For everyone out there who thinks, "This is just about a puzzle piece and a charity. This is a ridiculous thing to be offended over." Please look at this (a thread) https://twitter.com/MiamiPD/status/1303838257281740800

Here, there are over 6,000 quote-tweets, almost exclusively from autistic people and our allies condemning this and spelling out why, linking articles, and saying in the strongest of terms why this is problematic. They explain that a PR stunt is not okay. https://twitter.com/MiamiPD/status/1298667203064139776?s=20

NeuroClastic even published an article about it from @lynchauthor. The objections were many.

No one received a reply.

Then, they publish this video, essentially mocking everything everyone said to them, praising themselves for doing the opposite. https://neuroclastic.com/2020/09/06/thanks-we-hate-it-autistic-people-react-to-miamis-new-police-car/

The part of this that hurts the most is that they-- and everyone-- can operate like this in broad daylight, and nobody even cares. Nobody is even reporting it. This is bigotry that should reveal why officers keep shooting and brutalizing disabled folk.

Where is the press? Imagine if this were any other marginalized group being treated and dismissed this way.