Rescued 70 Deaf Chinese From Human Trafficking

Shanghaidaily.com - 360 arrested for enticing deaf-mutes to commit crime in China.



BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) - Chinese police have arrested 360 suspects for their involvement in enticing deaf-mute to engage in robbery or burglary, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Tuesday.



Police in 21 provincial regions have uprooted 61 such criminal gangs and rescued 70 Deaf people during a recent joint campaign, according to a statement released by the MPS.



The suspects deceived the students from Deaf schools via social networks on the pretext of offering job opportunities or going traveling, when in fact the purpose of the approach was to force them to commit crimes such as robbery or burglary, the statement said.



Yang Erdu, a most-wanted suspect, together with other prime suspects, was captured by police during the campaign, according to the statement.



China issued an action plan for fighting human trafficking (2013-2020) last week, urging greater measures to crack down on abduction-related crimes and appropriately relocate the victims of human trafficking. SOURCE: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.asp?id=130458

CODA Tried To Kill Deaf Parents In House Fire

VIDEO: South Carolina Sheriff: Gaffney man tried to kill Deaf parents in house fire.



GAFFNEY, SC - FOX Carolina: A Gaffney man was arrested after investigators said he tried to kill his Deaf parents in a house fire Monday morning after stealing from them. A Gaffney man who is a child of a deaf adult, often known by the acronym "CODA", is a person who was raised by Deaf parents.



Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller said 22-year-old Fletcher Edward Blanton removed a lighted fire alarm system in the home before setting the Ford Road house ablaze.



Deputies said Blanton reported the fire after he awoke to smoke inside the home, then woke up his parents, who were able to get out of the home safely.



Following their investigation, deputies said Blanton intentionally caused a fire that damaged the home and also stole $4,850 of tools and electronics from his dad the same day as the fire. Blanton was charged with third-degree arson, grand larceny and two counts of attempted murder.

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Read more: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/21198001/deputies-man-tried-to-kill-2-by-setting-family-home-on-fire

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Goupstate.com: Gaffney Man Charged with Arson, Attempted Murder of Parents.



A Gaffney man has been charged with attempted murder after deputies say he set fire to the home he shared with his hearing-impaired parents.



Fletcher Edward Blanton, 22, of 1333 Ford Road has been charged by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office with grand larceny, third-degree arson and two counts of attempted murder, arrest warrants state.



Sheriff Steve Mueller said firefighters and deputies responded to a fire about 1:30 a.m. Monday. An incident report states that Blanton told investigators that he awoke to find smoke inside the home, got his parents out of the house and called 911.



Firefighters, however, found evidence that the fire had been intentionally set, Mueller said. Investigators found that Blanton had disconnected a special fire alarm with a flashing light designed for the hearing impaired and thrown it outside. ... Read more: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130214/articles/302151006

Deaf Boy Sexually Assaulted

Video: WPBF - Mom says she caught suspect raping son inside abandoned house.



Fort Pierce, Fla. - Jose Macias, 63, raped 13-year-old Deaf boy, police say.



A woman tells WPBF 25 News' Angela Rozier she caught a man, later identified as Jose Macias, sexually assaulting her Deaf son inside an abandoned house in Fort Pierce.



A 63-year-old Fort Pierce man was in jail Thursday, accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy. The boy's mother told WPBF 25 News the incident happened Wednesday afternoon inside an abandoned house located at 202 N. 28th St.



She said she saw her son walk off with a man on a bike. By the time she caught up with them, she discovered them inside an abandoned house.



"(I) kind of caught them in the act," said the boy's mom.

Video by WPBF



According to a police report, the 13-year-old boy identified Jose Macias in a photographic lineup as the person who took him into the vacant house and sexually assaulted him... Read more: http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/treasure-coast/Jose-Macias-63-raped-13-year-old-deaf-boy-police-say/-/8882916/18356212/-/vsiptgz/-/index.html

Deaf Man Stabbed 3 Times Tells His Story

WXIItv - Deaf man stabbed 3 times tells his story.



BURLINGTON, N.C. - Terrance Daniels, who can neither speak nor hear, was recently stabbed three times in a case in which a man has been charged. He spoke through an interpreter about the attack.



Police in Burlington say a Deaf man was stabbed several times after his sign language was mistaken for gang signs by another man.

Video by WXIItv



Sgt. Mark Yancey said 45-year-old Terrance Ervin Daniels was using sign language with another Deaf man.



A third person saw them, thought they were flashing gang signs and stabbed Daniels several times with a kitchen knife.



