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Title: Innocent homeless deaf man jailed 6 weeks
Post by: Princess L on March 19, 2015, 11:04:13 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/deaf-immigrant-jailed-6-weeks-no-access-interpreter-084714989.html

Zemedagegehu's ordeal began Feb. 2, 2014, as he sought a warm place to sleep at Reagan National Airport. According to Zemedagegehu's lawsuit, officers from the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority arrested him on a complaint that he had stolen another man's iPad.

WASHINGTON (AP) — He knew he was in jail, but he didn't know why.

Eventually, Abreham Zemedagegehu learned that he'd been accused of stealing an iPad — an iPad whose owner later found it. He spent the next six weeks in jail, unable to communicate with his jailers because he is deaf.

Title: Re: Innocent homeless deaf man jailed 6 weeks
Post by: Dos Equis on March 19, 2015, 11:55:19 AM

That is awful.  Inexcusable.  They should have an interpreter right away. 

Title: Re: Innocent homeless deaf man jailed 6 weeks
Post by: LurkerNoMore on March 19, 2015, 12:08:03 PM

No paper and pencil?

Title: Re: Innocent homeless deaf man jailed 6 weeks
Post by: Princess L on March 19, 2015, 09:44:47 PM

Quote from: LurkerNoMore on March 19, 2015, 12:08:03 PM

No paper and pencil?

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