A police officer in Townsend, Massachusetts, named Jim Marchand soothed the fears of a 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome. He did it on his day off to put the boy's worries at ease after the boy received a death threat from a classmate who said that he was going to kill him and his parents on Saturday. The threat frightened the boy with Asperger's Syndrome so much that he called 911 about it.
His parents contacted Officer Marchand, who is a neighbor, and asked him to talk to their son. The officer was kind enough to spend his day off reassuring the boy that he and his family will be safe because he would be patrolling the neighborhood on Saturday. His talk put the boy at ease.
I wonder if Officer Marchand is going to arrest the punk who made that threat in the first place. Bullying should be outlawed in school.
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It was a "terrorist threat", the child making the threat should be disciplined by the police in one way or another. Plus can't it also be considered a "hate crime" or something along those lines because the child threatened has a disability? Just my 2 cents... Diane Dennis http://www.aspergers-and-pdd.com
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