What happened next that evening in May 2021 is the basis for a lawsuit by the mother alleging that Burlington police used excessive force and discriminated against her unarmed son, who is Black and has behavioral and intellectual disabilities.

After he failed to hand over the last of the stolen e-cigarettes, two officers physically forced him to do so, then Cathy Austrian’s son was handcuffed and pinned to the ground as he screamed and struggled, according to a civil lawsuit filed Tuesday and police body-camera video shared with The Associated Press by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont.

The teen eventually was injected with a ketamine, a sedative, then taken to a hospital, according to the lawsuit and video.

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    8 months ago

    Love seeing liberals get called out on their weird takes

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      8 months ago

      What’s your point here? You both treat “liberals” (whatever that means) as being one homogenous group incapable of nuance or differing views.

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      People buy guns to protect themselves from people with guns.

      Weird that this problem doesn’t happen in most countries isn’t it. I’m sure it’s nothing to do with the gun laws.