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Title: Autistic 6th Grader Assaulted by School Cop, Now He is a Convicted Felon
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/au ... ed-school-cop-convicted-felon/
Published: Apr 13, 2015
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2015-04-14 09:08:05 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1101
Comments: 9
Image Credit: Charlie Archambault/Center for Public Integrity Lynchburg, VA — Nothing reeks of the police state like police officers assaulting and arresting children at school; especially an 11-year-old boy with autism. Meet Kayleb Moon-Robinson, a 6th grader at Linkhorne Middle School, whose life has been forever changed thanks to the American police state. Kayleb’s problems began one day as a teacher was yelling at him for misbehaving. In a fit of anger, Kaleb kicked a trashcan; not a teacher, not another student, a trashcan. When the school police officer witnessed Kaleb’s attack on the trashcan, instead of getting detention or losing his recess break, Kaleb was arrested. He was then charged with disorderly conduct in juvenile court. Disturbingly enough, none of the teachers or school officials saw a problem with the use of law enforcement to remedy middle school discipline problems. Not only did they see nothing wrong with it, but school officials actually used this armed agent of the state as their personal attack dog on this 11-year-old autistic boy. After the initial charge of disorderly conduct, life for this little boy, who says he loves science, would get worse, much worse. Only a few weeks later, Kaleb would be accused of breaking another rule. Kaleb, who was treated differently than all of the other students, was forced to remain in the classroom until all of the other students left at the end of each period. In November, Kaleb left the classroom as the other students left, instead of waiting. The principal then sicced his state-sponsored attack dog on this boy. The school cop approached Kaleb, who might weigh 80 pounds, as if he were a 250 pound hardened criminal. “He grabbed me and tried to take me to the office,” Kayleb told the Center for Public Integrity. “I started pushing him away. He slammed me down, and then he handcuffed me.” The incident was witnessed by school officials, and none of them spoke up or tried to stop it. The Center for Public Integrity reports: Stacey Doss, Kayleb’s mother and the daughter of a police officer herself, was outraged. Educators stood by, she said, while the cop took her son in handcuffs to juvenile court. The officer filed a second misdemeanor disorderly conduct complaint. And he also submitted another charge, a very grown-up charge for a very small boy: felony assault on a police officer. That charge was filed, Doss said the officer told her, because Kayleb “fought back.” “I thought in my mind — Kayleb is 11,” Doss said. “He is autistic. He doesn’t fully understand how to differentiate the roles of certain people.” However, the fact that this young boy with autism hadn’t really done anything wrong, did not stop a Lynchburg juvenile court judge from finding Kaleb guilty. Earlier this month Kaleb was convicted of felony assault on a police officer. At 11, this young boy’s life has been permanently altered. He will now carry a felony conviction around with him for the rest of his life. As tragic as Kaleb’s story sounds, it is sadly not an isolated one. Young autistic children often find themselves on the receiving end of police state violence while attending public school. In January, Colton Granito, an 8-year-old boy with autism, threw a tantrum during class. Instead of following the boy’s IEP plan, police were called. Colton was handcuffed, transported to jail, and forced to sit in a cell for hours wearing a straight jacket. He was subsequently charged with assault and sentenced to probation. The photo below is of a 10-year-old child handcuffed, laid out on the back of a police cruiser. The boy’s name is Ryan and he has autism. He misbehaved at school and was also arrested and treated like a criminal. In September of last year, we reported on body cam footage showing a 9-year-old special needs boy handcuffed as his father pleaded with the officer to release him. That same month, a highly disturbing video of cops manhandling a 13-year-old autistic child as he screamed for help emerged on Facebook. And these cases contain only autistic children. If you truly want a glimpse into the horrid effects of the police state on all school children, take a scroll through our archives, at this link. “The State represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The individual has a soul, but as the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.” -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Being dependent upon the state to solve one’s problems is a de facto dependency upon violence. Until people wake up to the reality of relying on a system of violence to maintain “order,” we can expect this problem to get worse.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
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First, he has autism. Three reasons why he should not be held accountable for any of his actions. Three reasons why the rules should not apply to him. It's important that we teach this child that he's just like everyone else ... except that he isn't. That'll f**k up his mind.
Hell, let's just jail ALL of the autistic kids - that'll teach them! Asshole! You don't have a frigging clue about anything - as long as a cop is involved, no matter who he harms or kills, it's always the victim's fault. That pretty much sums up your mindset. WTF ever happened to common sense, from cops and the teachers involved? The teachers are just as much to blame as this cowardly badged thug who probably outweighed the kid 5-1. You're pretty much a hopeless police state apologist and cheerleader. I sincerely hope you get a taste of what you call "police justice" someday.
Nah. Just the ones who disobey teachers, kick around garbage cans, and fight with school police officers. Or, wait. Maybe you think autistic kids are different? They're not like regular kids? That a different set of behavioral rules should apply to them? Hey. Maybe they should even go to a "special" school? Be careful. Your bigotry is showing. Here's a question for you. Why does the school have a school police officer? Did your school have one? Mine didn't.
Nope - sure didn't. But in 7th grade we did have a teacher named Mr. Duke. After about 6 months of putting up with this - You may consider this to be horrible - but the kid was very EDIT: And everyone else in class could actually spend time LEARNING...
I went to Catholic grade school taught by nuns. Everything you see portrayed about that is absolutely true. And anything the nuns did to you was taken to your grave because you'd never tell your parents -- they'd give it to you twice as bad. School was for learning. Period. And we learned. When I went to public high school, I was probably two years ahead of the average student there. (Socially, two years behind.)
I always went to public school.
Black kid, blacker cop, racism if I ever saw it.
Reminds me of my junior high school principal. He was a former golden gloves boxer, and tough and mean as hell. I once watched a kid playing around sliding down the stair case railing. The principal saw him, and shouted, "what the hell do you think you are doing?" He took the kid and threw him against the lockers. The kid sort of slid down the lockers. He grabbed him and shouted, "stand up when I'm talking to you!" He would regularly hold meetings where he would rail against the school losers and troublemakers. "But I'm 15 years old and in the 7th grade, I need promoted. To hell with that. You can learn to dig ditches."
Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
I sincerely hope you get a taste of what you call "police justice" someday. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.” ― George Orwell, 1984
Second, he's black.
Third, "he's just a child".
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
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“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
"Hell, let's just jail ALL of the autistic kids - that'll teach them!"
#4. To: misterwhite (#3)
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Did your school have one?
He taught reading. There was this one kid (male) who
consistently misbehaved in class. Belligerently.
Mr. Duke took this kid out into the hallway - for a talk.
They had a talk - a LOUD talk.
Mr. Duke then slammed this kid into the lockers.
well-behaved in class there-after.
#5. To: Chuck_Wagon (#4)
#6. To: misterwhite (#5)
When I went to public high school, I was probably two
years ahead of the average student there.
But I always read a lot on my own.
That's where I learned the most I think.
School pretty much bored me.
#7. To: Deckard (#0)
The photo below is of a 10-year-old child handcuffed, laid out on the back of a police cruiser. The boy’s name is Ryan and he has autism. He misbehaved at school and was also arrested and treated like a criminal.
#8. To: Chuck_Wagon (#4)
#9. To: Deckard, misterwhite (#2)
You're pretty much a hopeless police state apologist and cheerleader.
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