Police abuse of children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome

DAILY:Bоу With Autism Handcuffed, Arrested At Flоrida Schоol Fоr Kicking Teacher Six Mоnths Earlier

Thе outraged mother оf a 10-уear-old boу with autism who was handcuffed at a Florida school saуs thе arrest was nothing more than a “power plaу” bу local officials. Luanne Haуgood recorded last week’s incident at Okeechobee Alternative ...

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Mom Was In For A SURPRISE After Her Autistic Son Was ARRESTED At School For THIS REASON

Haygood’s son has autism. In an autism-spurred outburst, he was accused of battery of a school employee after kicking a teacher. This is a third-degree felony. The mother recorded video footage of his arrest on her cell phone the second she realized that ...

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10 Year-Old Boy Spends Night In Jail

From Okeechobee County, Florida, comes this tale of a boy arrested and hauled away in handcuffs after kicking a teacher. His mother says that her son has autism, and should not have been put into cuffs. She recorded the arrest: One weird aspect of this ...

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10-year-old boy with autism arrested

John Benjamin Haygood, a 10-year-old boy with autism, was filmed by his mother as he was handcuffed and detained for kicking his teacher at school.

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10-year-old boy with autism arrested after kicking teacher in Florida

John Benjamin Haygood, a 10-year-old boy from Florida with autism, was arrested by police after he kicked a teacher at his elementary school. Haygood reportedly spent the night behind bars in juvenile jail before he was released to his mother the next day. In a cellphone video taken by his mom Wednesday, you can see Haygood in handcuffs being taken away by officers with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s office. “Does he have the same rights as an adult?” his mother Luanne Haygood says in the video. She then advises the officers that her son has autism. When police start to ...

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‘Treated like a criminal’: Florida mother of arrested 10yo with autism demands answers (VIDEO)

A Florida mother wants to know why her 10-year-old son with autism was dragged away from his elementary school in handcuffs and forced to spend a night behind bars. Luanne Haygood told RT America's Marina Portnaya the police were “certainly not trained.” A mother in Florida watched as her 10-year-old son was dragged away from his elementary school in handcuffs and forced to spend the night in jail for an incident that took place last year. Luanne Haygood captured footage of two school resource officers at Okeechobee Achievement Academy who grabbed her son by the wrists. “I don’t want to ...

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‘Treated like a criminal’: Florida mother of arrested 10yo with autism demands answers (VIDEO)

A Florida mother wants to know why her 10-year-old son with autism was dragged away from his elementary school in handcuffs and forced to spend a night behind bars. Luanne Haygood told RT America’s Marina Portnaya the police were “certainly not trained.” A mother in Florida watched as her 10-year-old son was dragged away from his elementary school in handcuffs and forced to spend the night in jail for an incident that took place last year. Luanne Haygood captured footage of two school resource officers at Okeechobee Achievement Academy who grabbed her son by the wrists. “I don’t want to ...

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Florida mother films arrest of 10-year-old with autism at school

A mother took video as a deputy arrested her 10-year-old son, who has autism, at an Okeechobee County school Wednesday, April 12. The boy is being charged with felony battery for allegedly kicking a teacher back in November, according to WPTV. Luanne Haygood told reporters her son, John Benji Haygood spent that night in a juvenile facility in Fort Pierce. He was released the next day. Haygood said her son apparently kicked the teacher because he did not feel safe. and was released to his mother, Luanne Haygood, on Thursday, she told WPTV.The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office and the State ...

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WATCH: I don’t like to be touched, says 10-yr-old autistic boy arrested at school

If you had to choose between being duty-bound and being humane, what will you choose? If a video going viral is to go by, a 10-year-old autistic boy was arrested at his school, as his dazed mother looked on. According to Washington Post, 10-year-old John Benjamin Haygood, was at Florida’s Okeechobee Achivement Academy to give a standardised test, when two school resource officers tried to arrest him for kicking his teacher. Haygood had kicked and scratched his educational assistant in October last year. He is heard saying “I don’t like to be touched” in the video that his mother Luanne ...

