Black Autistic Boy Tased By Cops After Case Of Mistaken Identity

Black Autistic Boy Tased By Cops After Case Of Mistaken Identity

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 26, 2024

In yet another instance of existing while Black goes wrong, police tasered 14-year-old Avarius Thompson in his own backyard after he was mistaken for a suspect on the run,

Thompson, who is autistic, had gone to the grocery store

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