Tuesday, July 28, 2009

News from the Grio – 7/28/09

  • Deaf man tasered
    Deaf man tasered

    By theGrio

    7:45 PM on 07/28/2009

    Officers who used pepper spray and a Taser to remove a man from a store bathroom found out only later he was deaf and mentally disabled and didn't understand they wanted him to open the door, police said Tuesday...

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  • Houston fire captain apologizes for noose in locker
    Houston fire captain apologizes for noose in locker

    By theGrio

    6:20 PM on 07/28/2009

    A senior Houston firefighter apologized Monday for keeping a rope that looked like hangman's noose in his locker, saying it was a memento from early in his career and not meant as a racist symbol...

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  • MLK statue defaced
    MLK statue defaced

    By theGrio

    4:14 PM on 07/28/2009

    The statue of America's foremost civil rights leader -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- has been defaced, painted white. Now Hollywood police are trying to determine whether this case is a hate crime or just vandalism. A homeless man...

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