{"id":26518,"date":"2014-03-01T15:30:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=26518"},"modified":"2014-03-01T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T21:33:23","slug":"ohp-troopers-are-cleared-in-arrest-of-hearing-impaired-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/03\/01\/ohp-troopers-are-cleared-in-arrest-of-hearing-impaired-man\/","title":{"rendered":"OHP troopers are cleared in arrest of hearing-impaired man"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t3 OHP troopers cleared after skirmish with hearing-impaired man<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBy Matt Dinger\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFebruary 27, 2014\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThree Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers have been cleared of wrongdoing in the arrest of a hearing impaired man after a hit-and-run accident.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe man that was arrested, Pearl Pearson Jr., 64, was charged Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court with a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOklahoma County District Attorney David Prater cleared troopers Eric Foster, Kelton Hayes and Jason Owens in a letter to Col. Rick Adams, the chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStatements made by the troopers concerning Pearson’s arrest are consistent with Foster’s dash cam video and the statements of four witnesses, Prater wrote in the letter.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Jan. 3, the troopers responded to a call from the victim of a hit-and-run accident at 19th Street and Interstate 35 in Moore. Authorities said Pearson was involved in the accident but did not stop at the scene.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFoster and Hayes stopped behind Pearson’s vehicle at Interstate 40 and Eastern Avenue, but he did not roll down his tinted windows for the troopers until after they’d given multiple commands to do so, the letter states.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPearson pointed at his ears when troopers told him to raise his hands and put them out the window, so they made hand gestures, but Pearson’s hands remained on the steering wheel. As troopers approached the driver’s window, Pearson suddenly reached his hands between his left leg and the door, the letter states.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHayes used his left arm to pin Pearson’s hand, and struck him with the closed fist of his right hand in the face “to stun and disorient him,” Prater wrote.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOnce it was determined Pearson was not lunging for a weapon, Foster opened the vehicle door and pulled Pearson from it and onto his feet.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOnce outside the vehicle, Pearson “jerked and attempted to pull away from the Troopers,” before they tackled him to the ground and attempted to handcuff him, the letter states.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPearson, who was wearing a coat, had not been searched for weapons and repeatedly attempted to pull his arms to his waist area, Prater wrote.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSOURCE:\n<\/p>\n

\n\thttp:\/\/newsok.com\/district-attorney-clears-three-oklahoma-highway-patrol-troopers-in-skirmish-during-january-arrest\/article\/3938143<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSOURCE: # 2\n<\/p>\n

\n\thttp:\/\/www.greenfieldreporter.com\/view\/story\/6fffdb2ea41142438fdc25f0c648334d\/OK–Troopers-Cleared<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSOURCE: #3<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\thttp:\/\/www.tulsaworld.com\/news\/ohp-troopers-are-cleared-in-arrest-of-hearing-impaired-man\/article_3e6b098f-f465-59ab-a695-d042ee48edf3.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3 OHP troopers cleared after skirmish with hearing-impaired man By Matt Dinger February 27, 2014 Three Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers have been cleared of wrongdoing in the arrest of a hearing impaired man after a hit-and-run accident. The man that…<\/p>\n

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