Update
Here is an update:
* We have been contacted by someone who serves on the Police Advisory Committee. The person is interested in this and is trying to find out how to help us.
* NAD has sent an e-mail. The e-mail is displayed below. It is a great start and is a offer that the City should take in order to understand the Deaf Community and figure out if it got off on the wrong foot on automatially labelling this as a regular assault via gang incident.
* This afternoon I will be making phone calls to all city council offices to make sure they got the e-mails and ask who their contact person is for the issue.
* Our goal is starting to shift towards asking the Police Department to have the District's Attorney's Office review the case as it is and determine if there is probable cause to consider this a hate crime. We will also ask that the District Attorney's Office to release their findings. We are still figuring out the wording of this goal. Basically the goal would allow us to have a single goal which is for the Police Department to have a legal professional look into whether not this is a probable hate crime and I believe lawyers are more open to interpretations than police officers that are out on the field often and are not educated on our community. Give us feedback or ideas on this goal or any other goals you may have!
The e-mail from NAD is below.
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The Honorable Mayor Jerry Sanders:
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), founded in 1880, safeguards the civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing Americans. As a national federation of individual members, state associations, organizational and corporate affiliates, the advocacy work of the NAD encompasses a broad spectrum of areas including, but not limited to, accessibility, education, employment, health care, mental health, rehabilitation, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.
We read with concern the article "Deaf teen beaten by group of men" published by the Union-Tribune on August 14, 2006. The NAD urges the San Diego police department to continue its active investigation into this incident to apprehend the perpetrators, to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to qualify this incident as a hate crime, and to ensure that the perpetrators are prosecuted appropriately.
The NAD has a wealth of information and resources that are available. Please contact us if we can be of any assistance.
Rosaline Hayes Crawford
Law and Advocacy CenterNational Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 587-7730 (V/TTY)
Fax: (301) 587-1791
Web: www.nad.org
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* We have been contacted by someone who serves on the Police Advisory Committee. The person is interested in this and is trying to find out how to help us.
* NAD has sent an e-mail. The e-mail is displayed below. It is a great start and is a offer that the City should take in order to understand the Deaf Community and figure out if it got off on the wrong foot on automatially labelling this as a regular assault via gang incident.
* This afternoon I will be making phone calls to all city council offices to make sure they got the e-mails and ask who their contact person is for the issue.
* Our goal is starting to shift towards asking the Police Department to have the District's Attorney's Office review the case as it is and determine if there is probable cause to consider this a hate crime. We will also ask that the District Attorney's Office to release their findings. We are still figuring out the wording of this goal. Basically the goal would allow us to have a single goal which is for the Police Department to have a legal professional look into whether not this is a probable hate crime and I believe lawyers are more open to interpretations than police officers that are out on the field often and are not educated on our community. Give us feedback or ideas on this goal or any other goals you may have!
The e-mail from NAD is below.
*****
The Honorable Mayor Jerry Sanders:
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), founded in 1880, safeguards the civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing Americans. As a national federation of individual members, state associations, organizational and corporate affiliates, the advocacy work of the NAD encompasses a broad spectrum of areas including, but not limited to, accessibility, education, employment, health care, mental health, rehabilitation, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.
We read with concern the article "Deaf teen beaten by group of men" published by the Union-Tribune on August 14, 2006. The NAD urges the San Diego police department to continue its active investigation into this incident to apprehend the perpetrators, to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to qualify this incident as a hate crime, and to ensure that the perpetrators are prosecuted appropriately.
The NAD has a wealth of information and resources that are available. Please contact us if we can be of any assistance.
Rosaline Hayes Crawford
Law and Advocacy CenterNational Association of the Deaf
8630 Fenton Street, Suite 820
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 587-7730 (V/TTY)
Fax: (301) 587-1791
Web: www.nad.org
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