[Nfbc-info] Nfbc-info Digest, Vol 121, Issue 26

Fri Jun 26 20:46:32 UTC 2015

Hello to all, 

  It goes on and on, doesn't it? The incident in St. Louis is absolutely reprehensible! What's more, it never had to happen. Apparently Officer Clinton had no idea (if he even would have cared), that it is generally the law (White Cane Law), that among other things, that guide dogs are almost always allowed in any public place, including restaurants, stores, bars, office and other Government buildings, and any place else the public frequents. 

  We need to come up to the plate too, if we haven't already, and try our best to educate and inform police about the white Cane laws in our state, together with how to deal effectively with guide dog users. 

  On the elderly man who was decapitated, I'm sure everyone shares my belief that if they catch the person who did this, that animal can never walk the streets again. It reminds us what a sick society we have become. 

      Dennis Russak  

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>    1. Blind Woman with Dog & Police (Nancy Lynn)
>    2. Re: Blind Woman with Dog & Police (Rob Kaiser)
>    3. Re: Blind Woman with Dog & Police (Lisa Irving)
>    4. Elderly blind Inglewood California man is decapitated
>       (Lisa Irving)
>    5. Re: Elderly blind Inglewood California man is decapitated
>       (Rob Kaiser)
>    6. Any ladies need a room at convention in Orlando? (Shannon Ramsay)
>    7. Re: Elderly blind Inglewood California man is decapitated
>       (Charles Krugman)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:12:50 com0500
> From: "Nancy Lynn" <freespirit.stl at att.net>
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> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Blind Woman with Dog & Police
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> I got this from another list. 
> Off-duty cop dragged blind woman and dog out of bar, suit says. By Robert Patrick St. Louis Post-Dispatch. STILL. LOUIS A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that an off-duty police officer handcuffed a blind woman without cause and dragged her and her dog out of a St. Louis bar. The suit says that Marvelena Quesada had left Caleco's Bar & Grill , 1010 North Broadway, on Oct. 28, 2013 as the bar was closing, but returned to help her friend settle her bill. As she was paying the bill at the bar, an off-duty officer, William Clinton, "told her to 'get out and get out now1'" the suit says, and refused to wait while she stowed her debit card and wallet in her purse. Quesada heard the jangling of handcuffs, and Clinton saying, "I said now, bitch!
> 
> You're
> 
> going to jail," the suit claims. Clinton handcuffed her and pulled her and pulled her off her chair, causing her to hit her head on the floor, the suit says. He then dragged her out of bar and down the sidewalk on her back, the suit says. The leash for Quesada's guide dog was on her arm, the suit says, and the dog was dragged into chairs and tables. Outside Caleco's, as Quesada screamed for help, her friend and other patrons successfully urged Clinton to release her, the suit says. Quesada suffered cuts and bruises, a back injury, depression and loss of sleep due to nightmares. She was confined to her bed for weeks afterward, the suit says. The two-count lawsuit seeks unspecified compensation for unreasonable seizure and assault and battery.
> 
> Clinton
> 
> could not be immediately reached for comment. Quesada, 40, is the vice-president of the Braille Revival League of Missouri, which advocates for the "use, production, and instruction of braille. She was also one of the plaintiffs involved in a successful federal suit against the Social Security Administration that said that the agency refused to correspond with the blind in any way other than printed letters and other notices that they couldn't read. In 2009, a judge ordered the administration to correspond in a format that is accessible to them, including at least Braille and the use of COULDs. Robert Patrick
> 
> 314-621-5154 @rxpatrick on Twitter RPatrick at post-dispatch.com
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:17:37 com0700
> From: "Rob Kaiser" <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Blind Woman with Dog & Police
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> I hope thaqt officer was fired from his job.
> 
> 
> 
> Rob Kaiser
> email;
> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Nancy Lynn via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:12 PM
> To: nfbmo list be NFBC List
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> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Blind Woman with Dog & Police
> 
> I got this from another list.
> Off-duty cop dragged blind woman and dog out of bar, suit says. By Robert 
> Patrick St. Louis Post-Dispatch. STILL. LOUIS A federal civil rights lawsuit 
> filed Tuesday claims that an off-duty police officer handcuffed a blind 
> woman without cause and dragged her and her dog out of a St. Louis bar. The 
> suit says that Marvelena Quesada had left Caleco's Bar & Grill , 1010 North 
> Broadway, on Oct. 28, 2013 as the bar was closing, but returned to help her 
> friend settle her bill. As she was paying the bill at the bar, an off-duty 
> officer, William Clinton, "told her to 'get out and get out now1'" the suit 
> says, and refused to wait while she stowed her debit card and wallet in her 
> purse. Quesada heard the jangling of handcuffs, and Clinton saying, "I said 
> now, bitch!
> 
> You're
> 
> going to jail," the suit claims. Clinton handcuffed her and pulled her and 
> pulled her off her chair, causing her to hit her head on the floor, the suit 
> says. He then dragged her out of bar and down the sidewalk on her back, the 
> suit says. The leash for Quesada's guide dog was on her arm, the suit says, 
> and the dog was dragged into chairs and tables. Outside Caleco's, as Quesada 
> screamed for help, her friend and other patrons successfully urged Clinton 
> to release her, the suit says. Quesada suffered cuts and bruises, a back 
> injury, depression and loss of sleep due to nightmares. She was confined to 
> her bed for weeks afterward, the suit says. The two-count lawsuit seeks 
> unspecified compensation for unreasonable seizure and assault and battery.
> 
> Clinton
> 
> could not be immediately reached for comment. Quesada, 40, is the 
> vice-president of the Braille Revival League of Missouri, which advocates 
> for the "use, production, and instruction of braille. She was also one of 
> the plaintiffs involved in a successful federal suit against the Social 
> Security Administration that said that the agency refused to correspond with 
> the blind in any way other than printed letters and other notices that they 
