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0 pointsBillyTheMage2y ago0 comments

Was it violent, or did he have a normal autistic reaction to the shitty things police do when they're on a mission?

Every autistic interaction I've ever seen with police has ended up with the police making some obvious mistake that made it impossible for the autistic person to react "properly". They always say confusing things, and they bark their orders over and over really fast so you can't think straight and thus can't follow their orders fast enough. You make one "wrong" step and they think it's okay to start touching you, something that makes many autistic folks involuntarily react in ways that can seem violent but often aren't violent at all.

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happymellon2y ago

You seem American.

Here in the UK we take this seriously. Yes, police are actually trained.

I_Am_Nous2y ago

Unfortunately there was a case a few years back in America where an autistic person was having a sensory overload of some sort and was freaking out in the street. The police were called but there was another person trying to help calm them down.

The police drew their guns and the autistic person and the person calming them laid on the ground and complied. Somehow, the police fired at the calming person and hit them. I believe they survived but it's crazy over here.

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