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Liam Buckler

Police officer who used taser on handcuffed autistic child gets to his keep licence

A deputy police officer who used a taser on a 12-year-old autistic child has been told he can keep his licence.

Matthew Honas was working as Jackson County Kansas sheriff's deputy when he handcuffed and hogtied the boy on February 23 in Holton, which is around 90 minutes away from Kansas.

He was responding to a call which said a foster child was trying to run away.

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