"He’s a small child": Utah police shot a 13-year-old autistic boy after his mother called 911 for help

[basquebromance]

this is ridiculous. he's just a fucking kid!

Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism several times after mother calls for help

‘They’re supposed to de-escalate a situation,’ says mother whose son Linden Cameron was having an episode caused by ‘separation anxiety’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Norman]

Before determining whether there should be a Biden riot, what was the race of the boy?

 

[fncceo]

I'd be interesting to see a more comprehensive description of this event from some other source than the British extreme-left-wing paper "The Guardian".

My gut tells me there is more to this story than what I read in this very short article.

 

[basquebromance]

the Washington Post reported it. it's behind a paywall though

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/08/linden-cameron-utah-autistic-shooting/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social

 

[Coyote]

Here is another

A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by police after his mother called for help managing a 'mental breakdown'

Linden Cameron, who has Asperger's, was seriously injured after a police officer shot him in Salt Lake City on Friday night, his mother confirmed to CNN.

www.cnn.com

 

[Coyote]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Here is another

A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by police after his mother called for help managing a 'mental breakdown'

Linden Cameron, who has Asperger's, was seriously injured after a police officer shot him in Salt Lake City on Friday night, his mother confirmed to CNN.

www.cnn.com

Its CNN though

 

[danielpalos]

...a situation where the mother should have stayed home instead of having to go to work. Better social support would have helped.

 

[fncceo]

Here is another

A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by police after his mother called for help managing a 'mental breakdown'

Linden Cameron, who has Asperger's, was seriously injured after a police officer shot him in Salt Lake City on Friday night, his mother confirmed to CNN.

www.cnn.com

From that article ...

"It is not clear whether the boy actually had a weapon, or exactly what threats police were said to be responding to."

So, it's too early to jump to any conclusions about what actually happened in that house.

 

[ABikerSailor]

I'd be interesting to see a more comprehensive description of this event from some other source than the British extreme-left-wing paper "The Guardian".

My gut tells me there is more to this story than what I read in this very short article.

This is where that there Google machine comes in handy..................

From US national sources.....................

Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism after mother calls for help

"He's a small child. Why didn't you just tackle him? He's a baby. He has mental issues," the boy's mother said in an interview with CBS affiliate KUTV.

www.cbsnews.com

A mom called 911 to help her 13-year-old with autism, Utah police shot him

A Utah woman called 911 because her son was having a mental health episode. Police shot him, injuring his shoulder, ankles, intestines and bladder.

www.usatoday.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/08/linden-cameron-utah-autistic-shooting/

A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by police after his mother called for help managing a 'mental breakdown'

Linden Cameron, who has Asperger's, was seriously injured after a police officer shot him in Salt Lake City on Friday night, his mother confirmed to CNN.

www.cnn.com

And, here's some links from local news sources...................

Law enforcement expert weighs in on shooting of 13-year-old boy with autism

UPDATE: (Sept. 8, 2020) -- The Salt Lake City Police Department issued the following statement about the shooting of 13-year-old, Linden Cameron: We are thankful no lives were lost in this incident. Each time there is an officer-involved critical incident in Salt Lake County the officer-involved...

kutv.com

Family speaks out after shooting involving 13-year-old boy with autism

Officials with the Salt Lake City Police Department aren’t saying much about a police shooting on Friday night involving a 13-year-old boy, but the boy’s family is.

www.ksl.com

There, is that enough sources for you that aren't from a foreign paper? By the way, the mother said that he didn't have any weapons, and the police didn't find any weapons after they shot him.

Google is your friend.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I'd be interesting to see a more comprehensive description of this event from some other source than the British extreme-left-wing paper "The Guardian".

My gut tells me there is more to this story than what I read in this very short article.

This is where that there Google machine comes in handy..................

From US national sources.....................

Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism after mother calls for help

"He's a small child. Why didn't you just tackle him? He's a baby. He has mental issues," the boy's mother said in an interview with CBS affiliate KUTV.

www.cbsnews.com

A mom called 911 to help her 13-year-old with autism, Utah police shot him

A Utah woman called 911 because her son was having a mental health episode. Police shot him, injuring his shoulder, ankles, intestines and bladder.

www.usatoday.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/08/linden-cameron-utah-autistic-shooting/

A 13-year-old boy with autism was shot by police after his mother called for help managing a 'mental breakdown'

Linden Cameron, who has Asperger's, was seriously injured after a police officer shot him in Salt Lake City on Friday night, his mother confirmed to CNN.

www.cnn.com

And, here's some links from local news sources...................

