USA – Illinois: Family Suing Calumet City Cops Who Fatally Shot Autistic [sic: Asperger’s disease] Son (2012-04-25)
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: A case of “tasered-then-shot” – of a 15-year-olf boy suffering Asperger’s disease: 15-year-old Stephon E. Watts was shot and killed Feb. 1 after the boy’s father called police for help. Stephon, who suffered from Asperger’ disease, was well known to the police as violent. One officer Tasered him with negative results, but […]
[[SUMMARY / COMMENT: 15-year-old Stephon E. Watts was shot and killed Feb. 1 after the boy’s father called police for help. Stephon, who suffered from Asperger’ disease, was well known to the police as violent. One officer Tasered him with negative results, but another officer deployed his Taser, striking Watts and causing him to drop […]