deaf man files fed lawsuit against 2 cops

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he was stopped in 2019 for allegedly running a red light, and subsequently tased and jailed for 4 months after he couldn't understand cops and they found 'fake money' on him, which turned out to be movie-prop money and clearly marked on the backs as not real notes. Cops alleged he assaulted them but those charges were dropped. He was kept in jail on a high bail he had no money to pay and, eventually, released on his own recognizance bond.

The prosecution against Mistic continued for almost two years until District Attorney Heidi McCollum moved to dismiss his charges in July. In the lawsuit, Mistic claims he was denied an interpreter while in jail

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"This is a civil rights action seeking justice for the shocking use of unnecessary police force and wrongful incarceration of a deaf man whom the Defendant officers rashly attacked after failing to recognize his disability and misinterpreting his non-threatening attempts to see and communicate as challenges to police authority," according to the lawsuit.

4 months for having the equivalent of monopoly money on him and freaking out after being apprehended by a couple of cops. better training is needed, but 4 months inside with no interpreter and 2 years of prosecution? this should have been resolved a lot sooner.

The 2019 arrest was captured on body camera footage from at least one of the officers, which was shared with CNN by Mistic's attorneys. Mistic is deaf in both ears and primarily uses sign language to communicate.
The charges against Mistic, which include second-degree assault on a police officer and resisting arrest, were eventually dropped, according to the lawsuit. Mistic was also charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument after Summers found what appeared to be 24 $100 bills in his wallet, which she said felt like they were made of printer paper with Chinese symbols on the back of the bill, according to the police report.
According to the lawsuit, the bills were "fake movie-prop money with Chinese characters from Wish.com," which is an online marketplace. "Possessing play money without any intent or attempt to pass it off as real money is not a crime," the filing says.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/us/d...sted-jailed-four-months/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold

 

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and there's more...

Both Hanning and Summers were named as defendants in another lawsuit filed in federal court in July stemming from an incident in late May. Hanning was charged with third-degree assault by District Attorney McCollum after he used a Taser on 75-year-old Michael Clark in his home, according to a press release from Colorado Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office.

In footage of the incident distributed by Clark's lawyer, Hanning can be seen forcing his way into the man's apartment and pushing Clark against the wall -- before giving a verbal command or identifying himself as a police officer.
The officers give different commands while Clark complains about the noise from his neighbors and Hanning subsequently uses his Taser, which strikes Clark in the abdomen and pelvic area, the affidavit says. According to the lawsuit, Hanning is also accused of putting a knee onto and over Clark's head and neck, causing an injury to his carotid artery, which was followed by a stroke.

 

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After all of this time, there does not seem to be time for cadets to study
disabled citizens.

 

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pretty alarming that it only took 7 seconds for the stop to turn violent

once they knew he was deaf, though, why the hell was he refused a translator when speaking with his attorney and other things? it stinks of mal-competence.

 

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Paraplegic man pulled from car, thrown to ground by police in Ohio

As motorist Clifford Owensby was pushed into the pavement, he asked for anyone who could hear him: "Can y'all call the real police, please?"

Police in Ohio forcibly pulled a paraplegic man out of his vehicle and threw him to the ground, despite his repeated appeals and him saying he has no use of his legs, according to body-camera video released Friday.

The Dayton Police Department shared the video with NBC News that shows two officers commanding motorist Clifford Owensby to step out of the Audi he was driving during a traffic stop last week.

The video was edited, and it's not clear what happened before or after the video.

Owensby can be heard telling the officers he's paraplegic. One of the officers said he'd help him out of the car, but the motorist declined and asked why he was pulled over.

"I can't get out of the vehicle sir," Owensby said.

 

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apparently they 'followed their training'... when did dragging someone out of their car by their dreadlocks after unbuckling their paraplegic support, kneeling on their back and threatening to tase them become regular training? while i understand the cops' desire to have the occupant leave his vehicle, the inhumanity shown here is... well, seen all too frequently.