A neighbor saw the victim and called emergency personnel... Read more: http://www.wxii12.com/news/local-news/piedmont/Burlington-man-stabbed-after-sign-language-mistaken-for-gang-signs-police-say/-/10703612/18100348/-/60e0ry/-/index.html

Single Bullet Kills Deaf Man

DURBAN - Single bullet kills Deaf man. Deaf couple Navin and Jessica Ragbeer, both aged 37, had known each other since their school days and no one was surprised when they married 12 years ago. They were inseparable, said Premmie Tholsi, Jessica’s mother.



But in the early hours of Thursday their loving marriage came to a tragic end at their Phoenix home when Navin was shot and killed by an intruder.



With blood oozing from his wound and paramedics still to arrive, Jessica prayed fervently for Navin as he lay helpless and dying on their veranda floor, but help came too late. “Why, why him?” asked Jessica.



Tholsi related her grief-stricken daughter’s anguish when the Sunday Tribune called at the family’s home. Jessica is a teacher at the St Martin’s School for the Deaf, physically and mentally challenged in Port Shepstone.



Navin was an administrative worker at the VN Naik School for the Deaf in Newlands. Three intruders surprised the Ragbeers, who live with Tholsi in her modest home, just as Navin was about to drive Jessica to Durban station to catch a bus to work. All the intruders took were a flat-screen TV and Jessica’s handbag with her cellphone and a small amount of cash.



Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane confirmed that Navin was pronounced dead at the home in Phoenix after sustaining a single gunshot wound to the chest. Read more: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/single-bullet-kills-deaf-man-1.1437894#.UMUWx3qS-So



Source: iol.co.za

Deaf Police Officers Fight Crime

OAXACA, MX. – Deaf police officers fight crime in Oaxaca. The officers, known as ‘Angels of Silence,’ contribute to keeping the city safe with their heightened vision and ability to read lips.



The 230 surveillance cameras that monitor the streets of the historic downtown area of Oaxaca – a southeastern city that was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 – are watched by Deaf police officers who maintain a close eye.



The Oaxaca Police’s Command and Communication Control Center (C4) was reopened in May after chronic maintenance problems had kept it closed for six years. But since the surveillance cameras do not have microphones, the authorities had been unable to determine what was being said by suspected criminals.



So officials turned to State Association for the Deaf to provide personnel with a keen sense of sight and ability to read lips, said Ignacio Villalobos Carranza, deputy secretary for Information and Institutional Development at the Public Safety Secretariat of Oaxaca.



The move has enabled the C4’s Deaf police officers to help prevent crime and assist officers on the streets to apprehend suspects, making the downtown area – a major tourism attraction – safer.



“The first advantage the [Deaf police officers] provide is that they can read lips,” Villalobos Carranza said. “The second advantage is because the Deaf police officers have developed an acute sense of sight – they can see better than most people.”... Read more http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/features/saii/features/main/2012/10/19/feature-01



As seen on article: Deaf Police To Monitor Security Cameras

Deaf Woman Assaulted

ARLINGTON, VA. (WUSA) - We're learning about a disturbing sexual assault that took place in Arlington over the weekend.



The victim's disability created an unusual challenge for investigators.



Police say the victim in this case is a woman in her 20s who is Deaf and does not know American Sign Language. So investigators had to write down their questions for the traumatized woman and wait for her to write out her answers.



"She was dropped off by a cab at the Rosslyn Metro station, where she went underground to catch a Metro back to her residence in Alexandria," said Dustin Sternbeck, spokesman for the Arlington County Police.



In the early hours of last Saturday morning, the victim was returning to Virginia after a night out in District of Columbia.



"Upon learning that the Metro wasn't going to arrive in a short amount of time, she resurfaced to street level, attempted to find a cab again drive her back to her residence, and was grabbed and pulled into an alley by the suspect," said Sternbeck.



The Deaf victim was especially vulnerable at a time of day with few witnesses or people to come to her aid. But police say she put up quite a fight. Read more: http://www.9news.com/news/world/290300/347/Deaf-mute-woman-victimized-in-Arlington-sex-assault

Deaf Man Shot During Attempted Robbery

KENSINGTON, PA. - (WPVI ABC) -- Deaf man shot during attempted robbery in Kensington.

Philadelphia police are investigating the shooting of a Deaf man in Kensington early Tuesday morning.



The shooting happened around 4:15 a.m. on the 1800 block of East Thayer Street.



Police say a Deaf man in his 20s was sitting on the front steps of a house with some friends when a suspect approached and announced a robbery.



Investigators say the suspect demanded money from the victim but the man did not understand. That is when the suspect fired a shot, hitting the victim in the stomach.



