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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Off-duty cop dragged blind woman and dog out of bar, suit says. By Robert<br>Patrick St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ST. LOUIS A federal civil rights lawsuit<br>filed Tuesday claims that an off-duty police officer handcuffed a blind<br>woman without cause and dragged her and her dog out of a St. Louis bar. The<br>suit says that Marvelena Quesada had left Caleco's Bar & Grill , 1010 North<br>Broadway, on Oct. 28, 2013 as the bar was closing, but returned to help her<br>friend settle her bill. As she was paying the bill at the bar, an off-duty<br>officer, William Clinton, "told her to 'get out and get out now,'" the suit<br>says, and refused to wait while she stowed her debit card and wallet in her<br>purse. Quesada heard the jangling of handcuffs, and Clinton saying, "I said<br>now, bitch!<br><br>You're<br><br>going to jail," the suit claims. Clinton handcuffed her and pulled her and<br>pulled her off her chair, causing her to hit her head on the floor, the suit<br>says. He then dragged her out of bar and down the sidewalk on her back, the<br>suit says. The leash for Quesada's guide dog was on her arm, the suit says,<br>and the dog was dragged into chairs and tables. Outside Caleco's, as Quesada<br>screamed for help, her friend and other patrons successfully urged Clinton<br>to release her, the suit says. Quesada suffered cuts and bruises, a back<br>injury, depression and loss of sleep due to nightmares. She was confined to<br>her bed for weeks afterward, the suit says. The two-count lawsuit seeks<br>unspecified compensation for unreasonable seizure and assault and battery.<br><br>Clinton<br><br>could not be immediately reached for comment. Quesada, 40, is the<br>vice-president of the Braille Revival League of Missouri, which advocates<br>for the "use, production, and instruction of braille. She was also one of<br>the plaintiffs involved in a successful federal suit against the Social<br>Security Administration that said that the agency refused to correspond with<br>the blind in any way other than printed letters and other notices that they<br>couldn't read. In 2009, a judge ordered the administration to correspond in<br>a format that is accessible to them, including at least Braille and the use<br>of CDs. Robert Patrick<br><br>314-621-5154 @rxpatrick on Twitter <a href="mailto:RPatrick@post-dispatch.com">RPatrick@post-dispatch.com</a><br><<a href="mailto:RPatrick@post-dispatch.com">mailto:RPatrick@post-dispatch.com</a>> <br><br>Becky Frankeberger<br><br>Butterfly Knitting<br><br>- Ponchos<br><br>- Afghans<br><br>- Shawls<br><br>- Custom Knitting<br><br>360-426-8389<br><br><a href="mailto:becky@butterflyknitting.com">becky@butterflyknitting.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.butterflyknitting.com<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>