Incident PAL-Autistic-Child-Assault

Date	Nov 03, 2015
Time	05:00 PM
Report #	PAL-Autistic-Child-Assault
Department	Richmond Police Department
Address	Richmond, VA

Incident Description

A mother signed her autistic son up for an after-school tennis program with the Richmond Police Athletic League to give her son experience interacting with police. She returned to find him handcuffed, then learned he had been assaulted. At the hospital, they learned an officer had given him a concussion. The story was reported on WTVR News.

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"She signed her son up for a tennis program where officers volunteer. He was put in handcuffs."
"'When I got here my son was handcuffed on the ground right behind where that fence is opened,' Jackson said. 'There was an officer holding his head, there was an officer on his left leg, someone on his right leg, there was an officer on his right side kneeling holding his shoulders down and then there was another officer standing up.' ..[S]he is still not sure why he was handcuffed, and what exactly happened that caused him to get a concussion... Jackson said... she still has not gotten answers to her questions. The police report she paid $5 for does not have an incident description." - WTVR
"Autistic Boy Concussed by Officers at Event for Bonding with Police"
Yahoo Life/The Root
"Virginia Mom Says Autistic Son, 12, Had Concussion After Cops Handcuffed, Held Him Down On Court"
Atlanta Black Star