[blindlaw] Question from Texas

[rjs059 at peoplepc.com]

That's a violation of this mans constitutional rights Correct? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WB" <mruniverse08 at gmail.com>
To: "BlindLaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] Question from Texas


> Hello group.  I have a question and I will try to not be too lengthy.
>
>
>
> Last night after 8 p.m., after it was dark outside, I was sitting in my
> living room when some people start to bang on my door.  I went to the door
> and yelled through asking who it was.  They stated they were apartment
> security.  Considering I live in a not so savory neighborhood and I had 
> not
> been out of my apartment for the past couple days, I was weary of opening
> the door.  I asked what they wanted and they told me to open the door.  I
> told them I would call the police first and then I would open the door.
> They continued to bang to the point that it seemed as though they were
> trying to push my door open.
>
>
>
> Once I called the police, I told the dispatcher that I was blind and that
> people were knocking on the door loudly and saying they are security.  I
> know that we sometimes have security but it is not a consistent thing. 
> The
> dispatcher asked if I wanted to stay online and I told her yes because 
> when
> the cop got here I needed to know if it was really him.  Well, shortly
> afterwards, there was another loud knock on the door and immediately
> thereafter banging on the window.  I yelled through the door asking who it
> is and he said it was the police.  I asked what was his badge number so I
> could ask the dispatcher and he refused.
>
>
>
> I eventually open the door when the dispatcher says you can probably go
> ahead and open the door.  He then pushes my door open and asks me if I had
> stolen someone's cell phone and taken out running.  I told him no
> considering I'm blind and cannot outrun anybody.  He then told me to stand
> outside my apartment and proceeded to go through my apartment, apparently
> looking for somebody.  When he was done, all he said was to go back in and
> close my door.
>
>
>
> There are so many things wrong with this situation that I do not think I 
> am
> really grasping the magnitude of this.  Could someone tell me what all I
> need to report to the police department?  I tried calling and filing a
> complaint right after this incident last night and they would not accept 
> it.
> They actually put me on hold when I started telling my story and never 
> came
> back to the phone.  I'm also going to report, in writing, to my apartment
> managers that security handled themselves very unprofessionally by banging
> on my door.  Someone please give me some guidance.
>
>
>
> William
>
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