How a RPF forum member's stepson with autism was shot and killed at school by a cop.

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This occurred in late 2009.

I have been sitting on this PM for a while now, and have gotten permission from the author to post it publicly.

I still had my reservations though, about dragging this up again for him and his family.

Obviously, I've decided to post it, once again, as a cautionary tale for anybody, or anybody that you love, to be be wary of cops.

I've edited a couple of personal details and references and am keeping the name of the member to myself until he gets a chance to read this, and see if he wants to identify himself.



This Was My Stepson

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If you take the time to glom through that piece or any others I want you first to know the truth.

Travor had Aspergers Syndrome. They say Einstein had it too. Its a form of autism that makes it hard for them to function in social situations. They often get teased and beat up. Trevor was like a star child. When he was 10 yrs old his vocabulary would embarrass seniors in high school and even some college students. He took a liking to American history and his biological father gave him a WWII relic bayonet. I also want to say that Trevor detested violence of ANY kind and NEVER got into a fight and didn't even know how to fight.

We know this. He brought that bayonet into school one day and asked to see the "resource officer" (school pig). The cop took Trevor into his office and closed the door behind him. After that the facts get confusing. The cop claimed that Trevor pointed to a spider on the wall and when the cop turned to look at the spider Trevor started to stab him in the back with that knife. He had no choice but to shoot Trevor......Five fucking times. In fact he pumped out 10 shots and five went into Trev.

The autopsy report revealed that the fatal shot to Trevors chest was fired while he was on the flood the the cop standing above him. In other words, he was already down with four bullets in him when the cop pumped the final shot into his chest killing him.

The cop was cleared of all wrong doing and is back on his job. The only story we have of what really happened in that office comes from the only survivor.

There were between 200-300 people at Trevor's funeral. I spoke with a lot of his friends and ALL of his teachers. EVERY ONE of them, plus ALL of us his family say it was totally inconsistent with his character for him to EVER try to hurt another person let alone someone in authority.

The cops took his hard drive and didn't give it back for a month. Finally when the investigation was over their conclusion was that Trevor committed suicide by cop" and they used a letter he had written to confirm it.

Well remember when I said he had a vocabulary that would embarrass a college kid? Well WE ALL came to the same conclusion. Those words could not have been Trevor's words. It wasn't in his style. It didn't use ANY of the phraseology that he might have used and he didn't use the same words for his mother or father. He even spelled his own mother's name wrong in that letter. What?

Oh yeah another fact is that the cops was out of the hospital in one hour. The "blood" marks on his shirt? They were like little dots all concentrated around the guys' shoulder as if he put them there himself.

Things are getting out of control fast and I think its going to get a lot worse.

Well, I just thought I would share this with one of the only ones around here who I can trust with this info.

In peace, truth and freedom.

xxxxxx




One of the news stories on the incident:

http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/11326047/officials-id-student-fatally-shot-after-stabbing-officer
 
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Oh my God.

What can I do? Please, give me a chance to do something.

This could be my nephew. He has aspergers and is smart as a tack.

I am so sorry. Peace to you and your family.
 
Oh my God.

What can I do? Please, give me a chance to do something.

This could be my nephew. He has aspergers and is smart as a tack.

I am so sorry. Peace to you and your family.

Thank you, but, just so everybody is clear, this young man was no relation to me.

This story was passed to me by another member in a PM, and if he decides to enter the thread and let everybody know who he is, he may have a contact for help or donations, even though this incident happened in 2009.
 
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Disgusting to see yet another one of these criminals get away with murder.
 
Lawyer up: A good computer guy can tell when the "suicide letter" was actually written, and do a lot of analysis with access to a copy of that data off the hard drive. Once that domino falls .......
 
Pretty soon we'll start seeing a 'Justice for Travor' campaign and mediocre rap videos with hoodies saying 'I am Travor' on the back. Oh, wait a minute. This was perpetrated by a cop i.e. a living God. All worship the police; they are our protectors.
 
This was the last thing I was hoping to see when I logged on.

Not that every other occourence of this unjustified violence against citizens is any less of a tragedy, but seeing this happen to someone on our forum, hits home with me.

I have a soon-to-be stepson who has autism.

I'm so sorry for this family, and I'd love to donate to a legal fund to put that murderer where he belongs.
 
Before we all convict this guy (btw calling him a "school pig" doesn't really add anything of value to the story) based on a couple paragraphs we should probably all look for a little more information. If the kid had a psychotic break, it could really explain everything from the sudden change in personality to the spelling errors in the letter.
 
