Autism Police

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis earlier this year has once again highlighted the ongoing and problematic issue related to police encounters between many African Americans and the law enforcement community. Years of mistrust, racial…

A tragic situation we previously reported on involving a police encounter with a teen on the autism spectrum deserves immediate attention. On the morning of May 24, 2010, 19 year-old Reginald “Neli” Latson sat in the grass outside the…