{"id":19476,"date":"2012-08-02T13:36:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T18:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=19476"},"modified":"2012-08-02T15:22:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T20:22:22","slug":"city-settles-suit-with-deaf-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/08\/02\/city-settles-suit-with-deaf-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"City Settles Suit With Deaf Citizen"},"content":{"rendered":"

City Settles Suit With Deaf Citizen<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jail and several courtrooms will get videophones<\/p>\n

BY JORDAN SMITH<\/p>\n

AUGUST 3, 2012<\/p>\n

For the second time in a decade, the city of Austin has settled a
\nfederal civil rights suit, reaffirming its agreement to provide
\ntraining for Austin Police officers on how to effectively communicate
\nwith Austin’s deaf population, including instructions on how to obtain
\nsign language interpreters to ensure the kind of effective
\ncommunication required under the Americans With Disabilities Act.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was brought by the Texas Civil Rights Project on behalf of
\nEsther Valdez, who is deaf and who was arrested in 2009 for resisting
\narrest after failing to hear an officer yelling at her to stop walking
\ndown a sidewalk along a busy street in North Austin. The story of
\nValdez’s arrest was featured in a cover story in the Chronicle (“Tone
\nDeaf,” Dec. 3, 2010). The charges against her were eventually
\ndismissed, but last year she filed suit against the city and against
\nTravis County, arguing that the two entities discriminated against her
\nbased on her inability to hear. In settling the suit, the city has
\nagreed not only to require additional training for police, but also to
\ninstall videophones in the jail and in several courtrooms. For more on
\nthe story see, “Not So Tone Deaf?” Newsdesk, July 31.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/news\/2012-08-03\/city-<\/wbr>settles-suit-with-deaf-<\/wbr>citizen\/<\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n
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Related source: (July 31, 2012)<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/blogs\/news\/2012-07-31\/not-<\/wbr>so-tone-deaf\/<\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n
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Related source: (December 3, 2012)<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/news\/2010-12-03\/tone-deaf\/<\/wbr><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City Settles Suit With Deaf Citizen Jail and several courtrooms will get videophones BY JORDAN SMITH AUGUST 3, 2012 For the second time in a decade, the city of Austin has settled a federal civil rights suit, reaffirming its agreement…<\/p>\n

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