Tased
February 10, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
15-year-old Tony Presley, who has high-functioning autism, was tased by police on January 28th for “getting out of control at school,” WDIO reports:
Assistant Police Chief Charles LaGesse says on January 28th, Tony got out of control at school. A police report says the school liaison officer wrote Tony a ticket, but then Tony started kicking and biting the officers and school officials. The report says another police officer was called in, and he is the one who tased Tony.
Tony described the ordeal in his own words.
“When I got in that office,” said Tony. “I was calm until they were going …read more




