Offisah Jackpine would have gone to the theater manager, said this Down syndrome guy wanted to watch the movie again, and it's gonna be a lot easier on us all, with no harm to anyone, if we just let him. If any of the "paying customers" object, just tell them it's a small courtesy you extend to special-needs people.

I guess that's why I'm not a cop.

Hats off to you sir.

Two things lacking in many. I agree with you. My response is, where is the fire? They could tell that he had special needs. Make a call? Talk to him and find out who his family is. My guess is that if they gave him a phone with mom/dad/friend on the other end that they would have been able to talk him into leaving. If they had, my guess is that these cops still would have sited him for something. Or as you suggest, start the darn movie, make the call and have someone come to take him home.

benighted land.

As it is . . .

I want this to STOP

I've read several articles about this incident. She was trying to negotiate with him.
What I think every community needs is a mental health worker they can call to a scene who can intervene to avoid this kind of confrontation. They also need to allow for time to negotiate. They also need to know the proper way to restrain someone and that is not face down. They also have to consider any obvious high risk and adjust their response when they restrain.

All new employees had to go through training that included, among other things, several hours devoted to gentle and non-injurious methods of physical restraint. And we used that training fairly often.

One of the things you learn in that line of work is that clip-on ties are a Godsend.

they probably had triple digit IQs.

And now do psych crisis. Every year I have to recertify for non violent crisis intervention. We absolutely can never restrain anyone face down. They stop breathing when you do that.

and that is when the trouble started. He walked back into the theatre alone and that is when cops were called.

Not saying what the cops did wasn't wrong-of course it was, but I wonder why the caregiver didn't take him to the car with her? Not really smart to leave him alone.

It was news to me

"I wouldn't leave the the theater. Now shut up or I'll give you some of the same!" Yeah, insanity.

who made that decision, and why? the caregiver was actively working with Saylor in an attempt to convince him that they needed to go.

Remember when people were sane? In today's world it is prudent to call the police and the Coast Guard.....as a last resort.

who might pose a threat to us sometime in the future...

Shoot first ask questions later... Sadly, that used to be a joke.

People with mental illness or people with cognitive impairments seem to be at just as much risk as people of color.

This is sick , perverse and more evidence of out of control police

I'm sure this isn't going to jibe with the "Cops SUCK" and "all Cops are serial killers" meme here at the moment, but what are the cops supposed to do in this case?

They confronted him about how his actions weren't acceptable and the guy became unruly. They put handcuffs on him and due to several physical factors, the suspect died. They tried to save him, and he expired anyway.

It's not like they shot him 60 times from 4 different guns, or shoved a broomstick up his ass.

This is the real world, and sometimes tragic things happen in the course of normal events. It sucks, but I have trouble finding fault with the cops in this case.