Officers restrained a 10-year-old boy with autism face-down at school drop-off, placing a knee on the boy’s neck and fracturing his arm.
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Advocates filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging that Worcester’s 911 service sends armed police officers to all mental health calls, discriminating against people with mental health disabilities or in crises by not providing adequate care.
Representing multiple advocates, the Center for Public Representation, or CPR, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Worcester’s 911 program sent armed police officers to 100 percent of the thousands of welfare check calls the department receives each year…