Before we all convict this guy (btw calling him a "school pig" doesn't really add anything of value to the story) based on a couple paragraphs we should probably all look for a little more information. If the kid had a psychotic break, it could really explain everything from the sudden change in personality to the spelling errors in the letter.

Possibly.

I don't know.

What is telling for me is the idea that the fifth and final shot that killed him was when he was face down on the floor.

That fact doesn't seem to be in dispute.
 
Thank you, but, just so everybody is clear, this young man was no relation to me.

This story was passed to me by another member in a PM, and if he decides to enter the thread and let everybody know who he is, he may have a contact for help or donations, even though this incident happened in 2009.

Ah yes, I knew it wasn't your family, but I didn't make that clear. I was speaking to this forum member, and should have acknowledged you too! My apologies!! :)
 
OMG, could've been me, too. I had a nervous disorder at that time, and I don't doubt that if I exhibited some odd behavior due to meds or whatever I would've been shot in this situation too. :( Best wishes and condolences to you and the family, AF. :(
 
Pretty soon we'll start seeing a 'Justice for Travor' campaign and mediocre rap videos with hoodies saying 'I am Travor' on the back. Oh, wait a minute. This was perpetrated by a cop i.e. a living God. All worship the police; they are our protectors.

Yeah. It's a bit eerie how similar the names are. I had to double check to make sure I wasn't seeing "Trayvon".

AF: Was there any medical report regarding the cop? I mean if you've been stabbed in the back by a bayonet that should leave a wound I would think.

Edit: Never mind. I see this.

Oh yeah another fact is that the cops was out of the hospital in one hour. The "blood" marks on his shirt? They were like little dots all concentrated around the guys' shoulder as if he put them there himself.

Hmmm.... My guess at what happened? Travor wanted to show the cop the knife because he thought it and the cop were cool. The cop freaked out and thought he was going to be stabbed and shot Travor. Upon further recollection he realized how stupid he'd been so he made up the "Spider on the wall...back stab" story. I don't buy the quick recovery from a back stab.
 
Possibly.

I don't know.

What is telling for me is the idea that the fifth and final shot that killed him was when he was face down on the floor.

That fact doesn't seem to be in dispute.

Yeah. I'm hoping that in the case-everyone-is-so-worked-up-about, the autopsy report will show who was where at the time of the shooting.
 
Were it my child I would have lost my sanity and the offending shooter would have lost a whole lot more.
 
AF - only three years have gone by. Your friend and the parent of the child will suffer his loss for time eternal. When the circumstance of death is so violent, heaven only knows their pain. I pray that you, AF, will let them know that we suffer in some small way with them and offer our deepest hope for joy and happiness in their marriage.
 
Were it my child I would have lost my sanity and the offending shooter would have lost a whole lot more.
I totally agree. It would take a whole lot of restraint to stop me from doing to that cop what he did to my kid

From what I have read about this there were seven small red blood spots on the shoulder of officer Rhoad's shirt. One would think that a violent attack by a bayonet weilding crazy person would result in much more severe wounds.
Five shots into an autisitic kid? Ten shots in total fired off in the altercation? What does that say about the training of the cop? Why in the world would he be in his office alone with the door closed with a student?
Yes the autopsy report stated that the final shot to Trevor's chest was fired from above him as he was already on the floor with four bullets in his body. How in the world did the cop be found of no wrong doing?

I read through the news paper report and the responses. I can't believe how insensative people can be and how ignorant they can be. Things like "that kid deserved to die" and "you don't bring a knife to a gun fight".

No shit. But who said it was a fight except for the cop? Again I ask how could a crazy violent kid only leave little wounds with a 14 " beyonet if he really wanted to kill the cop? Why did the cop have nothing else to mitigate the threat except for a gun? We hear about tasers every day even on 5 year olds. We see police brutality every day with knight sticks, tasers, boots, fists but Trevor gets shot FIVE TIMES with a gun? WTF?
 
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AF - only three years have gone by. Your friend and the parent of the child will suffer his loss for time eternal. When the circumstance of death is so violent, heaven only knows their pain. I pray that you, AF, will let them know that we suffer in some small way with them and offer our deepest hope for joy and happiness in their marriage.

Thank you so much for your kind words.

The member and friend is aware of this thread and he is active on the forum, so he has read it as well, I'm sure.
 
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