{"id":11498,"date":"2010-08-23T21:57:11","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T02:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11498"},"modified":"2010-08-23T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T03:43:22","slug":"austin-cops-bullied-a-90-lb-deaf-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/08\/23\/austin-cops-bullied-a-90-lb-deaf-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Cops Bullied A 90 lb Deaf Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Cops Bullied A 90 lb Deaf Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release – Austin, TX – 08\/23\/2010<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\n———————<\/p>\n

Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Courts, Police Brutality,
\nLawyer, Law, Defense Attorney, Deaf, American Sign Language, ASL
\nInterpreters,<\/p>\n

Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

Austin Cops Bullied A 90 lb Deaf Girl<\/p>\n

Austin, Texas – August 23, 2010. A young Deaf Austin woman was arrested last
\nJune for resisting arrest when she and her girl friend were walking down an
\nAustin sidewalk. She and her friend were in a discussion using ASL when an
\nAPD officer saw them and mistook them for physically fighting. As they
\nwalked on, the officer yelled for them to stop. When they would not, he ran
\nafter them and grabbed the girl who was Deaf. As he began talking to them,
\nusing spoken English only, the young Deaf girl began trying to call 911 on
\nher cell phone.<\/p>\n

The officer started yelling for her to stop as she walked away from him. He
\nthen ran after her, grabbed her, and threw her to the ground, injuring her
\nleg and ankle as well as a pre-existing wrist fracture, knocking her hearing
\naid out, and her glasses off.<\/p>\n

The officer then arrested her by handcuffing her with her hands behind her
\nback and putting her in the back of his patrol car\u2014all the while ignoring
\nboth her and her girl friend of the fact that she was Deaf. EMS was called
\nto evaluate the young woman for her injuries. The entire incident lasted
\nmore than three hours and is captured on videotape. At no time did the
\nofficer or the two responding officers attempt any type of communication
\nwith her nor was an interpreter called.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Court is scheduled for:
\nAugust 25, 2010 \u2013 9:00AM
\nCounty Court of Law #5
\n509 W. 11th Street,
\nAustin, TX 78701<\/p>\n

About Amber D. F. Elliott
\nFor more information on the case, or go online, visit
\n http:\/\/www.adfelaw.com <\/a>or email adfelaw@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Media contact:
\nAmber D. F. Elliott
\nadfelaw@gmail.com
\nPhone: 512.628.2508
\n###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Austin Cops Bullied A 90 lb Deaf Girl Press Release – Austin, TX – 08\/23\/2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ——————— Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Courts, Police Brutality, Lawyer, Law, Defense Attorney, Deaf, American Sign Language, ASL Interpreters, Austin,…<\/p>\n

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