Outcry in Idaho as Police Action Results in Shooting of Autistic Youth
Public demonstrations have ignited across Idaho in the wake of a police shooting incident involving a young person diagnosed with autism. The unrest stems from an event where law enforcement officers discharged their weapons, injuring a teenager identified as being on the autism spectrum.
Law enforcement sources indicate that the sequence of events began with a distress call to emergency dispatchers.A resident in the vicinity reportedly contacted 911 to communicate their observations of an individual who appeared to be inebriated and allegedly posed a threat to two other people with a sharp-edged weapon.
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