Adam Stone, Autistic Ex-Student, Sues Over Being Dragged Out of Irvine High School

By Matt Coker Tue., Oct. 9 2012 at 1:56 PM

An autistic student who was dragged from an Irvine High School classroom earlier this year for talking loudly is suing the school district in federal court.

Adam Stone, 18, claims in the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana that after being dragged out by a campus guard and two other men in April, he was thrown to the ground, handcuffed by Irvine Police and put in a patrol car.

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That prompted the teen to kick out the unit's rear passenger window, causing flying glass to rain over him, his suit alleges.

The complaint accuses the guard and cops of using excessive force because they were not informed Stone is autistic. Apparently, it's OK to use excessive force on a non-autistic kid.

Anyway, the Irvine Unified School District is keeping mum on the suit, as per policy with pending litigation. Gotta know when to keep that mouth shut in Plasticland.

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tongue_twister_for_t topcommenter

"I've learned more off of the internet than what any school could ever offer me". I actually heard the other day where someone on the radio said that the text books that are used in today's schools are ten or more years outdated from what they should be.

tongue_twister_for_t topcommenter

So what do you do if someone that you know is accusing you of having this so called dreaded disease and you know for a fact that you don't have it because you've never been diagnosed with it by any doctor you're entire life and you found out about because the person that is accusing you of having it looked it and found it on the internet and it says in the synopsis that the disease doesn't even exist and that there is no cure for it.

Nabil Nathie

Typical OC

Tammy Tatro

If he is getting dragged out of a classroom and kicking out the window of a police car then perhaps he was out of control. Looks like it might be another case of someone looking for a payday to me. It would be interesting to see the police report said and what the witnesses saw. Without all the information there is no way to say that the cops were out of line or that the High School was not classy.

Joel White

Irvine is the Pyongyang of Orange County. Either you're accepted or exiled.

Michael Moon

Education is only for (pick one): 1) Those who can sit and listen and take notes 2) Those who have parents with a lawyer 3) Those on enough meds to not care where they are 4) 35 teenagers in an overcrowded room on a hot day listening to a boring lecture.

BillxT

I'm sure the little darling did nothing to provoke the cops to over-react. Cops are held, rightly, to a higher standard but I have to say I tend to sympathize when they're provoked.

Why is the level of education going down? The fact that in many class rooms 60-90% of the teachers' time goes to trying to control 10% of the kids? It's time for parents to rebel against the failed notion of mainstreaming, the biggest effect of which is to steal educational time from our children.

tongue_twister_for_t topcommenter

@BillxT: "80 percent of all cops are criminals and violate the laws while on duty". "The citizens have a right to protect themselves from the police". OCDA T. Rack. In the Kelly Thomas case on KFI 640 News Radio earlier this year on the John and Ken Show.

BillxT

@tongue_twister_for_t

That is a fairly meaningless statistic, no context, no authoritative source. I break the law nearly every day, pretty close to 100% of drivers do. I have neve had a need to protect myself from a cop, I guess I'm doing something wrong.

The kid obviously has self-control issues: "... teen (kicked) out the unit's rear passenger window ...". Try spending a day in a class room with a couple of those kids then tell me it was all the cops' fault.

Carlos Gonzalez

"That prompted the teen to kick out the unit's rear passenger window, causing flying glass to rain over him"...thats also the schools/officials/polices fault? lol