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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:11:15 -0700
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- From: I See U! <CONLEYJ@CUBLDR.COLORADO.EDU>
- Subject: show on carl dupree's death
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- I just saw on the TV that a program called "Inside Edition" will show an
- episode on Carl Dupree's death at Galluadut two years ago. The show is
- tonight, Dec. 23. Check your local times.
-
- A little background: Carl Duree is a Deaf activist on the campus of Gallud{et
- and has been encouraging, among other things, better signing skills among
- the hearing Campus Security. In an arguement with an english teacher with
- minimal signing skills, she felt threaten by Dupree. The Security was called
- and with less then two classes of signing skills (the minimum required to get
- the job), tried to convey to Dupree to leave the Campus. He left the
- classroom to go meet his wife and children so they could leave. The Security
- could not understand him at all. When Dupree went into the cafe, a different
- direction then the edge of campus, they tackled him, put him in a choke hold,
- and Dupree fought for his life. The Officers killed him by breaking his neck
- keeping the choke hold on stronger. Several witnesses told the officers that
- Dupree was spelling, "can't breathe, can't breathe." The Officers ignored
- the witnesses testimonies, and in doing so caused the death of a Deaf man
- they were hired to protect.
-
- I wonder if the training program there has changed any in light of this
- senseless death. From my research, using chokeholds in Washginton, D.C.
- is illegal. Yet from the newspapers I have read, none of the officers were
- fired, or fined, or even arrested. Yet they will be going to trial.
- Go figure.
-
- josh
- conleyj@cubldr.colorado.edu
-