By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 26, 2024
In yet another instance of existing while Black goes wrong, police tasered 14-year-old Avarius Thompson in his own backyard after he was mistaken for a suspect on the run,
Thompson, who is autistic, had gone to the grocery store to get snacks when he was assaulted by police. Per the incident report, “Dolton police were assisting police in the nearby village of Riverdale in
