a Deaf person was attacked by police!

Ridor's message -

In St. Paul, Minnesota, a deaf person by the name of Doug Bahl was pulled by the cops for going through a yellow or red light and apparently, he did not see the sirens for a little while before he pulled aside. The cops in St. Paul pepper-sprayed him and beats him up in a vicious manner.
Doug cannot talk about this because the lawsuit is pending. His attorney advised him not to. But I got the sources somewhere else.

But I feel this is a good example of police brutality and negligence on Deaf individuals across the nation. So since it was done being forwarded via the emails.

I’m confident that he will win the lawsuit against St. Paul Police Department for its brutality on a simple traffic stop.

It is time for us to be proactive and stop these appalling activities. How? To expose the cops of their condescending behaviors toward Deaf individuals.

According to the grapevines, Doug Bahl ran through a yellow or red light, unaware that the police was on him for that, pulled him aside. There is a claim that he was trying to pull a card which prompted the cops to take the “evasive action” and that it is not entirely true.

The cops were trigger-happy in pepper-spraying Doug Bahl. Then proceeded to beat him up and bloodied him.

The cops neglected to provide him as he requested for the interpreter for 3 days when he was in the jail. He wanted the clear communication as much as can be. The cops were not willing to do that, instead they attacked him outright.

His family was frantically calling for friends because he was nowhere to be seen for 3 days. They later found out that he was denied of having one phone call.
And I must mention that Doug Bahl is 5′4.

Doug Bahl is well known in the state of Minnesota. In fact, he runs Thompson Hall, a deaf club in Twin Cities as well as teaching ASL at St. Paul’s College. He used to teach at Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. In fact, people do not refer him as Doug, they knew him as Doug Bahl. On a personal level, many knew him as the man who married the first Miss Deaf America.
However, Doug Bahl is not the only one that experienced this horrific encounter with the police officers. There are many, including myself, Deaf individuals that had horrific experiences with the cops in the past.

In fact, the African-Americans complained about the racial profiling. So do we, but we lack the means to reach the media that the cops are doing things to us to deprive us of our dignity.
My respect for the police officers in this country is zero. Zilch. Nothing. No good, finish, train zoom!

Cheers,

R-