[Wasagdu] off duty Out of control Police Officer arrests handler

Becky Frankeberger b.butterfly at comcast.net
Fri Jun 26 15:53:02 UTC 2015


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
<mailto:RPatrick at post-dispatch.com> 
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