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Cathy Austrian filed a lawsuit against the city of Burlington, Vermont, after her disabled son was handcuffed, bruised, injected with ketamine, and hospitalized during a 2021 police encounter.

Cathy Austrian filed a lawsuit against the city of Burlington, Vermont, after her disabled son was handcuffed, bruised, injected with ketamine, and hospitalized during a 2021 police encounter.

Cathy Austrian filed a lawsuit against the city of Burlington, Vermont, after her disabled son was handcuffed, bruised, injected with ketamine, and hospitalized during a 2021 police encounter.

A Vermont mother wanted to teach her then-14-year-old son a lesson after he came home with electronic cigarettes he stole from a gas station. So she called the police.

The 14-year-old Vermont boy, who is Black and has behavioral and intellectual disabilities, didn't initially hand over all of the e-cigarettes he had stolen.

A Vermont mother wanted to teach her then-14-year-old son a lesson after he came home with electronic cigarettes he stole from a gas station. So she called the police.

A Vermont mother wanted to teach her then-14-year-old son a lesson after he came home with electronic cigarettes he stole from a gas station. So she called<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/a-vermont-mom-called-police-to-talk-to-her-son-about-stealing-he-ended-up-handcuffed-and-sedated/">Read More</a>

A Vermont mother wanted to teach her then-14-year-old son a lesson after he came home with electronic cigarettes he stole from a gas station. So she called the police. What happened next that evening ...

A Vermont mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed Black son with behavioral and intellectual disabilities.

A Vermont mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed Black son with behavioral and intellectual disabilities.