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Mom films arrest, handcuffing of autistic Florida boy

As the mother of a special needs child, reports of police brutality and overreach in dealing with these unique kids provoke two initial reactions in me: fear and outrage. The story of autistic 10-year-old John Haygood is no exception. Returning to school for mandatory testing after being homebound, the boy was arrested by Okeechobee County Resource Officers for kicking a teacher in 2016. The offense, battery of a school employee, is considered a third-degree felony. Although the incident happened last year, deputies weren’t able to serve the arrest paperwork until the beginning of April 2017. John was handcuffed and lead ...

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10-year-old autistic boy in Florida handcuffed and arrested in school for kicking teacher

A 10-year-old autistic boy from Florida, John Benjamin Haygood, was on Wednesday (12 April) handcuffed and arrested at his elementary school for a battery incident that allegedly took place in late 2016. The boy's mother filmed the arrest on her phone as it happened. The video shows the boy slouched in a chair with his hand over his eyes at the Okechobee Achievement Academy, Florida. A school resource officer can be seen standing over the boy as Luanne Haygood, the boy's mother, asks "Does he have the same rights as an adult?" When the officer reaches to grab the boy, ...

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Mother Films Arrest of 10-Year-Old With Autism

"Can you tell me what is going on?" She says school officials and law enforcement need to be prepared to handle students with special needs. "Excuse me?", the mother questioned, but the police officers turned a deaf ear to all her queries. John Benjamin Haygood, a 10-year-old boy from Florida with autism, was arrested by police after he kicked a teacher at his elementary school. His mother, Luanne Haygood, who was filming the emotional scene, said she and her son had been called into the school for state standardizing testing April 12; while they were there, she said, officers arrested ...

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Mom Horrified as Her 10-Year-Old Son With Autism Is Arrested on School Grounds

Being a parent can be challenging, and the challenges can increase when you’re caring for a child with autism. This is in large part due to a general lack of information from the general public, who often don’t know quite how to co-exist with someone on the spectrum. Children on the spectrum especially often require more understanding to accommodate their needs. It’s a problem many parents say is pervasive in schools, where staff often lack proper training on the matter. One such mom is Luanne Haygood. The Florida-based mom is now speaking out after she filmed her 10-year-old son being ...

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http://www.mommyish.com/2017/04/20/mom-horrified-10-year-old-son-autism-arrested-school-grounds/

 

10-year-old with autism arrested at Florida school

When John Haygood, a 10-year-old boy with autism, was arrested last week at a school in Florida, he kept repeating that he didn’t know what was happening, as seen in shaky cellphone video taken by his mother. “I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t understand,” he cried out. In the video, his hands are cuffed as two officers escort him to the back seat of a police car. His mother, Luanne Haygood, followed behind them while recording the incident on her phone. In the video, John appears distraught, and yells some profanities. Luanne is heard in the video speaking ...

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‘I don’t understand!’ 10-year-old with autism recorded being arrested at school

When John Haygood, a 10-year-old boy with autism, was arrested last week at a school in Florida, he kept repeating that he didn't know what was happening, as seen in shaky cellphone video taken by his mother. "I don't know what's going on. I don't understand," he cried out. In the video, his hands are cuffed as two officers escort him to the back seat of a police car. His mother, Luanne Haygood, followed behind them while recording the incident on her phone. In the video, John appears distraught, and yells some profanities. Luanne is heard in the video speaking ...

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Mom wants changes after her 10-year-old son with autism arrested in Florida

In cellphone video taken by his mother, viewers can see 10-year-old John Benji Haygood in handcuffs being taken away by school resource deputies in Okeechobee County, Florida. The mother, Luanne Haygood, also can be heard trying to explain that her son is on the autism spectrum. “When he was saying, 'I don’t understand mama, I don’t understand. What’s going on'? That broke my heart,” said Haygood. But she said that didn’t stop deputies from keeping her son behind bars overnight at the juvenile facility in Fort Pierce. He also had a first appearance Thursday morning, before the 10-year-old was finally ...

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10-Year-Old Autistic Boy Arrested and Spends the Night in Jail – Months After Kicking a Teacher

As the mother of a special needs child, reports of police brutality and overreach in dealing with these unique kids provoke two initial reactions in me: fear and outrage. The story of autistic 10-year-old John Haygood is no exception. Returning to school ...

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http://www.healthfreedoms.org/10-year-old-autistic-boy-arrested-and-spends-the-night-in-jail-months-after-kicking-a-teacher/