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Former Tenn. officer convicted for trying to 'scare straight' an autistic toddler

It's a disturbing caseone where a former police officer handcuffed an autistic toddler in a botched "Scared Straight" fiasco. A jury convicted the officer. The key piece of evidence? A video recording of what happened. Police say the incident was planned between the officer and the child's mother...

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