Brickbat: I Can't Hear You

It began with Brady Mistic allegedly rolling past a stop sign in Idaho Springs, Colorado. It ended with police throwing him to the ground, Tasering him, handcuffing him and taking him to jail, where he spent four months before charges against him were dropped. Mistic, who is deaf, had pulled into a laundromat parking lot and police followed him in and turned on their flashing lights. When he stepped out of the car, Mistic said he did not know what was going on, and police ignored his attempts to tell them he was deaf. He has since filed a lawsuit against the city. In a statement, the police department said officers did not know Mistic was deaf and that they acted appropriately. The two officers who Tasered Mistic have been named in a second lawsuit against the city by a 75-year-old man who said they Tasered him and roughed him up unnecessarily after responding to a report of an assault. One of those officers, Nicholas Hanning, was fired from the department and charged with felony assault on an at-risk adult after that second incident.

Comments

[m4019597]

I don’t see how it’s legal for someone to drive deaf. They’re a danger to themselves and everyone else on the road.

Same as the blind and parents with small children.

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[Inigo Montoya]

Add women drivers of Asian backgrounds, male drivers under 23 years of age, all drivers over 74 years of age, and drivers who listen to annoyingly loud, thumping bass music while driving. (They are not necessarily dangerous drivers, but they annoy everyone to no end.) Oh, and if you are Russia—don’t let anyone who is LGBT drive. That last one is Putin’s rule, not mine.

[Earth Skeptic]

Actually, pretty much everyone besides me is a raving idiot and unqualified to drive.

[Brandybuck]

Everyone driving slower than you is an asshole, everyone driving faster is an idiot -- George Paraphrased Carlin

[jdgalt1]

Now that Saudi allows women to drive, I wonder if accident rates are up, down, or unaffected.

[D-Pizzle]

They didn't used to be allowed, but this changed around the same time as the ADA. Of course, once the deaf were allowed to drive, that rendered laws against wearing headphones while driving unjustifiable, so that is now largely allowed too.

[m4019597]

You might be right.

But there’s still an exception for one earphone, as part of answering a hands free mobile phone.

[Don Large]

my son is deaf and has driven safely for 34 years. He is not a threat to anyone. People like you are the threat; you are a threat to the chance of deaf people to be part of society.

[m4019597]

Until the day he misses an audio cue, like the sound of a tire blowout in the next travel lane, and someone dies.

[jdgalt1]

Completely agree. And for similar reasons, no one should be a cop who is oblivious, whether by inability or choice, to people with handicaps who can't comply with their commands.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

It's not the policeman's problem that he is deaf. Comply with all police commands, whether or not you hear them or they are conflicting or are lawful. That goes for the public or spouses or girlfriends.

[jdgalt1]

Yes, it is his problem, because it's a danger that he can alleviate and nobody else can.

[Earth Skeptic]

Where are the descriptions of Brady's race and class? How can we pass judgement without those?

[Brandybuck]

As a deaf man, he is clearly high on the privilege hierarchy. The police were correct in tasing him. Only lesbian trans-women of color deserve preferential treatment at the hands of the police.

[mpercy]

Good thing he wasn't blind and letting his service dog drive. They'd have shot the dog.