Archive for the 'Police' Category
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
To see the video clip of the cop smashing Deaf driver’s face into the rear windshield, Video On Demand: Latest News Video | WFAA.com It began with a routine traffic stop due to excessive speeding over one year ago. The Deaf driver, Christopher Ferrell, attempted to retrieve his wallet to show the identification card regarding his [...]
Posted in ASL, Civil Rights, Communication, Police | 42 Comments »
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
Live blog: Daphne Wright’s apperance before state Supreme Court | argusleader.com | Argus Leader It’s in progress now. Hat Tip to the former Argus reporter, Chuck Baldwin, who covered her first trial. Update: 8:37 The South Dakota Supreme Court will convene at the University of South Dakota Law School at about 9 a.m. this morning to [...]
Posted in ASL, Civil Rights, Domestic Violence, Interpreting, Judicial System, Police | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
“Being deaf and without the credentials required by the SEC and state regulators, Mr. Cooper focused on gaining access to deaf investors through feeder referrals, which were provided by other Deaf individuals with no investment background in exchange for a referral fee,” explains Joshua R. Beal, Managing Partner at investment advisor firm Schwarz Financial Services [...]
Posted in Deaf Community, Government, Police | 21 Comments »
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Ask not what your Deaf Community can do for you; Ask what you can do for your Deaf Community. 1979-1984 Filed and won a Department of Justice complaint against D.C. Traffic Court for their refusal to provide interpreters for Deaf defendants in the Traffic Court. A major victory in the pre ADA days. Advocated [...]
Posted in ADA, ASL, Civil Rights, Communication, Deaf Community, Gallaudet, Judicial System, Media, Police, TV | 23 Comments »
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Police: Man Who Bit Officer Tests Positive For HIV – News Story – WSB 4. Excerpts: Police say the incident began when an officer tried to pull over Deadwyler for driving with a broken headlight, but the man sped off. Authorities eventually caught Deadwyler, but he bit an officer as he reached into the suspect’s [...]
Posted in Judicial System, Police | 10 Comments »
Monday, August 4th, 2008
As many people know, Bahl was savagely beaten during a routine traffic stop. Apparently the cop mistook Bahl’s moving the cop’s hand away from his wrist a sign of resistance when actually the pressure on the hand was giving Bahl extreme pain due to his medical problems. Bahl wrote on a pad of paper explaining the [...]
Posted in Abuses, ADA, Civil Rights, Judicial System, Police | 13 Comments »
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
The accused murderer, Billy Eagleman attended the memorial services of Paula Hartze held on NDSD campus. Approximately 200 people, including NDSD personnel and students, attended this services. Check the link to see the close-up picture of the suspect sitting and listening to the memorial services. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2516521&id=561570366. You must register in facebook.com first. Billy Eagleman’s brother Ron reportedly had an on [...]
Posted in Deaf Community, Judicial System, Police | 20 Comments »
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Reviewing what I covered last year, I was staggered by the sheer volume of the blogs produced, especially in the first half of the year. I eventually gave up adding topics after a while, so this list will suffice for now. Overall, this should give you a better idea what topics were explored. Covering the trial [...]
Posted in ADA, AGB, ASL, Audism, BoT, C.I., Civil Rights, Deaf Community, Deaf Cyberworld, Deaf Education, Deafhood, Domestic Violence, Gallaudet, Gally Protest, Judicial System, Language, Oralism, Police | 18 Comments »
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
This article leaves me flabbergasted.. that the police department would permit a manipulative hearing relative use their facilities to conduct a serious miscarriage of justice. Hello??? We are talking about the law and order. This sounds like a perfect recipe how to get a baby, free of charge. You want to kidnap a baby from a deaf [...]
Posted in ADA, Audism, Civil Rights, Judicial System, Police | 40 Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Recently dissension bubbled up in the Gallaudet Community regarding Jordan, Fernandes, and Kimmel coming back to teach. As tenured employees, they are entitled to teach. Yet given their attacks on Gallaudet via the news media, their desire to return to a university for which they bear deep contempt and hostility is puzzling. Whatever, they do [...]
Posted in BoT, Civil Rights, Gallaudet, Gally Protest, Police | 26 Comments »