Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism several times after mother calls for help

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A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot several times by police officers who responded to his home in Salt Lake City after his mother called for help.

Golda Barton told KUTV she called 911 to request a crisis intervention team because her son, who has Asperger's syndrome, was having an episode caused by "bad separation anxiety" as his mother went to work for the first time in more than a year.

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"I said, 'He's unarmed, he doesn't have anything, he just gets mad and he starts yelling and screaming,'" she said. "He's a kid, he's trying to get attention, he doesn't know how to regulate."

She added: "They're supposed to come out and be able to de-escalate a situation using the most minimal force possible."

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Instead, she said, two officers went through the front door of the home and in less than five minutes were yelling "get down on the ground" before firing several shots.

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"Why didn't they Tase him? Why didn't they shoot him with a rubber bullet? You are big police officers with massive amounts of resources. Come on. Give me a break."

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Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism several times after mother calls for help

‘They’re supposed to de-escalate a situation,’ says mother whose son Linden Cameron was having an episode caused by ‘separation anxiety’

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Utah police shoot 13-year-old autistic boy after his mother called 911 for help

What do you even say anymore? This shit is beyond ineptitude. Defund the goddamn police, charge the officer with felony assault, and never ever call 911 to help with a mental crisis. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/08/linden-cameron-utah-autistic-shooting/

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