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In reply to the discussion: Deaf Man Fatally Shot By Florida Deputies As Son Explains He Can’t Hear Them [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)37. Aside from the fact that we really don't know what happened yet
The hearing issue is very real to me as well. My sister is very hard of hearing and speaks much louder than normal, especially when excited. She was with me once when driving, and I was pulled over. The officer took me back to his vehicle and told me he was going to arrest her if I didn't get her to stop shouting at him. She was not shouting at him, just speaking louder than normal people do.
He was a total creep and I made a complaint about him, but the hearing thing really is not handled well by police. They cannot always see hearing aids and they don't react well to anything they perceive as aggression. Raised voices really set them off.
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Deaf Man Fatally Shot By Florida Deputies As Son Explains He Can’t Hear Them [View all]
KamaAina
Sep 2014
OP
Apparently, it is in FLORIDA. And since fetuses can't yell, the state is still pro-life.
valerief
Sep 2014
#72
I believe that many are ex-military; they are trained, at our expense, to kill.
No Vested Interest
Sep 2014
#19
Seattle shooting of a partially deaf man who turned to see who was yelling
uppityperson
Sep 2014
#40
Yup, get out of car, run up close yelling "drop the knife" and shoot whenhe turns to see who isy
uppityperson
Sep 2014
#79
Better to point to the glove compartment and let cop open it and you point to to the audiogram;
deafskeptic
Sep 2014
#27
+1 or keep it with license they will ask for . I would not move for a glove compartment
lunasun
Sep 2014
#42
Maybe the notation "hearing impaired" should also be included on driving licenses...
PADemD
Sep 2014
#54
Just as a note, if pulled over, shut the engine off before the officer approaches
Thor_MN
Sep 2014
#55
If you don't listen to the orders of a police officer, you only have yourself to blame.
Glassunion
Sep 2014
#28
Sad to say but a national citizenry armed to the teeth in a culture worshipping violence is bound to
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#30
How is it that when a citizen shoots an intruder the requirement of "Reasonable fear for life" is
Dustlawyer
Sep 2014
#31
I'd be curious to know how you think another gun would have improved this situation.
IveWornAHundredPants
Sep 2014
#80
Yes. They have never even entertained the possibility that they are assholes.
Enthusiast
Sep 2014
#89
The ones I can't stand are the ones who KNOW they're doing something wrong,....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#92