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Autistic teen with a knife shot by cops in Idaho, protest erupt
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They definitely could've tazed him, but they're just murderous
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They had a fence between them so he wasnt a threat. Use your fukking taser or pepper spray.
The sad part, they will not be charge and they will stay employed.
The sad part, they will not be charge and they will stay employed.
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Idaho cops who only calls ever been cat stuck in trees, billy ray drunk at the bar and they could have easily tase this kid first put him in cuffs and take him down to the station
They’ll get paid administrative leave till they get reassigned
They’ll get paid administrative leave till they get reassigned
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Damn, that's fukked up
I watched the video and they said a neighbor called and reported a drunk man with a knife threatening people, the parents said they thought the cops were there to deescalate but they immediately opened fire.
It's never stated that the parents called the cops and asked for assistance.
The DOJ refuses to get rid of the trainers of these heathens
why did the police rush towards him gun drawn when there was no urgency(no one was in harms way)? there was a fence seperating them and he didn't seem physically fit enough to jump over it, so this seems like this could have been handled by some social workers instead of the death squad that was sent over.
This is the United States , you do as you're told or die
The family didn't call the police. A neighbor did.
valet
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Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support
April 12, 20255:00 PM ET
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The Associated Press
This photo provided by Ana L Vazquez, shows Victor Perez in a hospital bed in Pocatello, Idaho.
Ana L Vazquez/AP
BOISE — An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.
Victor Perez, 17, who also had cerebral palsy, had been in a coma since the April 5 shooting, and tests Friday showed that he had no brain activity, his aunt, Ana Vazquez, told The Associated Press. He had undergone several surgeries, with doctors removing nine bullets and amputating his leg.
Police in the southwest Idaho city of Pocatello responded to a 911 call reporting that an apparently intoxicated man with a knife was chasing someone in a yard. It turned out to be Perez, who was not intoxicated but walked with a staggered gait due to his disabilities, Vazquez said. His family members had been trying to get the large kitchen knife away from him.
Video taken by a neighbor showed that Perez was lying in the yard after falling over when four officers arrived and rushed to the fence at the edge of the yard. They immediately ordered Perez to drop the knife, but instead he stood and began stumbling toward them.
Officers opened fire within about 12 seconds of getting out of their patrol cars and made no apparent effort to de-escalate the situation.
The shooting outraged Perez's family and Pocatello residents, and a vigil had been planned for Saturday morning outside the Pocatello hospital where he was treated.
"Everybody was trying to tell the police, no, no," Vazquez said. "Those four officers didn't care. They didn't ask what was happening, what was the situation."
"How's he going to jump the fence when he can barely walk?" she said.
The officers, whose names have not been released, were placed on administrative leave.
Decisions about whether charges should be filed against them will be made after an independent investigation by the Eastern Idaho Critical Incident Team, Bannock County Prosecutor Ian Johnson told the AP via email.
"When that investigation is complete a report will be submitted for review," he said. "In a continued effort to ensure independent and objective consideration, said report will be reviewed by an agency outside of Bannock County."
Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad said in a statement Friday, after the family announced that Perez had no brain activity, that officials' thoughts and prayers were with them.
"We recognize the pain and grief this incident has caused in our community," Blad said.
Blad said Thursday that the city was "addressing this matter with the seriousness and thoroughness it deserves and with the appropriate respect for the gravity of the situation."
"The criminal, external, and internal investigations regarding the officer-involved shooting are underway, which is why we cannot answer questions out of concern of interfering with or compromising the investigation," he said.
Governments really need to invest in mental health emergency response crews. 
