Deafweekly FLASH NEWS August 14, 2010

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August 13, 2010
Editor: Tom Willard

Los Angeles, CA
DEAF MAN ARRESTED AFTER SCUFFLE WITH GUARDS
Home video showing security guards from a Hollywood store in a scuffle with two men who appear to be deaf has become the talk of the Internet. It appeared the two men were confused and they were trying to tell the security guards that they are deaf. Police said one of the men apprehended by the security guards, Alejandro Rea, was charged with robbery, but did not say what he stole. He had a prior record but officials also did not say what for. / KABC

DEAF MAN ASSAULTED BY STORE SECURITY GUARD, CAUGHT ON VIDEO
Via KTLA comes this disturbing video which appears to show security choking a deaf man suspected of shoplifting of the Hollywood Forever 21 store, . From the KTLA report His friend, who is also deaf, tries repeatedly to show the guard the receipt for the purchase (and tries to communicate using sign language), but he's not able to stop them from roughing up his friend. / The Huffington Post

SECURITY GUARD GOES UFC ON DEAF GUY AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND CENTER
The latest in what seems like a string of videos capturing security guards behaving badly hit the internet this week: This edition has a guard pretending to be a UFC fighter and choking out a deaf man as his also-deaf friend tries desperately to alert the meathead that his pal can't hear and didn't, apparently, do anything wrong. / LAWeekly

VIDEO: FOREVER 21 SECURITY PUTS CHOKE HOLD ON DEAF CUSTOMER
Clothing store Forever 21 is under fire today over a YouTube video showing a security guard for the store's Hollywood Blvd. outlet wrestling a deaf customer to the ground and putting him into a choke hold on the sidewalk. / The Consumerist

STAFF TACKLES AND CHOKES DEAF SHOPPER FOR SHOPLIFTING
Staff at a Forever XXI in Los Angeles tackled and choked a deaf shopper, Alex Rea, they suspected of shoplifting. Watch the startling footage and you decide if excessive force was used. / Terra

SECURITY GUARD WHO TACKLED DEAF SHOPPER SUSPENDED
A video posted on YouTube which shows a violent arrest of a deaf man outside a Forever 21 store is sparking outrage. The retailer announced Friday that the security guard involved in the scuffle with a deaf shopper was put on suspension. "We recognize that the security guard used excessive force, which is against our store policy and have suspended him indefinitely," said Forever 21 Marketing Department representative Kristen Strickler in a statement. / KTLA

BROTHER SPEAKS OUT ON DEAF THEFT INCIDENT
A controversial video shows security guards scuffling with two deaf men. Friday, one of the men is told his side of the story exclusively to Eyewitness News. He said he is very angry at the way the security guards treated him and his brother. He claimed the guards never gave him the chance to communicate to them that he and his brother are deaf. An incident outside the Forever 21 store on Hollywood Boulevard sparked outrage. A witness caught the scuffle between store security guards and two deaf brothers on tape. / KABC

Greenville, SC
ADVOCATES FOR DEAF REACT TO YOUTUBE VIDEO
A YouTube video that shows a deaf shoplifting suspect being placed in a chokehold by store security guards has provoked strong reaction from deaf advocacy groups. "It was shocking. I'm shocked," said Megan Covert, a clinical counselor for the South Carolina Department of Mental Health Deaf Services. Covert, who watched the video in its entirety, said the guards should have used a different approach. / WYFF

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