Autistic 10-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed and Pinned to the Ground For Climbing a Tree

[KamaAina]

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/05/autistic-10-year-old-pinned-cuffed/

The girl in the image above was handcuffed and pinned to the ground for the “crime” of throwing Skittles candy on a school bus. She is only 10-years-old, but police officers felt the need to slam her to the ground, pin her down and handcuff her.

The Louisiana girl has also been diagnosed with autism. None of this mattered to the officers who brutalized her.

The girl’s Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish school called the police after the girl was said to have had an “outburst” in class, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center....

When her grandmother arrived, to deal with the situation after the school called her, she realized that she was too late. The police were already dragging her granddaughter down, pressing her face violently into the ground.

Wait for it... you know it's coming...

[randys1]

1. AT least she is white, so we know race has nothing to do with it

I mean I am SHOCKED they would do this to a white child, and so this is a shocking story.

Usually this kind of disregard for human life is preserved solely for Black people

[KamaAina]

4. Did you forget something?

, perhaps?

[randys1]

5. No, she has to be white. I mean I dont have to look closely do I. I saw the face hazed out

as she is not an adult, but surely they used brown hazing, surely this CANT be another abused, beaten Black child.

Dont tell me that, I wont accept it.

And lastly, surely these cops would have done that to a white kid, right?

[KamaAina]

6. Her arm was not hazed out

[randys1]

8. THe funny thing is when I first glanced I honestly wanted her to be white, I wanted to for ONCE

see someone other than a Black person being abused by cops.

I know it happens, and I dont WANT to see it, mind you, but I dont want to see anymore Black people being abused.

And if it doesnt stop, it will BE stopped and that wont be good either.


Yeah, i was being sarcastic all along.

[Mass]

12. The other day, a little boy was handcuffed by police for having ADHD. He was white.

I guess this little girl had two things against her : disability and race. But it would be nice if the schools were trained with these types of disorders.

[KamaAina]

20. It would also be legal.

Hello? IDEA?

[madaboutharry]

2. How did I know.

This is a disgrace.

[silverweb]

3. FUBAR.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]That's what our policing system is now. This is beyond disgusting!

[MoonRiver]

7. ...

[hifiguy]

9. You're never too young to learn

who's boss.

Seriously, this country has come completely off the rails of sanity.

[Rex]

10. LEOs love for society to 'understand' where it belongs on the chain of life.

Very very very far DOWN on the chain, almost at the bottom. And we wonder why people are so violent in this country...look no further than the way LEO handle people.

[bvar22]

11. They don't care anymore,

....and that terrifies me. They KNOW they are being videotaped!!!!

They feel safe behind corrupt DAs, corrupt courts, Surveillance/Security State, Militarization of Police, National Co-ordination, and the Patriot Act,

They are warming up for when they are called to do their real job,
which is to "pacify" the citizens and protect the RICH & their Lucre.

They plan to "Win our hearts and Minds."

[Ilsa]

13. I hope her granny helps sue them all enough that

her therapies will be paid for decades. This is a tough age for autistic kids. They are likely to have outbursts. Throwing Skittles isn't life-threatening. Horrid over-reaction.

[Ilsa]

14. On second thought, I hope the girl gets enough money that

She can attend and live at a private school for autistic kids, if her family wishes. At least she'd probably be treated better.

[WinkyDink]

15. 1.) A child. 2.) A girl. 3.) Autism. WTH?????? I know what ought to happen to that cop's knee....

[pacalo]

16. Unbelievable, right?

[bermudat]

17. Good thing he didn't snap her spine.

[Chemisse]

18. Clearly calling the police is a dangerous move for an elementary school to make.

I just read about this happening to an autistic 6th grader also.

https://www.change.org/p/justiceforkayleb-an-autistic-6th-grader-unfairly-convicted-of-a-felony?recruiter=20577090&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-petition_update-custom_msg

How is it that these cops can't physically restrain a child without resorting to brutality?

[Solly Mack]

19. I just don't know anymore. It's a constant state of outrage.

Of disgust. Of sadness.