Family Furious After Police Shoot, Kill Boy With Autism Wielding ‘Butter Knife’

CBS Chicago
February 3, 2012

COMMENT: Reports claim a “butter knife” but police “would only describe it as a “kitchen knife” (technically could be the same, but which sounds more potentially menacing?)

Police in Calumet City were defending their actions Wednesday after officers shot and killed a 15-year-old boy, who has a form of autism, after he threatened them with a knife.

Stephon Watts’ family said he suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome — a high-functioning form of autism — and attention deficit disorder.

As CBS 2′s Susanna Song and WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller report, they claimed the boy was only holding a butter knife. Police would only describe it as a “kitchen knife.”

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This article was posted: Friday, February 3, 2012 at 1:04 pm

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