> couldn't read. In 2009, a judge ordered the administration to correspond in 
> a format that is accessible to them, including at least Braille and the use 
> of COULDs. Robert Patrick
> 
> 314-621-5154 @rxpatrick on Twitter RPatrick at post-dispatch.com
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:50:46 com0700
> From: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
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> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Blind Woman with Dog & Police
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> Sadly police brutality knows no limits. I can think of other instances where there has been police Bertelli against persons with developmental disabilities and I imagine other blind individuals. I believe that there needs to be a nationwide discussion about this topic. From Lisa Irving
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On Jun 25, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Rob Kaiser via Nfbc-info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > 
> > I hope thaqt officer was fired from his job.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Rob Kaiser
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> > -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Lynn via Nfbc-info
> > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:12 PM
> > To: nfbmo list be NFBC List
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> > Subject: [Nfbc-info] Blind Woman with Dog & Police
> > 
> > I got this from another list.
> > Off-duty cop dragged blind woman and dog out of bar, suit says. By Robert Patrick St. Louis Post-Dispatch. STILL. LOUIS A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday claims that an off-duty police officer handcuffed a blind woman without cause and dragged her and her dog out of a St. Louis bar. The suit says that Marvelena Quesada had left Caleco's Bar & Grill , 1010 North Broadway, on Oct. 28, 2013 as the bar was closing, but returned to help her friend settle her bill. As she was paying the bill at the bar, an off-duty officer, William Clinton, "told her to 'get out and get out now1'" the suit says, and refused to wait while she stowed her debit card and wallet in her purse. Quesada heard the jangling of handcuffs, and Clinton saying, "I said now, bitch!
> > 
> > You're
> > 
> > going to jail," the suit claims. Clinton handcuffed her and pulled her and pulled her off her chair, causing her to hit her head on the floor, the suit says. He then dragged her out of bar and down the sidewalk on her back, the suit says. The leash for Quesada's guide dog was on her arm, the suit says, and the dog was dragged into chairs and tables. Outside Caleco's, as Quesada screamed for help, her friend and other patrons successfully urged Clinton to release her, the suit says. Quesada suffered cuts and bruises, a back injury, depression and loss of sleep due to nightmares. She was confined to her bed for weeks afterward, the suit says. The two-count lawsuit seeks unspecified compensation for unreasonable seizure and assault and battery.
> > 
> > Clinton
> > 
> > could not be immediately reached for comment. Quesada, 40, is the vice-president of the Braille Revival League of Missouri, which advocates for the "use, production, and instruction of braille. She was also one of the plaintiffs involved in a successful federal suit against the Social Security Administration that said that the agency refused to correspond with the blind in any way other than printed letters and other notices that they couldn't read. In 2009, a judge ordered the administration to correspond in a format that is accessible to them, including at least Braille and the use of COULDs. Robert Patrick
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:53:35 com0700
> From: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> To: NFB LIST SERVE <Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Elderly blind Inglewood California man is
> decapitated
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> This morning Los Angeles news stations reported the decapitation of an elderly blind man this is appalling! This is obscene!
> From Lisa Irving
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 16:56:16 com0700
> From: "Rob Kaiser" <rcubfank at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Elderly blind Inglewood California man is
> decapitated
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> I understand from the news that this man was a good christian man who didn't 
> hurt anyone. Why would anyone do such a thing.
> 
> 
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> Rob Kaiser
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> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Elderly blind Inglewood California man is decapitated
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> This morning Los Angeles news stations reported the decapitation of an 
> elderly blind man this is appalling! This is obscene!
> >From Lisa Irving
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:36:19 com0700
> From: "Shannon Ramsay" <salynnr at yahoo.com>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Any ladies need a room at convention in Orlando?
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> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
>    My name is Shannon and I will be attending the NFB convention in Orlando
> this July.  I will be arriving July 5th and checking out early in the
> morning of Friday, July 10.  If there is still a lady looking for a room in
> the Rosen Centre Hotel, please let me know.  I can take one female roommate.
> Thanks and see you in Orlando!
> 
>  
> 
>     Best wishes,
> 
>  
> 
>     Shannon
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:26:34 com0700
> From: "Charles Krugman" <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Elderly blind Inglewood California man is
> decapitated
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> It actually happened several days ago and I've been following the case. I 
> wondered if anyone in that area knew him or more details that hadn't been 
> released to the media as it appears there are no leads and today's coverage 
> involved the offering of a reward for information.
> Chuck
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
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> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 4:53 PM
> To: NFB LIST SERVE
> Cc: Lisa Irving
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Elderly blind Inglewood California man is decapitated
> 
> This morning Los Angeles news stations reported the decapitation of an 
> elderly blind man this is appalling! This is obscene!
> >From Lisa Irving
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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