Police officers have an obligation to protect and serve the public while upholding local laws. They are law enforcers, after all, but things can get frustrating for civilians when cops are seen ignoring or even breaking laws they’re supposed to uphold.
And one of these laws is the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires police officers to provide deaf people with a translator upon arrest.
What happened when police refused to follow this law and get a deaf woman a translator?
FIND OUT ON THE NEXT PAGE:
Wrong
Yawn
I still have unanswered questions after reading this like: were the cops employing written communication?; was there convincing evidence to corroborate the claims that the landlord had committed a crime (e.g. video evidence)? What was the alleged crime?; and the list could go on.
No way that I can get outraged without knowing all relevant information like liberals do. I’ll act like the responsible and intelligent conservative that I am and wait for all relevant information.
Also, not being a liberal, I can also understand that it could be necessary for police to engage (including arrest) a deaf person without a sign language translator in certain situations–they can employ the written word. Communication is much more important than the method of communication.
Just my two cents.
I’m never going to New York
I’m sorry but it takes about 5 seconds for a normal person to know if some one is deaf!
sue the department, sue, sue, sue
What was that? Lol