UK: Politi anklager Mongol for racisme

When two police officers came to interview Jamie Bauld, a polite, friendly Down’s syndrome boy with a mental age of about 5, he welcomed them with a big smile and a handshake.

As the officers read him his rights and charged him with assault and racial abuse, he agreed with everything they said, then thanked them for coming to see him.

Jamie, 18, cannot tie his shoelaces or leave home on his own, nor can he understand simple verbal concepts such as whether a door is open or shut. But his parents said that he was charged with attacking a fellow student, an Asian girl who also had special needs.

Experts in Down’s syndrome say that the case shows insensitivity and is an example of bureaucracy gone mad.

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Jeg anvender ordet ‘Mongol’ i overskriften, da de fleste danskere ikke kender betegnelsen ‘Downs syndrom’. Det skal ikke forstås nedsættende overfor de søde mennesker, som de, der har syndromet, er.

Man kan iøvrigt tænke over, hvem der har den laveste mentale alder i UK?