ANNAPOLIS — As a father with a 25-year-old son on the autism spectrum, Jeff Moran said he has lost sleep worrying about his child encountering the type of situation that led to Ethan Saylor's death.
Standing with a crowd of disability rights advocates Tuesday outside the Maryland State House, Moran said he wonders what would happen if his son came into contact with police or first responders in the community.
"He may present as a typical young man, but the more that they may interact with him, he might become evasive," Moran said. "They could take actions against him."
No, evasive is probably what he meant. Eye contact may diminish, stammering and a lack of good communication is amplified. An officer who doesn't consider a person's possible disability could easily become annoyed or much worse!!
They need to open a Federal Prison for politicos and law enforcement who fail to show restraint We should have sentencing guidelines that must be followed--you'll see a lot less bullets going into people at the wrong address--or people getting beat up because the Cop cannot control the substances he ingests..like all Americans I am sure we'll hear all about how hard their jobs are-- it sure was easy for Barney Fife to kill Corey..
He may have meant aggressive as opposed to evasive.
ReplyDeleteNo, evasive is probably what he meant. Eye contact may diminish, stammering and a lack of good communication is amplified. An officer who doesn't consider a person's possible disability could easily become annoyed or much worse!!
ReplyDeletewell, like the deaf guy trying to sign to the officers; concrete evidence that the guy was on the attack!
ReplyDeleteGod help us in the upcoming revolution...
yeah 7:53 --Death by Cop sounds more like it--
ReplyDeleteThey need to open a Federal Prison for politicos and law enforcement who fail to show restraint We should have sentencing guidelines that must be followed--you'll see a lot less bullets going into people at the wrong address--or people getting beat up because the Cop cannot control the substances he ingests..like all Americans I am sure we'll hear all about how hard their jobs are-- it sure was easy for Barney Fife to kill Corey..