Mother calls out police in Mascouche, Que., for using stun gun on non-verbal son with autism – CBC News [2022-11-10]

When Marie Ismé gets a call from police about her son, she tries to stay calm.

He’s an 18-year-old with autism who is also non-verbal. On several occasions, he has run away from the rehabilitation centre he goes to north of Montreal.

But Ismé received a call on Wednesday that left her floored.

Her son had run away again, but this time instead of being told he was found safe and brought back to the day centre, police in Mascouche, Que., told her they had to use a stun gun to neutralize him.

“I was devastated. I couldn’t even talk,” Ismé told reporters near her home on Thursday while holding back tears.

Brandon-Lee Paris was taken to hospital but did not suffer any serious injuries.

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November 10, 2022

Father speaks out after non-verbal son with autism Tasered, handcuffed by Peel police - CBC News [2022-11-09]

When Majd Darwich realized his 19-year-old son Abdullah, who has autism and is non-verbal, had left their Mississauga home wearing only shorts last week, horror set in.

He says he immediately got in his car to go searching, but he only had to drive a few houses away before he came across what he described as a large crime scene.

Police tape surrounded his street in Mississauga, with multiple officers in the vicinity. In the centre of it all was his son; shirtless, handcuffed, his face bloodied.

"I saw his face, it was full of blood, I tried to see what was going on but the officers were saying, 'Don't touch him, stay away from him,'" Darwich recalled.

"I said, 'This is my son, he's autistic, I need to see if he's okay.'"

But he wasn't okay. Peel police officers ended up subduing Abdullah with a Taser, leaving him with physical injuries and psychological impacts that are still weighing on his family.

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November 9, 2022