Laura Hawthorne and Aaron Krause say their son, Ryley Bauman, remains traumatized by his encounter with RCMP. The autistic teenager was arrested and detained by officers in October 2022.
The parents of a non-verbal, autistic teenager arrested at a St. Albert playground say the officers involved should face repercussions for the harms their son suffered in custody. Ryley Bauman takes his stuffed Grover doll and pulls the toy's blue hands together before binding them tightly with string.
Ryley's parents still have questions about how RCMP justified their son's arrest and new doubts about the strength of the systems intended to hold police accountable. There were "reasonable grounds to believe that an offence may have been committed by the subject officers," ASIRT concluded. He is too afraid to play alone and can no longer visit his grandparents' home near the playground where he was arrested.WATCH | Ryley's parents say he can't forget what happened to him:Laura Hawthorne and Aaron Krause are seeking accountability from RCMP and the justice system. Their son Ryley, who is non-verbal, was arrested in October 2022 at a St. Albert playground and then detained in an RCMP holding cell where five officers kneeled on him as paramedics administered a sedative.
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