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Deaf Woman Tasered, Jailed By Police

thelegalizeddeafies:

kimpalms:

But worse for White was the “incredible confusion that came with suddenly being handcuffed, under arrest and without the ability to communicate with Tacoma officers, who had no sign language skills”…

How can there be so much ignorance in this situation when there were people repeatedly telling the police she was deaf, when she made the 911 call in ASL via videophone and just… took every precaution in informing them she was deaf?
The two police officers submitted “near-identical” reports, says KIRO. Koskovich wrote that he had  ”yelled for White to ‘stop’ and held [his] right hand up to signal for White to stop” but that she had “ignored [his] commands” and also ”was making a loud grunting noise, had a piercing stare in her eyes and had a clenched right fist in the air.” …
Wow. This defies all common sense. And she was imprisoned for 3 days without access to an interpreter? Am I reading this right!?
One neighbor, Margaret Sims, told KIRO that “They had tased her because he thought she was coming at him, but what she was doing was running to him. But he said, ‘stop’ and he didn’t put his hand up. He just said, ‘stop’ and she couldn’t understand that.”
I just have to say: fuck the police.

At the very least, the Tacoma police should use the unnecessary tasering of White as a reason to make sure that all officers receive extensive training about individuals with disabilities and the need for accommodations — and why, in such cases, they should not reach first of all for their Taser.

Yeah. But also, at the very least, she should sue their asses.

disgusting. 

I will bet all my money that White is a WOC. All of it. 

On a related note, I hate everything.

(via sanityscraps)

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    *TRIGGER WARNING FOR POLICE VIOLENCE, POLICE BRUTALITY, AUDISM, ABLEISM*
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    Round of applause for the intelligence in that police department.
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    I will bet all my money that White is a WOC. All of it. On a related note, I hate everything.
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