[jmiller]

An arrest warrant was issued for the deputy who tipped over the wheelchair with the handicapped person. The deputy is charged with third-degree felony abuse of a disabled person.



You can go to Baynews9.com to follow story.

[braingonebad]

Well, I was hoping to see something would be done. Certainly didn't expect an arrest.



Good. I mean, what next, yanking somebody's oxygen tank, cuz it might have drugs in it?

[PolarExpress]

That's refreshing news..I was expecting it to end with an "on leave with pay" till the story blew over. Glad I was wrong!

..And Brain, you never know what those old people might be inhaling through those tanks. (You know I'm kidding, right?) I hope to be fiesty enough to get away with something like that..Nothing illegal, just a little helium maybe to freak people out..

[SilverLining]

This is such a relief... I was just coming to post it. I was so worried she would get away with it.

I am so glad they aren't allowing her to justify her actions or make excuses. This is exactly the charge that the victim was asking for.

Very good sign, a step in the right direction. This also means of course that she will not keep her job either.

[Kitty]

That's good news. I would expect that agency would HAVE to do something drastic because the incident was televised. I wonder what would have happened if it hadn't been? And how many times it's happened in the past and got swept under the rug? This deputy doesn't deserve to be employed there or anywhere. Justice was served - although it had to take this terrible incident to make it happen. I hope the handicapped man is OK.

[TheSleeper]

CNN reported that the person was in there for a traffic incident? I understand that the police hear every excuse in the world, but those actions when you aren`t sure? Anyone else notice the other people in the room didn`t seem too surprised by it?

[southie]

I live across the bay, and it's all too common
how the Cops treats handicap people, I know,
they've done it to me likewise in turn.

They are very nasty towards the handicap people
regardless of what you have - period. There are
very, very few Officers/Deputies out there currently
that have any compassion. They are presently all
walking on high wire, blindfolded - just to a point
of one slip, there's going to be a massive lawsuit
against them.

I could have sued them several times before, but
I felt that Advocacy and Awareness would be the
best move to the Law Enforcement Office to help
assist and teach them; and to enable them to
understand. However - times have changed, and
their attitudes stink, and they wonder why people
do not show any respect for them? Well, if they
want respect, they should show respect for others.

You come to individuals with a rotten attitude,
you are going to get a rotten response back. That's
how people react these days (I don't - I spend most
of my time calming people down and trying to get
them more rationalized).

Last year had been a nightmare for me with the
Cops; where one even told me to stop faking the
seizure (I had one earlier and was in post-ictal
stage), and my son was the one who remarked to
me that he was going to 5150 me if I didn't knock
it off until the Medics informed him that I was a
known "epileptic". He left.

I had been denied Interpreters, and even my
requests for them to write it down have often been
ignored - I cannot lip-read everyone's lips. I am
profoundly deaf. Yes, I can speak, but I am very
dysarthric.

I know how nasty it is out there ... been there,
went through it all, and been marked not guilty or
had the case thrown out. Cop abuse towards handi-
cap still is problematic all abroad...

Basically overall - it's all due to their impatience and
ignorance, and some have made a sport of such.

I have given my final warning to my own Law Enforce-
ment Agency; they got the message. There's not going
to be another chance when they mess with me, because
I WILL SUE THEM! They've had their chances before,
and I've already went to the extreme measures with
the Advocates - Deaf Service Center, Epilepsy Foundation
and Suncoast Epilepsy Association, in the past, to
spread the awareness and to enable them a chance
to train their Staff and Employees, several times.
They know I am an Advocate and know about my
Advocacy website. I can cook their goose if I have
to, for they won't be able to run or hide - I have
all the bases covered and they would be without any
excuse. I am an extremely patient person, but with
me, they've begun to push the envelope too far.

Just one more push would be "lights out" for them,
for they will be talking with my attorney.

I have ZERO TOLERANCE for ignorance.

And whether the person is handicap calling for help
or assistance; or as in the video - a possible person
who is in violation - there is no excuse for this type
of behavior at all. Handicap people are human beings,
they have feelings, emotions, and everything else
that a normal person has. They are not "inferior"
beings that should be treated like 2nd or 3rd class
garbage either.

::: getting off the soapbox :::

[KarenMarie]

Yes - noticed that - I'm surprised they didn't decide to kick him while he was down - I think that perhaps some police are what we believe them to be but there are a lot of thugs and bullies in the police departments across the country that certainly shouldn't be where they are -

[clouds z]

www.prisonplanet.com

[CrystalSword]

I understand that this deputy can get 5 years in the pokey for dumping that man out of his wheelchair....