United States today. I have heard an allegation from parents and school resource officers that, after the Colombine massacre, some school administrators are attempting to dupe the police into arresting the more difficult and expensive autistic children and getting them removed from school. I do not know whether this is true or not. But the police have no way of knowing that the child has autism. Of course, the law enforcement officer can come in and ask the teachers - but only if the officer is trained to ask these questions. " I applaud the Disabilities Trust for organising a seminar on a topic which is generally under-debated but which is crucial if we are to give people with autism a chance to live independent lives without becoming unnecessarily embroiled in conflicts with the people whose job - quite rightly - is to maintain order in society. In AutismBehaviorProblems , " karenrichard2000 " wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just read this and couldn't believe it. When will the cops stop > treating our special kids like this? > > > > CORNELL > ANNOR FRANK > Special-ed student.Posted: 4:51 am > October 20, 2008 > > The family of a 10-year-old special-education student is suing the > city after a cop handcuffed the boy and hauled him into the station > house for using a peashooter during a school-bus tussle. > > An $11 million notice of claim, filed last week, accuses the cop of > grossly overreacting and assaulting little Annor in July when > the officer cuffed the boy. > > Other kids on the bus regularly picked on Annor - who has learning > disabilities and was on his way to a summer-school program on Staten > Island - and had been tormenting him when the fight broke out, > according to family lawyer Schmelkin. > > The boy, of the Fox Hills section of Staten Island, pulled out a > peashooter and hit a 9-year-old boy on the back of the head. > > Rather than break up the fight, the driver and bus monitor called the > cops. > > " He's not a hardened criminal, " said Schmelkin. " This is an officer > who overreacted [and was] unjustified in putting a lot of pressure > and steel handcuffs on a frail, frightened special-ed kid. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 I just talked to a police officer this morning, he said that they are sending some of our local guys to a Autism specific training coming up, so maybe things may improve slowly. > > > > Hi all, > > > > I just read this and couldn't believe it. When will the cops stop > > treating our special kids like this? > > > > > > > > CORNELL > > ANNOR FRANK > > Special-ed student.Posted: 4:51 am > > October 20, 2008 > > > > The family of a 10-year-old special-education student is suing the > > city after a cop handcuffed the boy and hauled him into the station > > house for using a peashooter during a school-bus tussle. > > > > An $11 million notice of claim, filed last week, accuses the cop of > > grossly overreacting and assaulting little Annor in July when > > the officer cuffed the boy. > > > > Other kids on the bus regularly picked on Annor - who has learning > > disabilities and was on his way to a summer-school program on > Staten > > Island - and had been tormenting him when the fight broke out, > > according to family lawyer Schmelkin. > > > > The boy, of the Fox Hills section of Staten Island, pulled out a > > peashooter and hit a 9-year-old boy on the back of the head. > > > > Rather than break up the fight, the driver and bus monitor called > the > > cops. > > > > " He's not a hardened criminal, " said Schmelkin. " This is an officer > > who overreacted [and was] unjustified in putting a lot of pressure > > and steel handcuffs on a frail, frightened special-ed kid. " > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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