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When police arrived, Barton said her son ran away. She told KUTV that she heard someone yell "get down on the ground" three times, followed by several gunshots.
"Why didn't they tase him? Why didn't they shoot him with a rubber bullet?" Barton told the station. "He's a small child. Why don't you just tackle him? You are big police officers with massive amounts of resources."
Salt Lake City Police Sgt. Keith Horrocks said in a news conference on Saturday that officers had been called to the area because a boy was having a "psychological episode and had made threats to some folks with the weapon."

The boy fled and as police chased after him, one officer fired their weapon and struck the child, Horrocks said. Officers provided medical aid to the boy until medical personnel arrived, Horrocks said. He was then taken to a local hospital, according to police.
Linden's injuries include damage to his shoulder, ankles, intestines, bladder and colon, as well as nerve damage, Barton told CNN.
It is not clear whether the boy actually had a weapon, or exactly what threats police were said to be responding to.
Barton told CNN her son was unarmed. Detective Greg Wilking, a spokesperson for the Salt Lake City Police Department, told CNN on Tuesday that he could not speak specifically to whether the boy had a weapon or "what the officers' perceived threats were," and that those questions would be determined by the investigation.

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Police Shoot Autistic 13 Year Old

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Cops shouldn't be asked to deal with people with mental illness. Most aren't trained for it. Doubt anyone is going to defend the cop here, just a shitty situation where the response is obviously not appropriate.

Let me guess, another tally to apply to the larger cop population so people are taught to hate cops at a time when the complete opposite is needed? Good job Skinned.

Quote (thundercock @ Sep 8 2020 07:59pm)

I didn't know you were one of those libcucks who supports defunding the police.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Sep 8 2020 07:06pm)

Let Skinned and his ilk go in there and have to restrain kids with mental illness. I used to work with adults with autism and fuck me was that a hard job. Imagine trying to prevent a 220lb man from biting and beating another adult meanwhile doing in a way that's safe on them or be open to a shitstorm of liability.

Quote (Santara @ Sep 8 2020 07:09pm)

If there is one person on this entire forum more qualified to discuss restraining mentally ill people than skinned, I have no idea who it could possibly be.