Law enforcement expert weighs in on shooting of 13-year-old boy with autism

UPDATE: (Sept. 8, 2020) -- The Salt Lake City Police Department issued the following statement about the shooting of 13-year-old, Linden Cameron: We are thankful no lives were lost in this incident. Each time there is an officer-involved critical incident in Salt Lake County the officer-involved...

kutv.com

Family speaks out after shooting involving 13-year-old boy with autism

Officials with the Salt Lake City Police Department aren’t saying much about a police shooting on Friday night involving a 13-year-old boy, but the boy’s family is.

www.ksl.com

There, is that enough sources for you that aren't from a foreign paper? By the way, the mother said that he didn't have any weapons, and the police didn't find any weapons after they shot him.

Google is your friend.

Google is the leftist friend. I read each of your snippets in the CNN article. No new info. The questions still remain

 

[Norman]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

Or not... thing is, other responders can only respond if safety can be guaranteed. It is always stupid to make big changes to a system that mostly works - this scenario is rarer than getting struck down by lightning. But of course, no one believes a system that works is one democrats even want. As was admitted in a other thread, they want a system where they can win, not a system that produces civilization.

 

[Coyote]

A lot of police shootings end up when confronting a mentally ill person, and not necessarily armed. Having a team of professionals is especially important.

 

[Coyote]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

Or not... thing is, other responders can only respond if safety can be guaranteed. It is always stupid to make big changes to a system that mostly works - this scenario is rarer than getting struck down by lightning. But of course, no one believes a system that works is one democrats even want. As was admitted in a other thread, they want a system where they can win, not a system that produces civilization.

But DOES it mostly work?

Some departments are utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams, who recieve special training to help deal with these kinds of things (kudos them, this one area of reform that is much needed). The mother said she asked for a Crisis Intervention Team...I am not clear If that is what she got from the article.

Policing the mentally ill

Policing the mentally ill is one of the biggest challenges facing officers today. Here are some of the most effective tactics and best practices.

www.powerdms.com

 

[Norman]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

Or not... thing is, other responders can only respond if safety can be guaranteed. It is always stupid to make big changes to a system that mostly works - this scenario is rarer than getting struck down by lightning. But of course, no one believes a system that works is one democrats even want. As was admitted in a other thread, they want a system where they can win, not a system that produces civilization.

But DOES it mostly work?

Some departments are utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams, who recieve special training to help deal with these kinds of things (kudos them, this one area of reform that is much needed). The mother said she asked for a Crisis Intervention Team...I am not clear If that is what she got from the article.

Policing the mentally ill

Policing the mentally ill is one of the biggest challenges facing officers today. Here are some of the most effective tactics and best practices.

www.powerdms.com

Of course the system mostly works - as I said rarer than a lightning strike situation.

Leftist proposals never work because they have no slightest clue what they are talking about - or even care for what works. They only want what works for them. In this case defunding the police works very well for the criminals.

 

[Crepitus]

this is ridiculous. he's just a fucking kid!

Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism several times after mother calls for help

‘They’re supposed to de-escalate a situation,’ says mother whose son Linden Cameron was having an episode caused by ‘separation anxiety’

www.theguardian.com

Take the cops out back and let the family shoot them several times.

 

[Coyote]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

Or not... thing is, other responders can only respond if safety can be guaranteed. It is always stupid to make big changes to a system that mostly works - this scenario is rarer than getting struck down by lightning. But of course, no one believes a system that works is one democrats even want. As was admitted in a other thread, they want a system where they can win, not a system that produces civilization.

But DOES it mostly work?

Some departments are utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams, who recieve special training to help deal with these kinds of things (kudos them, this one area of reform that is much needed). The mother said she asked for a Crisis Intervention Team...I am not clear If that is what she got from the article.

Policing the mentally ill

Policing the mentally ill is one of the biggest challenges facing officers today. Here are some of the most effective tactics and best practices.

www.powerdms.com

Of course the system mostly works - as I said rarer than a lightning strike situation.

Leftist proposals never work because they have no slightest clue what they are talking about - or even care for what works. They only want what works for them. In this case defunding the police works very well for the criminals.

