Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Teen with Asperger's Spends 11 Days Wandering NYC Subway

... and the police do nothing...

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was asked about police actions in the case on Tuesday, during a news conference on other, unrelated subjects. He said police "waited for a few days, because obviously (the missing persons unit) would be overwhelmed if we took every report of a young teenager not home."

Kelly said proper protocol was followed.

"I believe that all appropriate action was taken to find this young man," Kelly told reporters.


I would think the NYC police would do more to find a child with a developmental disability on the autism spectrum. He wasn't just another "young teenager not home."

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