ST. PAUL, Minnesota --- Marcus Abrams, a 17-year-old autistic teen from St. Paul, who also suffers from seizures, didn’t belong on the tracks at a Metro Transit station, but his family is questioning the violence of his subsequent arrest during which police tackled him to the platform floor. A photo collage posted to Facebook by Abrams’ sister
‘Autism Is Not A Crime’: Transit Police Beat St. Paul Teen During Arrest
“They just slammed me right on the ground. I tried to get them off me and (one officer had his) whole body on my whole face and I couldn’t breathe,” an autistic teen from St. Paul, Minnesota, said, describing his violent arrest by the city’s Metro Transit Police.