15 year old Aspie boy shot and killed... by cops

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That's the whole point. This kid had welded a weapon before. That is a huge red flag. When I was a kid, you can bet I was terrified everyday of my life. did I pick up a knife? No. Did I try to smash authority figures with my fists? Absolutely never. This kid might have been autistic but his actions certainly were not. They are typical actions of kids who like to fight and cause problems. He's not the only kid who does it, either.

I wonder what the reactions would have been if they didn't mention he had autism?

Cops will kill you in a heartbeat if you give them the chance.

This is really sad. I haven't completed law school yet, so this will be an educated guess. Because the 15 yr. old had a lethal weapon (a knife), deadly force will be justified. But, I would have chanced it with a taser first. I think what happened was that the poor guy just became emotionally overloaded and started acting out. Hard to tell because none of us were there. Hard to second guess these things.

I know of at least one incident of someone dying after being tased.

Someone taught this poor kid to fight with fists and/or weapons when angry orconflicted and it ended up getting him killed. The social worker told the parents to call the police on him which only earned him the reputation of a violent troublemaker. That is a dangerous reputation for anyone to have. I blame the family for teaching this kid to resolve conflict with violence and the social worker for failing to adequately address this kid's behavioral issues. Of course, he would have needed deprogramming. First as I am sure he has received malignant, misleading messages most of his life!

What would have happened if this kid sat down and said, "I am ready to listen to you, cops, I trust you. I know you want to help me." Totally different outcome but he never had the chance to learn this. In residential treatment, he might have.

NEVER teach kids to resolve conflict with violence.

I wonder if that boy's parents ever had the money to bring him to a psychiatrist, counselor or mental institution. Because it's really sad that they have to use the police numerous times to calm him down. Maybe the boy was too reluctant or too anxious to interact with near people anywhere.

I blame the social worker who told the family to call the police when they had a problem with them. Police are not babysitters, nor are they therapists, they deal with criminals...he was dealt with as a criminal cuz that what they do.

Most of this seem to revolve around school, I believe there was some bullying going on.
Black culture is very hard on those who are different, him being in an intercity kid and black and autitic probably meant that he was bullied or worse at school for non-conformity, which is dealt with harshly by peers.

Maybe he reacted so violently about going to school because he did not feel safe at school.
He needed to be put in another school or even a mental hospital. The cops should have known better that to get cornered, There were 5 there, why didn't they yell for the other 3 to do a take down. Ya he was big, but 5 cops should be able to take down a 14 year old with a butterknife.

The parents should have not let it escilate to this point,, they should have hospitalized him or have done something than just call the cops to do the parrenting for them.


This was a systemic failure on all parties.