ジョディ・スウィーティンのインスタグラム(jodiesweetin) - 10月24日 00時55分

If you haven’t heard of #matthewrushin I hope you’ll read this post, and follow @justice4matthewrushin (run by his mom). This story is heartbreaking and needs some action!

Posted @withregram • @justice4matthewrushin #FreeMatthewRushin

Friday bliss ❤️🙏❤️ He is our soul. I love to see him smile.

Please help us share his story. We have added a call button on the linktree located on my profile bio. He needs urgent medical attention & needs to be released now.

Matthew Rushin is a black, autistic 22-year-old male from Virginia Beach. Matthew was sentenced to 50 years for a nonfatal, unintentional car accident involving no drugs or alcohol. Accident caused by him having a seizure.

If you are thinking there must be more to the story, there is. One of Matthew’s autistic processes is called Echolalia, which causes him to repeat words that he hears. After the car accident, Matthew stepped out of his car & was met by an angry driver who cursed at him and repeatedly yelled at him “are you f***ing trying to kill yourself?” In his distressed state, Matthew repeated these man’s words about suicide: words that were used to turn a car accident into a crime.

Matthew was charged with 2nd degree murder with a claim that the accident was an intentional attempt to kill himself by deliberately driving head-on into another car. Officers did not exhibit any understanding of autism in their interpretations of Matthew’s comments and actions. Instead, they took advantage of his vulnerability as they handcuffed him, questioned him for nearly 4 hours at the scene, lied to him about evidence, isolated him from his family. A forensic engineer & traffic collision reconstructionist with 33 years’ experience has written a report detailing the ways the Commonwealth’s suicide determination as a cause for the accident is NOT a plausible explanation.

Facing the terrifying prospect of a jury trial, Matthew was pressured to plead guilty to crimes he didn’t commit, led to believe it would allow him to go home. He was never properly treated or evaluated, and his health & disability were never properly considered. Today, Matthew sits in prison without an understanding of why he is there.

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