[Nfbmo] Blind Woman with Dog & Police
DanFlasar at aol.com
DanFlasar at aol.com
Thu Jun 25 23:01:53 UTC 2015
The article in this post is a verbatim quote from the Post-dispatch story
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/off-duty-st-louis-officer
-dragged-blind-woman-and-dog/article_c78a7356-399f-53ca-bc0a-1411adbb0bb2.ht
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I also found a link to a Fox 2 news story on the episode:
http://kplr11.com/2015/06/24/lawsuit-alleges-blind-woman-dragged-out-of-bar-
by-off-duty-officer/
The video isn't as comprehensive as the PD article, but the clip ends
with a snide insinuation about Ms. Quesada: "We should mention that Quesada
has filed a federal suit before" - and not mentioning, as the PD article
did, what the previous suit was regarding, The implication is that Quesada
abuses the court system.
There is a short clip of Quesada walking her black poodle guide dog
Donny, and a short interview on her porch. The clip isn't very well
written, delivered and/or edited. The anchors refer to quesada filing a federal
city rights suit (sic), and the security guard is described as 'very
friendly to the customers' at Caleco's - he still works there.
Dan
In a message dated 6/25/2015 4:13:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
nfbmo at nfbnet.org writes:
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. ST. 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 now,'" 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 CDs.
Robert Patrick
314-621-5154 @rxpatrick on Twitter RPatrick at post-dispatch.com
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