18 Year old Autistic Teenager Arrested and Jailed for......Walking on the road?

Credit/ Copyright CBC NL: www.cbc.ca The mother of an autistic teenager from Mount Pearl has filed a formal complaint against the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, accusing the police of wrongfully jailing her son this weekend after mistaking symptoms of his autism for drunkenness. Diane Spurrell discovered her son Dane, 18, had been put in the local lock-up Saturday night after she called 9-1-1 at 5 am to report him missing. Dane Spurrell said he was returning home from the video store in ...

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