ABC7 Exclusively Interview With Dr. Angela McCaskill

WASHINGTON - (ABC7DC) - Dr. Angela McCaskill speaks out about Gallaudet dust-up. In her first interview since controversy erupted at Gallaudet University, the school’s chief diversity officer who was placed on leave for signing a petition to put Maryland’s same-sex marriage law on the November ballot says she's not anti-gay and feels bullied.



Angela McCaskill sat down exclusively with ABC7’s Mike Conneen at her home in Upper Marlboro to respond to criticism for inking the petition.



“Signing that petition is a right that I have as a citizen of the state of Maryland. It simply means that I want to see this very sensitive issue put on the ballot as a referendum in the state of Maryland,” McCaskill said.



Her attorney, J. Wyndal Gordan, says McCaskill will not express her personal view on the matter. He says she will do that in the voting booth. Gordon says McCaskill “is considering all options, and not ruling out taking legal action,” hoping to get reinstated at Gallaudet... Read more http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/10/angela-mccaskill-speaks-out-about-gallaudet-dust-up-81076.html



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Police Brutality Taser On Innocent Deaf Woman

Video: Police brutality taser on innocent Deaf woman.



Tacoma, WA. - KIRO TV’s investigative unit has discovered Tacoma police used force to arrest and handcuff an innocent Deaf woman after she called 911 for their help.



She called for police assistance after a guest reportedly attacked her in her own apartment. Deaf since birth, White used a special video-equipped phone, connected to a TV and a Web camera, to call 911. A certified American Sign Language interpreter on the other end verbally relayed White’s pleas for help to a Tacoma police dispatcher.

KIRO 7 Investigative Reporter Chris Halsne.



Instead of an apology, she ended up bloody and in jail for nearly three days without an interpreter before a prosecutor declined to press charges... Read more:

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/crime-law/police-use-taser-deaf-crime-victim/nP9mZ/



Watch Video in ASL: Deaf Woman Helpless Without Interpreter:

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Watch Raw Video: 911 Call Through Sign Language Interpreter:

http://www.kirotv.com/videos/news/raw-911-call-through-sign-language-interpreter/vc8rS/



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US Police Brutalize, Terrorize African-Americans

Video: US police brutalize, terrorize African-Americans.



The death of a young black man while handcuffed in the back of a police car, a Deaf woman arrested by police and put in jail after she called 911 to get help, a cop caught on camera hitting a handcuffed man and the lynching of a black teenager by White supremacists.



These are all real stories and among many coming from the US. On this edition of News Analysis we're asking what's gone wrong.

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