The victim was taken to the hospital and is listed in critical condition. Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8823746



Video source WPVI ABC

Deaf Police To Monitor Security Cameras

OAXACA, MEXICO (BBC) - The Oaxaca government has invested 56 million pesos ($4.4 million) to place at least about 230 security video cameras in the downtown historic city of Oaxaca and the suburbs that are monitored by deaf and speech impaired police. The camcorders are 15 meters (49 feet) high and can reach various points simultaneously with an infrared camera. Ignacio Villalobos Carranza, Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Public Security of Oaxaca, said most of the monitoring of the 230 cameras is done by law enforcement officials that are hearing or speech impaired. He noted these police officers have a very strong deaf and visual sense and can better detect what is happening in different places where the cameras are located; they can often remotely read the conversations of people, to the benefit of this security system that operates 24 hours a day. Spanish-language video from BBC Mundo

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Deaf police to monitor security cameras in Mexico - The ability to lip read conversations is a fantastic advantage, but the project raises the question of whether deaf people would actually be better at security monitoring in general. As far as I know, there are no studies comparing hearing and deaf people on specific monitoring tasks but there is evidence that deaf people have certain advantages in visual attention. This isn’t vision in general, such as having sharper visual acuity – where there seems to be no difference, but there is good evidence that deaf people are better at noticing things in the periphery of vision and detecting movement. This potentially makes them perfect for the job and likely better than their hearing colleagues. So the project turns out to be a targeted way not of recruiting ‘disabled people’ into the workforce, but of recruiting the ‘superable’. In fact, turning the whole idea of disability on its head. Source: http://mazmessenger.com/2012/05/26/quick-news/deaf-police-monitor-security-cameras/

Deaf Man Bashed For Pizza

MELBOURNE, AU (7NEWS) - In a shocking act of violence, a young man with a hearing impairment has been bashed over a pizza. A Melbourne man says a brutal attack on his hearing-impaired son over a pizza was beyond understanding and the attacker might strike again.



EOIN Murphy, 20, is recovering from his injuries after being assaulted in the inner suburb of Clifton Hill about 6.30pm (AEST) on Sunday, June 3 after picking up a pizza.



Police say he was heading to his local milk bar to buy a drink when an attacker kicked him twice in the stomach. The attacker laughed and fled with the pizza.

Read more... http://www.news.com.au/national-old/laughing-thug-bashed-deaf-man-for-pizza/story-e6frfkvr-1226410136468



Video source 7NEWS

Deaf Bronx Murder Suspect Wants His Confession Video Tossed

NEW YORK CITY (NewYork Post) - EXCLUSIVE - Deaf Bronx Murder Suspect Wants His Confession Video Tossed. Here's a video clip of murder suspect...



Justice is blind, but that’s no help if you’re deaf. A suspect in a Bronx murder is trying to get his videotaped confession tossed because he says he was misunderstood and confused by a sign-language interpreter.



Following a tip, cold-case investigators nabbed Gabriel Thompson, 48, in 2010 — 25 years after he allegedly stabbed and killed a man who was having an affair with Thompson’s live-in girlfriend.



Prosecutors say Thompson confessed to the murder, but he claims the cop who interpreted his answers during an interrogation ignored his request for a lawyer and misconstrued him.



Thompson says it was also not clear to him that the person asking questions during the session was actually a prosecutor trying to gather evidence to charge him with the murder of Miguel Lopez.



Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/cop_missed_the_signs_deaf_slay_suspect_BNmhB2ejJ6i6QwZHxTjDiN#ixzz266F4smzi



Video source New York Post

Metropolitan Police: Signing Stories

Video with Captions - Metropolitan Police Signing Stories.



PC Amanda Davies and PC Lindsay Sprott (on secondment to the Met) talk about why they learnt to sign in British sign language and how it helps them in their roles as police officers.



Video source metpoliceservice

Handcuffed Deaf Couple Wants Answers

SAN ANTONIO, TX (WOAI) - Here's a video from media..., A Deaf couple claims two off-duty Bexar County Sheriff's deputies handcuffed them and roughed them up as they were shopping inside a west side convenience store. Now the two want to know why it happened in the first place.



Jeffrey Donovan and his girlfriend Mercedes Castellano were shopping inside the Express Mart on Ceralvo, off Zarzamora on Aug. 23 and had only been inside for about two minutes before deputies approached. Surveillance video shows how quickly the deputies came inside and cuffed the couple.



"They were waving at us to come over there and all of a sudden they handcuffed us and were really rough at us," Donovan said, through an interpreter.



Read more: http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Handcuffed-deaf-couple-wants-answers/jsHmZ6psqUi7vg9Ih1kqow.cspx



Video source woai.com

Vicious Attack On Deaf Man In Australia

7News - Vicious attack on Deaf man in Australia.



