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Cops are trying to deflect blame for murdering an unarmed special needs child.
Did you read the article?
The care home had no alarms installed to alert for egress of consumers in their care. Despite this, they were aware of this child’s elopement very early, it’s unclear when that happened but the first car theft occurred at 7:30am. instead of notifying police of the matter so that they could assist and prepare they instead decided to “get their stories straight before calling 911” (saying literally this via a text message) regarding the incident and doing an internal investigation first
They then fabricated a story and communicated that to the care coordinator and the kids mom at 2:17pm stating he had eloped 10 minutes prior, except he was already dead for over an hour
Finally at 5:26pm they notify the police, ~ 4 hours after the child had been killed and ~ 10+ hours since they discovered he was missing. They gave police the false story they had concocted to cover their asses
The police are a separate issue with normal ACAB shit. I’m sure this could’ve had better de-escalation. However, from the cops perspective it’s a young person on a crime spree. As we all know cops will assume the worst. This is a potential situation where assuming danger is somewhat reasonable and at least far more debatable in a country with Americas gun culture. They still should’ve focused on de escalation and non lethal management as always.
However, if they were notified immediately at the time the child eloped they could have been made aware the child has impulse control issues, is not armed, etc, and that changes a lot. Ultimately the responsibility for the murder of this child is spread across many people including the cop who did not choose to de escalate or utilize non lethal restraint options but the home, who was tasked with guardianship of this child, failed miserably.
I have worked in this industry. I worked in this industry for years. The behavior of these people makes me disgusted. It is criminal and they have culpability, in my opinion.