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'It is sickening': Canadians appalled by video of Vancouver police handcuffing Indigenous child with autism
The child's mother speaks out after the disturbing video circulates online: 'This is a first'
'It is sickening': Canadians appalled by video of Vancouver police handcuffing Indigenous child with autism
Abhya Adlakha
·Editor, Yahoo News Canada
Tue, January 31, 2023 at 2:08 p.m. MST
Trigger warning: This article contains disturbing footage of an underage child under duress. Viewer discretion is advised.
A disturbing video circulating online has left the public appalled after an Indigenous boy with autism was handcuffed by Vancouver police last Thursday.
In the video, shared by the 12-year-old boy's mother, shows the boy held down on the floor by two Metro Vancouver Transit Police officers at BC Children’s Hospital.
The mother is heard in the background pleading the officers to let go of her son and that he was Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She can also be heard saying that he was reacting because he wasn't in the usual room at the hospital.
"I respect both #VancouverPolice and #TranslinkPolice but this was a first. We are at #bcchildrenshospital waiting to see a doctor. My kid has been diagnosed with conditions and I the parent do my best with his behaviour," Mia Brown wrote under the video.
"My kid wanted the usual waiting room, but it was taken so my son started whining, and a moment later he was pushed to the ground and handcuffed. My son was crying while the officer (with the glasses) had his knee on my kid’s back. I tried to take these men off my kid but I couldn’t even pull their hands off, so I started recording. I told the officer that what they just did to my kid was not right."
According to CBC, Transit police said they were called by a SkyTrain attendant at the Broadway-Commercial Station just before 5 p.m. that day.
They found the boy who was "physically assaulting a woman, later identified as his mother," their statement to the CBC said.
"Officers attempted to verbally de-escalate the situation, but the youth began trying to push their mother toward the tracks, causing an even greater concern for her safety."
They also added that the mother had a bloody face and the boy allegedly assaulted the SkyTrain attendant when they tried to intervene.
"The use of physical force is always a last resort," the transit police statement to the CBC said.
A statement from B.C. Children's Hospital said "providing an inclusive and culturally safe health-care environment for patients and their families is a top priority.''
The hospital says it has started a health and safety review into what happened, and its Indigenous health team has reached out to the boy's family to offer support.
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) also issued a statement regarding the mistreatment of the young boy and said they were "appalled by the horrendous treatment" of the boy.
"Children deserve to be cared for with compassion, instead were met with callous violence. Our hands go up to the mother who acted bravely in such a horrific situation," the statement said.
The child's mother speaks out after the disturbing video circulates online: 'This is a first'
'It is sickening': Canadians appalled by video of Vancouver police handcuffing Indigenous child with autism
Abhya Adlakha
·Editor, Yahoo News Canada
Tue, January 31, 2023 at 2:08 p.m. MST
Trigger warning: This article contains disturbing footage of an underage child under duress. Viewer discretion is advised.
A disturbing video circulating online has left the public appalled after an Indigenous boy with autism was handcuffed by Vancouver police last Thursday.
In the video, shared by the 12-year-old boy's mother, shows the boy held down on the floor by two Metro Vancouver Transit Police officers at BC Children’s Hospital.
The mother is heard in the background pleading the officers to let go of her son and that he was Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She can also be heard saying that he was reacting because he wasn't in the usual room at the hospital.
"I respect both #VancouverPolice and #TranslinkPolice but this was a first. We are at #bcchildrenshospital waiting to see a doctor. My kid has been diagnosed with conditions and I the parent do my best with his behaviour," Mia Brown wrote under the video.
"My kid wanted the usual waiting room, but it was taken so my son started whining, and a moment later he was pushed to the ground and handcuffed. My son was crying while the officer (with the glasses) had his knee on my kid’s back. I tried to take these men off my kid but I couldn’t even pull their hands off, so I started recording. I told the officer that what they just did to my kid was not right."
According to CBC, Transit police said they were called by a SkyTrain attendant at the Broadway-Commercial Station just before 5 p.m. that day.
They found the boy who was "physically assaulting a woman, later identified as his mother," their statement to the CBC said.
"Officers attempted to verbally de-escalate the situation, but the youth began trying to push their mother toward the tracks, causing an even greater concern for her safety."
They also added that the mother had a bloody face and the boy allegedly assaulted the SkyTrain attendant when they tried to intervene.
"The use of physical force is always a last resort," the transit police statement to the CBC said.
A statement from B.C. Children's Hospital said "providing an inclusive and culturally safe health-care environment for patients and their families is a top priority.''
The hospital says it has started a health and safety review into what happened, and its Indigenous health team has reached out to the boy's family to offer support.
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) also issued a statement regarding the mistreatment of the young boy and said they were "appalled by the horrendous treatment" of the boy.
"Children deserve to be cared for with compassion, instead were met with callous violence. Our hands go up to the mother who acted bravely in such a horrific situation," the statement said.
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