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7 police officers versus 1 autistic girl

242 replies

Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:14

https://metro.co.uk/video/teen-girl-autism-arrested-telling-officer-looks-like-lesbian-nana-2995683/

AIBU to think these Police officers should be disciplined for arresting this autistic

girl for a ‘hate crime’ then dragging her out of her home kicking and screaming?

The police officer who the girl said looked like her ‘lesbian nana’ seems very unprofessional.

Teen girl with autism arrested for telling officer she 'looks like my lesbian nana'

West Yorkshire Police's professional standards panel is investigating video footage of the incident involving an autistic 16-year-old girl following a complaint by her mother.

https://metro.co.uk/video/teen-girl-autism-arrested-telling-officer-looks-like-lesbian-nana-2995683/

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imautisticandalsoabitch · 10/08/2023 22:19

Why the fuck did they need 7 officers to sort out what basically is a misunderstanding involving an autistic minor. That is not exactly keeping the peace is it? Discipline all of the officers I say!

swimsong · 10/08/2023 22:20

They should all be arrested for assault and sacked. Homophobic my arse.

Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:20

@imautisticandalsoabitch

Agree, this is utterly disgusting.

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Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:22

swimsong · 10/08/2023 22:20

They should all be arrested for assault and sacked. Homophobic my arse.

Incredible that they don’t see their hypocrisy, they’re the ones committing an injustice and abuse of power.

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Augustisthesundayofsummer · 10/08/2023 22:24

Jesus Christ, that’s horrendous! They should all be sacked

BiscuitsandPuffin · 10/08/2023 22:28

Think they should spend more time investigating burglaries and catching actual criminals causing problems with the social fabric and less time on this sort of thing.
All 7 of them should be answering some bloody hard questions about this and potentially be sacked.
It's always women they use disproportionate force on and try to intimidate.

Augustisthesundayofsummer · 10/08/2023 22:32

I don’t understand…since when can somebody be arrested for saying something? And with force..to a child?!

SoShallINever · 10/08/2023 22:37

There were some horrible disablist posts on here earlier tonight too, minimising ASD and stating that "everyone's precious child has it these days". We need to challenge this sort of nonsense.
Autism is real, it causes meltdowns.
West Yorks police should be ashamed of themselves.

Fuckingfuming1 · 10/08/2023 22:37

So what are we actually gonna do about this? Who do we write to?

Howmuchfurther · 10/08/2023 22:38

There is another, longer, chain on this

Duckskitbank · 10/08/2023 22:41

It’s horrendous and I’m glad it’s getting shared all over the world.
The officer who escalated it deserves to be sacked. The others involved should be very ashamed of themselves.
Why don’t they solve some actual crimes instead of chasing down children?

Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:41

SoShallINever · 10/08/2023 22:37

There were some horrible disablist posts on here earlier tonight too, minimising ASD and stating that "everyone's precious child has it these days". We need to challenge this sort of nonsense.
Autism is real, it causes meltdowns.
West Yorks police should be ashamed of themselves.

Very sad to see those attitudes, how awful for parents of autistic children and other disabilities already struggling to have to listen to that.

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Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:43

Fuckingfuming1 · 10/08/2023 22:37

So what are we actually gonna do about this? Who do we write to?

I have no idea but I hope someone else does, perhaps on the longer other post about this which I haven’t been able to find as yet

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Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:43

Howmuchfurther · 10/08/2023 22:38

There is another, longer, chain on this

Apologies, I had a look and can’t see it

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Green777 · 10/08/2023 22:44

Duckskitbank · 10/08/2023 22:41

It’s horrendous and I’m glad it’s getting shared all over the world.
The officer who escalated it deserves to be sacked. The others involved should be very ashamed of themselves.
Why don’t they solve some actual crimes instead of chasing down children?

Yes me too, the first step is exposing this as much as possible.

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Totaly · 10/08/2023 22:44

Why were the police called in the first place?

Hawkins009 · 10/08/2023 22:46

Do we have the full story of what happened or just media headlines ?

endofthelinefinally · 10/08/2023 22:47

Hawkins009 · 10/08/2023 22:46

Do we have the full story of what happened or just media headlines ?

There are already 2 long, detailed threads on this with all the information and links to other reports.

Hawkins009 · 10/08/2023 22:49

endofthelinefinally · 10/08/2023 22:47

There are already 2 long, detailed threads on this with all the information and links to other reports.

Fair points, and much appreciated, this is the first I've heard of this.

endofthelinefinally · 10/08/2023 22:51

I think the other one might have gone. I understand there were some unpleasant comments about autistic children on the AIBU one. I did not see it.

Tr1skel1on · 10/08/2023 22:56

As the parent of an autistic teenager I can say that video is horrific and extremely worrying

Sureaseggs44 · 10/08/2023 22:59

The police have made a full statement about the circumstances but tbh I still can not see a crime was committed and definitely the reaction was well out of proportion and they were wrong to not try and calm the situation rather than escalate it .

Aaron95 · 10/08/2023 23:01

Hawkins009 · 10/08/2023 22:46

Do we have the full story of what happened or just media headlines ?

We have only one side of the story. The officers and the police will not comment on an ongoing investigation.

olivehaters · 10/08/2023 23:02

That female police officer had the biggest chip on her shoulder. She should not be in that job. She has a vendetta. Its so sad this generation they are too busy being offended they aren't doing their actual jobs.