Teen With Autism Claims He Was Hurt By Officer Who Mistook Him For A Drug User

A police officer's disturbing encounter with an autistic teen is caught on bodycam. 14-year-old Connor Leible was approached by a police officer who was trained as a drug recognition expert. Connor was playing with a string, a technique called stimming that people with autism use to keep calm. The Buckeye Police Department in Arizona says the officer thought the teen was exhibiting behavior of someone on drugs. InsideEdition.com's Mara Montalbano ( twitter.com/MaraMontalbano) has more. #InsideEdition

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