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The parents of a non-verbal, autistic teenager arrested at a St. Albert playground say the officers involved should face repercussions for the harms their son suffered in custody.
The recent findings of an ASIRT report on an autistic teen's arrest by St. Albert RCMP have driven mother Laura Hawthorne to protest
Laura Hawthorne protested outside the St. Albert RCMP detachment on Autism Awareness Day. An ASIRT report found officers who arrested her son should not be charged.
RCMP officers who arrested Ryley Bauman at a St. Albert playground will not face criminal charges even though Alberta’s police watchdog says the 16-year-old was mistakenly identified as a drug user and unlawfully detained.
Despite Alberta's police watchdog concluding charges could be laid against Mounties who arrested a teen with autism under the belief he was a drug user, no charges will be laid.