I don’t think it is that rare. This is from the link I posted:

If officers don’t have proper training, confrontations involving people with mental illness can escalate quickly. This can put everyone involved in danger.​

​

Studies show that people with mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed by police than other suspects. According to the Washington Post, one-quarter of police shootings in 2015 involved people “in the throes of emotional or mental crisis.”​

​

In most of these cases, the Post reported, the individual in question was armed, but police officers weren’t responding to reports of a crime. “More often, the police officers were called by relatives, neighbors or other bystanders worried that a mentally fragile person was behaving erratically,” the Post report states. “More than 50 people were explicitly suicidal.”​

 

[Norman]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

Or not... thing is, other responders can only respond if safety can be guaranteed. It is always stupid to make big changes to a system that mostly works - this scenario is rarer than getting struck down by lightning. But of course, no one believes a system that works is one democrats even want. As was admitted in a other thread, they want a system where they can win, not a system that produces civilization.

But DOES it mostly work?

Some departments are utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams, who recieve special training to help deal with these kinds of things (kudos them, this one area of reform that is much needed). The mother said she asked for a Crisis Intervention Team...I am not clear If that is what she got from the article.

Policing the mentally ill

Policing the mentally ill is one of the biggest challenges facing officers today. Here are some of the most effective tactics and best practices.

www.powerdms.com

Of course the system mostly works - as I said rarer than a lightning strike situation.

Leftist proposals never work because they have no slightest clue what they are talking about - or even care for what works. They only want what works for them. In this case defunding the police works very well for the criminals.

I don’t think it is that rare. This is from the link I posted:

If officers don’t have proper training, confrontations involving people with mental illness can escalate quickly. This can put everyone involved in danger.​

​

Studies show that people with mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed by police than other suspects. According to the Washington Post, one-quarter of police shootings in 2015 involved people “in the throes of emotional or mental crisis.”​

​

In most of these cases, the Post reported, the individual in question was armed, but police officers weren’t responding to reports of a crime. “More often, the police officers were called by relatives, neighbors or other bystanders worried that a mentally fragile person was behaving erratically,” the Post report states. “More than 50 people were explicitly suicidal.”​

No one gives a shit what you think. The official statistics show what they show. Also consider, CNN is milking each and every one of these cases.

 

[Coyote]

Frankly....this is probably the kind of situation where police should not be first responders.

Also...it sounds like the police department are doing the right things...

The incident is being investigated by a team consisting primarily of officers from the West Valley City Police Department, according to Wilking. West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City, both of which are part of Salt Lake County.​

Once that investigation is complete, the information will be turned into the district attorney's office, who will conduct their own investigation, Wilking said. The city also has a civilian review board that investigates complaints regarding police conduct.​

Or not... thing is, other responders can only respond if safety can be guaranteed. It is always stupid to make big changes to a system that mostly works - this scenario is rarer than getting struck down by lightning. But of course, no one believes a system that works is one democrats even want. As was admitted in a other thread, they want a system where they can win, not a system that produces civilization.

But DOES it mostly work?

Some departments are utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams, who recieve special training to help deal with these kinds of things (kudos them, this one area of reform that is much needed). The mother said she asked for a Crisis Intervention Team...I am not clear If that is what she got from the article.

Policing the mentally ill

Policing the mentally ill is one of the biggest challenges facing officers today. Here are some of the most effective tactics and best practices.

www.powerdms.com

Of course the system mostly works - as I said rarer than a lightning strike situation.

Leftist proposals never work because they have no slightest clue what they are talking about - or even care for what works. They only want what works for them. In this case defunding the police works very well for the criminals.

I don’t think it is that rare. This is from the link I posted:

If officers don’t have proper training, confrontations involving people with mental illness can escalate quickly. This can put everyone involved in danger.​

​

Studies show that people with mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed by police than other suspects. According to the Washington Post, one-quarter of police shootings in 2015 involved people “in the throes of emotional or mental crisis.”​

​

In most of these cases, the Post reported, the individual in question was armed, but police officers weren’t responding to reports of a crime. “More often, the police officers were called by relatives, neighbors or other bystanders worried that a mentally fragile person was behaving erratically,” the Post report states. “More than 50 people were explicitly suicidal.”​

No one gives a shit what you think. The official statistics show what they show. Also consider, CNN is milking each and every one of these cases.

That link was not CNN.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

The boy may have the mentality of a small child, but with him being thirteen years old now, I don't believe that he falls into the ankle biter category anymore which is how the law chose to look at him.

God bless you and him and his mother always!!!

Holly