PERTH, AU. - Police release CCTV of a train station bashing of a Deaf man who was kicked and punched at a train station on Monday has appealed for public help to catch the thugs responsible. The thugs captured on surveillance camera.



The 18-year-old Kewdale man surrendered to police after security vision of the attack was released to media outlets yesterday.

Video by 7NEWS



The footage showed Seow Oh, 28, of Gosnells, being attacked on the station platform after getting off an Amadale-bound train in Carlisle at about 2.10pm on Monday this week.



Mr Oh, who is profoundly Deaf and uses sign language, was walking to his car parked at the station when was kicked from behind in what police described as an unprovoked and cowardly attack. Mr Oh was repeatedly kicked as he lay on the ground and suffered a fractured eye socket. Source 7NEWS.

Deaf Teacher of TSD Dies by Hit-and-Run

KXANtv - Deaf teacher of TSD dies by hit-and-run.



AUSTIN, TX. - Austin Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver involved in a deadly crash Sunday morning on West Slaughter Lane in Circle C.



Police say the driver of a pickup truck ran off the road and hit a man jogging on the sidewalk. The driver drove off, then got out of the truck and ran from the scene.



Family and friends have identified the victim as Mark Gobble, a professor and former teacher at the Texas School for the Deaf. Gobble was hearing-impaired. The 37-year-old was also finishing his doctorate at the University of Texas.

Video by kxan



Gobble was preparing to move to the east coast, to teach at... Read more: http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/285228/hit-and-run-victim-didn-t-let-disability-clout-zest-for-life

Deaf Sensitivity Training Video For Police Officers

Deaf sensitivity training video for police officers in captioned.



How to handle communication issues when facing Deaf and Hard of Hearing citizens? DEAF Inc., with collaboration with St. Louis County Police Academy, created a training video for police officers and other responders. Special thanks goes to St. Louis University for providing intern and sound support for this project.

Video by DEAFInc



DEAF Inc. - The Mission of Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation, Inc. is to dedicate themselves to reducing discrimination, bias and oppression towards Deaf and Hard of Hearing people by providing them with tools and methods that allow them to empower themselves and lead more productive lives, both personally and professionally. Visit http://www.DEAFInc.org/ for more informations.

Deaf Parent Arrested For Abusing Young Son

Media Video: Deaf parent arrested for abusing young son.



PHOENIX, Az. - A Phoenix couple has been arrested for child abuse after their 7-week-old son was found to have severe injuries during a recent hospital visit.



In a police interview, detectives say 30-year-old Taylor Basilio admitted to shaking the boy on three separate occasions and told police that he had a "bad anger problem."Basilio was arrested Saturday, five days after he and his wife took the boy to a pediatrician to get a flu shot and it was found that the boy was severely underweight... Read more: http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/south_phoenix/phoenix-man-accused-of-breaking-infant%27s-bones

An Interpreter Occupy Protester Assaulted By The Police During Camp Eviction

Raw Video: An interpreter occupy protester assaulted by the police during camp eviction.



PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland police release video of an ASL Interpreter Occupy Portland protester injured during camp eviction. Justin James Bridges, a local musician and American Sign Language translator for Occupy Portland, was allegedly assaulted by the police during the camp clean out on Sunday afternoon.

Video by Portland Police.



Many Portlanders know Bridges well, as he performs at hemp festivals, freedom rallies and has been a fixture at Occupy Portland since the beginning. His story does not jive with that of the Portland Police Bureau news release.



Here is what Justin recalls, in his own words, “Yesterday during our general assembly down in camp, I was interpreting for the deaf, like I always do for a General Assembly... Read more: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/november142011/occupy-injuries.php

Deaf Dad Hit 22 Times Robbed Caught On Video

Raw Video: Deaf dad hit 22 times robbed caught on tape.



A Deaf dad getting robbed, vicious assault hit 22 times and bullet missed, went through wall. The robbers captured on camera that installed in the house.

WARNING: SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS VIDEO DISTRESSING.

Video by billwillard1

South Korean Sex Crime Movie Highlights Nation’s Anger

Video in english subtitles: South Korean sex crime movie highlights nation’s anger.



Seoul, South Korea - In 2006, four teachers and administrators at a South Korean School for the Deaf were convicted of raping or sexually molesting at least eight students, ages 7 to 22. Due to the country's lenient sentencing for sexual abuse, only two of the four officials served jail time.

As seen on Youtube "SILENCED" in english subtitles.

The case received limited attention at the time, but a new film based on the story has helped to fuel the nation's growing outrage. Read more: http://jezebel.com/5850770/south-korean-sex-crime-movie-highlights-nations-anger



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